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• Designed and implemented a set of authority databases for the keying and normalization of content.• Extended the content authorities to reflect the multi-lingual aspect of Ancestry’s content.• Evaluated effectiveness of content authorities in the production of data.• Integrated published data into content authorities to improve keying and normalization.• Ensured that content authorities were compatible with other authorities within the company.• Maintained and updated Ancestry’s primary site authority.• Evaluated spatial data (GIS) for integration into the content place authority.• Studied the process of migrating GIS data stored in ESRI shapefile format into SQL.• Used GIS software such as ArcGIS, QGIS and the SQL extensions to support GIS data.• Directed the efforts of 1-3 people temporarily assigned to assist in data collection.

• Responsible for the management and maintenance of the indexing workflow and services.• Created an error recovery guide to aid in trouble shooting of the indexing workflow.• Designed and tested several system administration tools for the indexing workflow.• Analysis and correction of problems in both SQL and XML.

• Managed and analyzed project data and generated keying instructions for vendors.• Ensured that projects met production mile marks.• Worked with developers to test and troubleshoot table of contents, form classification, and other aspects of indexing in a new workflow. • Managed most of the early projects that went through our new indexing workflow.• Performed analysis which resulted in the location of omitted WWI draft cards and population schedules.• Managed 50-100 projects concurrently.

• Managed a number of unusual and special case projects through the production pipeline. Projects of note included: the first yearbook project, passenger ship photos, and several cemetery projects.

• Managed and hired a team of 2-3 people to operate CD production for Ancestry.com and Genealogy.com CDs.• Identified material that could be used as dictionaries for data clean up.• Identified the GPC titles that were on G.COM CDs that could be moved over to Ancestry.• Tested feasibility of moving to a DVD model.• Improved performance of World Family Tree CD production.• Managed more complex projects from data delivery to CD production.

• Analyzed Genealogy.com procedures and personnel during the Acquisition.• Successfully migrated Genealogy.com production to Ancestry.com in 6 weeks.• Managed the analysis and cleaning-up of data for CD production using SQL.• Published over 120 CDs.• Coordinated with marketing and development support on the look, feel, and functionality of CDs.

• Managed a small team of people operating overhead book scanners.• Managed the generation of browse information used for the posting of city directories.

• Handled the project management and analysis of the keyed transcription of the 1900 online census, which resulted in 37 new online titles.• Recognized for outstanding achievement in the completion of 50 CD projects.• Managed more complex projects from data delivery to CD production.

• Recognized for outstanding achievement in the completion of 25 CD projects.• Created an error recovery guide to aid in trouble shooting the CD building process.• Successfully managed projects ranging from data delivery to CD production.• Worked with marketing representatives to design the look, feel, and functionality of CDs.• Encoded pattern matching routines to identify and correct errors, using regular expressions.• Analyzed the 1790-1910 AIS census collection to reveal major holes and errors with the index.• Developed a system to analyze data during the processing of data deliveries by third party suppliers to provide early detection of duplicates and other critical errors.