Guided development efforts to improve system transparency, scalability and simplicity through the adoption of cloud technologies. The Merritt Digital Preservation System received the 2022 Golden Award for Operational Excellence from the University of California Information Technology Leadership Council.Constructed a development environment consisting of a dozen containerized micro-services enabling any developer to isolate and debug each component of the application stack.Developed an automated testing suite to validate interactions across eight micro-services. Built container stacks to integration test each micro-service during the software build phase. Designed and delivered a workshop on Docker and Docker Compose for colleagues to promote the adoption of containers within the organization. DockerCon 2021 speaker. Presented talks to several library technology conferences and technology meetups.Technologies: Ruby, Rails, Java, Python, JavaScript, Docker, MySQL, AWS, S3, Lambda, OpenSearch, Jenkins

Enhanced open source software and commercial software for academic libraries. Developed automation applications that transformed library workflows. Established departmental software development practices.Open Source Committer and Contributor to the DSpace repository community. Initiated, planned and hosted the 2017 DSpace North American User Meeting. Hosted a series of meetings for DSpace developers around the world to present and share their software development best practices. Established the Dockerhub registry for DSpace. Delivered workshops and presentations to library technology conferences.Transformed the user experience of DigitalGeorgetown: Georgetown University’s Institutional Repository. Configured search, facet, streaming media, and security services for the system. Automated repository ingestion and quality control workflows.Designed and automated the transfer of content to Academic Preservation Trust for long term preservation of content.Developed an application that enabled student workers to inventory 900,000 books using barcode scanners.2014 University Librarian Award Recipient, the top award given annually to library staff.Technologies utilized: Java, JavaScript, Google Apps Script, Docker, PHP, SQL, XSLT, JQuery, SOLR, DSpace, IIIF, Drupal

As a consultant to the US Patent and Trademark Office, implemented critical usability enhancements to the Reference Document Management System built upon MarkLogic Server. Worked with client to estimate and prioritize functionality for a series of development sprints through a period of budget uncertainty. Recognized for strong client relationship-building, responsiveness and thoroughness.Technologies utilized: XQuery, XML, XSLT, HTML, JavaScript, JQuery, CSS

As the first software developer employed within the Digitization Services division, worked with media specialists across the division to identify opportunities to automate the digitization of archival media with custom software. Created open source software adopted by other federal agencies and academic libraries. Awarded NARA’s 2011 Archivist Award for innovation.Enabled the agency’s successful public release of 1940 Census data by rapidly developing an application that enabled division staff to tag 3.5 million images with the appropriate census enumeration districts. Iteratively developed a suite of quality control tools to identify missing images, duplicate images, image quality issues, and enumeration districts without tagged images.Java, XML, XSLT, JavaScript, JQuery, CSS, SharePoint

As a consultant working with nonprofit clients, developed impactful custom software solutions within tight budget constraints. Developed and enhanced content management solutions, case management systems, grant management applications, and survey tools. Enabled the software development team to effectively engage multiple team members on projects by utilizing version control software and individual snapshots of client systems.Technologies utilized: ColdFusion, JavaScript, JQuery, CSS, XML, XSLT, MySQL, SQLServer, SharePoint

Re-engineered the company’s prototype data collection system, which enabled analysts to specify internet forums to track on behalf of clients. Aligned the system’s schema to match the data model used by analysts while providing significant improvement in search performance and search result faceting. Recognized for innovation and customer service.Technologies utilized: Java, JSP, JavaScript, XML, XSLT, SQL, SharePoint

Developed metadata management applications and editorial publishing systems, including batch data conversion applications, server-based applications, web applications, database applications, and desktop applications. Recognized by colleagues as a trustworthy leader and effective communicator. Recognized with a division-wide award for excellence in communication.As a technical lead for division-wide initiatives, served as a liaison across multiple software development teams. Partnered with business representatives to capture system requirements and to help them make informed decisions about the technical direction of projects. Authored system design documents defining the interface points between major systems and software development teams. As a team lead for the development of metadata applications, directed the daily work of a team of engineers coaching them on software design and development practices.Technologies utilized: Java, Java Swing, JSP, XML, XSLT, SQL, C, C++, PERL