Experience

University of Minnesota Libraries

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Libraries Web Applications Developer | University of Minnesota Libraries

  • Dec 2021 - Present

  • Contributes custom code to software applications, databases, scripts, and websites within the Libraries Application Development project portfolio • Maintains a high level of code quality through modern testing practices, review of new code contributions, and periodic review of applications in the portfolio with an eye toward improvement or modernization • Produces thorough and audience-appropriate documentation of application code, server procedures, website usage, etc., enabling smooth collaboration within the Application Development department, and in the broader Libraries • Analyzes technical problems or needs identified by the Libraries and contributes potential software or database design solutions which may be novel or already available in centrally provided or off the shelf software • Performs administrative duties over applications, websites, databases, or servers, for example web user and permissions management, software maintenance upgrades, database migration, or server platform modifications • Periodically acts as a triage point for end user website support questions, responding in a timely and professional manner to inquiries that can be handled directly, or determining the team or colleague best suited to handle the issue and assigning it to their attention • Stays up to date with evolving technologies through independent reading, webinar, meetup, or conference attendance and reports on topics to colleagues in Application Development Show less



University of California, Davis

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Full Stack Web Developer Student | Projects

  • Mar 2021 - Sep 2021

  Poké Talk | MERN Stack (MongDB, Express, React, Node, Bcrypt, JSON web tokens) The web application allows users to discuss their pokémon and is an adaptable platform for a chat forum. Users with an account can post a discussion topic, add comments, delete their discussions, and update their profile information • Met remotely through Zoom and Google Meet to collaborate with a team of four from inception to deployment • Documented all changes through GitHub; utilized branches, and comments to ensure resilience of codebase, clarity, and purposefulness of updates • As front end developer, created the Semantic UI front end forms, user dashboard. As back end developer, created data models, and Apollo GraphQL query routes in less than two weeks Mechanique Blog | MySql, Express, Handlebars, Node, Sequelize, Bootstrap A web application based blogging platform with user authentication and commenting functionality. Utilizing a model-view-controller framework, the user may create an account, create posts, read posts, update posts, create comments, and delete their posts • Independently worked across all phases of the development lifecycle to complete the application in one week • Successfully created RESTful APIs to query and update blog user data Find A Beer | JavaScript, Mapbox GL JS, Pure.css, various APIs Using this web application, the user may enter the name of a city, see the locations of breweries in the city and see the location of restrooms in the city. These objects are populated to an interactive map • Partnered remotely with team of three to conceptualize, design, build, and debug the application in under two weeks for presentation to group of over 30 developers • Back end developer work responsible for creation of the backend API requests. Front end developer work included creation of front end DOM manipulations, and the front-end Mapbox GL functionality Show less



State of California

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Digital Preservation Manager | California Revealed | California State Library

  • Nov 2018 - Jun 2021

  • Developed custom code and workflows to effectively expedite management of digital files, file packages, aggregation, standardization, migration, and syncing of metadata • Developed audience-appropriate documentation for sustainable workflows, scripts, and replicable extraction, transformation, loading (ETL) processes to facilitate metadata management, metadata reporting, and analysis • Led metadata extraction and transformation for projects and ongoing workflows to aid internal departments’ continuous collections maintenance • Provided technical expertise and user support to partnering institutions regarding collection needs and services; selection of materials, preparation of collection materials for outsourced digitization, metadata creation, internal ingest, preservation, and access processes • Performed content audits, verified fixity, troubleshot production problems, performed quality control and quality assurance to improve intellectual control of digital preservation files and associated metadata records • Contributed to planning and development of custom designed Drupal-based repository and public facing website • Oversaw and managed LTO Preservation Repository through coordination of vendor produced backups, internal file management actions, fixity verification processes, and performance of content and metadata audits • Assisted with development of digital preservation outreach workshops Show less



State of Colorado

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Digital Media Archivist | Colorado State Archives

  • Jun 2016 - Oct 2018

  • Developed policies and made recommendations for the creation, accession, preservation, and dissemination of a variety of digital assets stewarded by the archives • Designed workflows and documented procedures for a variety of internal processes regarding digitization initiatives and metadata creation/handling according to accepted best practices • Initiated outreach activities through coordination with relevant, local MLIS Programs to promote the archives and its numerous processing projects • Interviewed, hired, trained, directed, and mentored volunteer, term limited project staff, and interns in the appraisal, arrangement, description, and preservation of a variety of textual and electronic materials • Processed a variety of government archival collections through arrangement, description, and preservation actions to aid in the reduction of 130,000 linear feet of backlog • Performed mass metadata collation, normalization, and transformation for ingest into the State Archives’ collection management systems • Successfully completed work on a National Historic Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), State Government and Electronic Records (SGER) grant to migrate and convert a decade of legacy, digital, legislative audio. Work included project management, report generation, collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, large scale digital conversion to archival and dissemination audio formats, description, and cataloging of the State Archives’ first born digital collection • Collaboratively developed the Colorado State Archives’ Digital Preservation Policy and collated appropriate logistics regarding the launching of the archives’ ability to regularly ingest and preserve digital assets from other state agencies through research, planning, testing, and implementation of a trusted digital repository system Show less



University of Colorado Boulder

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Digital Archivist | Media Archeology Lab

  • Jun 2016 - Mar 2017

  • Obtained, preserved, and cataloged the bitstreams of digital artistic media stored on a variety of obsolete media formats through use of the Kryoflux disk imaging device and the BitCurator suite of digital forensics tools • Created a user guide for future students interested in refining this project and interested in pursuing similar digital forensics based projects • Held regular office hours, gave tours, coordinated with other users of the lab • Obtained, preserved, and cataloged the bitstreams of digital artistic media stored on a variety of obsolete media formats through use of the Kryoflux disk imaging device and the BitCurator suite of digital forensics tools • Created a user guide for future students interested in refining this project and interested in pursuing similar digital forensics based projects • Held regular office hours, gave tours, coordinated with other users of the lab