Chance E. Adams Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

Northfield, Il, Us

Northfield, Il, Us

Owns the vision, roadmap and execution of taxonomy strategies for Medline.com. Identifies revenue growth opportunities and ways to enhance the customer experience online.Collaborates with Medline business groups, distributors and vendor partners to ensure product classification, taxonomy, attribution and metadata is accurate, optimized and in compliance with Medline standards and eCommerce best practices.Leads projects with internal stakeholders to develop, implement & maintain product classification, taxonomy and attribution models, standards and processes based on eCommerce best practices and Medline customer needs.Manages projects with outside agencies and internal business groups, keeping them on schedule, tracking milestones and ensuring purpose-driven decisions are made.Maintain the core policies and governance plans for product classification, taxonomy and attribution models.Trains internal business users on Medline standards for processes related to product classification, taxonomy and attribution.Uses data analytics, user feedback and testing strategies to improve product classification, taxonomy, attribution and metadata.Analyzes and communicates taxonomy performance and customer feedback post-implementation and respond quickly to diagnose and resolve any issues.Researches and helps implement new technology, software and tools to meet business needs, improve product findability, and conversion.Creates and maintains documentation related to all duties, such as standard operating procedures, workflows and job descriptions.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

Set up B2B e-commerce sites leveraging WestRock’s current state digital platform and managed catalogs, content, and user access.Created and maintained taxonomies to support an organized, intuitive browsing and attribute-driven navigational structure for WestRock’s website & B2B digital products.Identified and participated in testing and research efforts to validate existing and proposed taxonomy changes. Analyzed requests from internal cross-functional teams and provided rationale and documentation to solve taxonomy related challenges. Supported implementation of technical changes to digital products by collaborating with product teams to identify impacts of and gain alignment. Developed and maintained standard operating procedures for e-commerce site creation, user management, catalog and product management.

Lake Forest, Illinois, Us

Responsible for ensuring Grainger’s physical products are easily understood in a digital setting through appropriate classifications, and well-defined by the product information metadata including attributes and values.Created product information plans including the taxonomy and metadata schema.Led discussions and presentations in product category teams on product data analysis, implementations, and project launch debriefs.Ensured correct classification of products by third party and internal business partners.Owned and executed revisions to product information plans, including category hierarchy, product attribute names, definitions, and example values.Coverage Categories: HVAC and Refrigeration, Material Handling, Electrical Testing and Measuring

Lake Forest, Illinois, Us

Maintained data integrity among the many different product information taxonomies, metadata schemas, and necessary ongoing maintenance.Ensured associated product information plans were properly executed. Contributed to data management methodologies, metrics, and tools. Provided direction, guidance, and oversight to support how other cross-functional teams use product taxonomies and metadata.Coverage Categories: HVAC & Refrigeration, Material Handling, Hand Tools

Austin, Texas, Us

Created and revised existing workflow processes for managing digital archives. Wrote technical documentation published on organizational intranets.Implemented discovery and access initiatives and trained both internal stakeholders and end users.Used Agile and Lean methodologies to develop and implement metadata guidelines for born-digital archival collection materials.Led Digital Preservation Planning Committee to develop a long-term, comprehensive, preservation plan for digital assets.Established and co-chaired a working group to assess an open source collection management system (ArchivesSpace) to foster consistency in archival descriptive practices and align metadata to field standards.Drove an initiative to form a Diversity and Inclusion Action Committee, to evolve the organizational culture toward an inclusive community that fosters an open and supportive learning, teaching, and working environment.Mentored students at the University of Texas School of Information through classroom engagement and collaboration on various digital projects.

Wilmington, De, Us

Implemented an open source DAMS by collaborating with web developers to design a user-centered PUI.Cleaned metadata with OpenRefine using GREL and Jython.Crosswalked and mapped Dublin Core fields to Metadata Object Description Schema; created/edited Python and Bash scripts for migrating digital objects and associated metadata. Existing site may be viewed at digital.hagley.org.Led an initiative to migrate access points for archives to a comprehensive open source collection management system; managed a large, rotating group of volunteers and PT staff to encode and refine existing metadata. Wrote technical documentation and created templates to expedite workflow processes and minimize one-on-one troubleshooting with team members; conducted QC on deliverables; and trained end users on the new system.Designed a low-dependency, publicly accessible full-text searchable database optimized for web search engines that includes access points for unique archival holdings, using EAD/XML, XSLT, HTML/CSS, and DACS. Site is located at findingaids.hagley.org.Collaborated on establishing metadata guidelines for oral history interviews.Managed digital preservation initiatives. Oversaw the digitization lab and associated projects.

Athens, Ga, Us

Drove initiatives to migrate access points for archives to an open source collection management system (Archivist’s Toolkit) and publicly accessible database (XTF) by developing methods for expediting workflow processes to push out quality content in a timely manner; trained internal stakeholders on the new systems; and conducted usability testing to improve upon the user experience.Created technical documentation to support digital preservation and access projects.Established a workflow for creating new and refining existing metadata for digital objects with Dublin Core.Served as the departmental website manager.

Master Of Library & Information Science, Information Technology

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Public History

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), History