Resume

Principal Investigator for $980k in awarded grants; key personnel on an additional $21M, overseeing programs involving data systems, software development, and operational tooling.

Lead product and data strategy for 20+ open-source and open-data tools, including geospatial systems, mobile applications, and research platforms used across Vermont and beyond.

Founded and direct the Open Research Community Accelerator (ORCA)—more than 39 students, 7,500+ hours, and 15+ delivered open-source projects using Agile methodology.

Guide teams in defining product specifications, developing roadmaps, creating MVPs, and implementing iterative discovery with government, academic, and nonprofit partners.

Co-created the Vermont Data Collaborative, coordinating with state agencies, IT leaders, and researchers to design shared data architecture and governance frameworks.

Designed and launched the UVM Dataverse, the university’s first open-data repository—leading security reviews, compliance alignment, metadata standards, and operational workflow design.

Coordinate interdisciplinary technical teams (engineering, data science, UX, research software engineering) and evaluate cloud, visualization, and pipeline tools for project architectures.

Produced major community data events (PyData Vermont, Open Science Summit with NASA) and facilitated workshops focused on data visualization, telemetry-like workflows, and cloud tools.

Delivered 22+ conference presentations and guest lectured in 21+ courses, emphasizing data ecosystems, open infrastructure, and product development practices.