Jonathan Crabtree is the Director of the newly created UNC Research Data Management Core.Crabtree’s experience in information science, information technology and networking as well as his engineering background bring a different perspective to his current role. Crabtree joined the university over thirty years ago and is responsible for designing and maintaining the technology infrastructure that supports the institute’s wide array of services. Before moving to the social science side of campus he was an information systems technologist for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine. His grounding in medical information technology adds to his education and training in electrical engineering, library and information science, digital preservation, computer science, economics, geographic information systems, hydrology and geomorphology. He has a degree from the UNC School of Information and Library Science doctoral program with his research focuses on the auditing of trusted repositories.