Lead efforts to build relationships among libraries, organizations, and companies participating in the EBSCO/OLE/Index Data Open Source LSP project, to recruit and mentor staff from partners to the effort, and to promote awareness of the project. Play a key role in the conversations between Index Data and the many community stakeholders – including practitioners, developers, and strategists – to foster dialog about the project itself and about the future direction of technology in the library domain.

Build, monitor, and enhance the development-to-operations infrastructure for hosted open source software using emerging tools and best practices. Enable clients serve their users through the use of Drupal, Islandora, CollectionSpace and other web content delivery systems. Advance the profession with service to open source communities, standards groups, and professional associations.

Analyzed, recommended, initiated, and coordinated plans for the introduction and use of new information technologies and services by LYRASIS member institutions. Served as a key contact with libraries, library consortia, information and library associations and standards group initiatives, information and library hardware and software, and database vendors. Provided leadership and support for LYRASIS committees, task forces and other planning groups.

Analyzed, recommended, and coordinated plans for the introduction and use of new information technologies and services by OhioLINK and its member institutions. Responsibilities included:

• Working with staff and the strategic vision task forces by proposing new ideas, plans, and projects into their processes
• Overseeing the development and implementation of a discovery layer across all OhioLINK content
• Communicating OhioLINK needs and desires for the Ohio Board of Regents shared infrastructure with OARNET project management staff
• Tracking progress and ensuring OhioLINK's needs were met in the electronic textbook pilots
• Exploring collaborations with university presses
• Coordinating activities in support of the accessible textbook initiative
• Tracking and monitoring new standards, projects, and concepts

Planned OhioLINK's next generation statewide institutional repository and multimedia database management system. Responsibilities included:

• Stewarding and expanding of the Digital Media Center, a statewide central repository that contains commercial and member-supplied images, audio, video, satellite and other forms of multimedia
• Developing concepts and supervised programmers for the Digital Resource Commons (DRC), a more robust content management service and repository that supports storage, distribution, publication, and long-term preservation of the educational and research materials of participating institutions

Lead and participated in technology initiatives that enhance the University Libraries' services. Responsibilities included:

• Collaborating with other library units to ensure that the full range of library expertise and resources were applied to building and managing technology initiatives that enhance the University Libraries' services
• Leading or serving on library teams and in this role applied a wide range of skills and techniques in the areas of teaming and project management
• Representing the Director in technology-related meetings, forums and projects external to the Libraries, including the Boston Library Consortium, the New England Council of Presidents, University Information Technology Services and other University settings
• Writing grant proposals and actively seeking funding sources for select University Libraries' projects and initiatives
• Participating in electronic forums as well as regional and national meetings concerning the conception, development, adoption and implementation of library technology standards, products and best practices, representing the University's interests in such settings
• Seeking opportunities for university, statewide, national and international partnerships
• Exploring issues surrounding the application of technology to academic/research libraries, anticipating future trends in an evolving information environment, and working to share that knowledge through regular presentations and publications

Administered, coordinated and provided leadership in policy and program development for the Information Technology Services area. Responsibilities included:

• Establishing and maintaining Area goals, priorities and programs consistent with the University Libraries' mission and strategic initiatives
• Supervising all Area staff, including hiring, training, revising job descriptions and setting goals and objectives for all personnel. Facilitating the Area's Steering Council and supporting the Area's self-managed operational teams
• Administering and overseeing Area operations including process analysis, resource allocation and evaluation of services
• Participating in the development, testing and documentation of projects and coordinating the transition to production. Mentoring or leading teams assembled from various library and campus areas and guiding projects from concept to completion
• In the role of project leader, developing plans, facilitating a team-oriented process leading to consensus-driven decision-making, ensuring the creation of a system acquisition and maintenance strategy, coordinating tasks and supervising staff members assigned to projects
• Actively pursuing partnership opportunities with University departments and external institutions as well as opportunities that enhanced the visibility of the library's information systems and services

Provided library-focused computer services as well as web site development and academic/administrative computing support for the law school campus. Responsibilities included:

• Overseeing all library computing/networking services including CD-ROMs, Internet resources, computer assisted legal research and instruction tools and related telecommunication facilities
• Managing and providing technical support for the library's Innovative Interfaces integrated library system and leading development of the WebPAC interface and related components
• Developing and managing the library and law school web sites, including coordination of content from administrative offices, student groups and other contributors to the site
• Supervising student employees
• Evaluating technology needs of the library, academic and administrative computer users; analyzing, recommending and maintaining hardware, software and data communication products used in the library and administrative departments
• Coordinating with law school academic and administrative departments to implement and maintain administrative database tools and systems

Responsible for information technology research and development which included analyzing, evaluating, recommending, beta-testing, developing, implementing, maintaining and supporting advanced-technology electronic information delivery systems and subsystems for CWRUnet as a part of the CWRU Electronic Learning Environment. Responsibilities included:

• Developing and integrating leading-edge technologies into the Electronic Learning Environment
• Implementing, maintaining and improving information delivery services, including the CWRU/OhioLINK Innovative Interfaces integrated library system and other related systems
• Supervising professional and student employees
• Developing, testing and implementing unique and creative local software solutions when necessary to integrate and facilitate the use of new technologies as part of the research and learning activities of the university
• Coordinating the implementation of collaborative online resources in the libraries of the University Circle institutions
• Performing general technical support and training sessions for staff using the online systems and network applications
• Working with corporations and technology providers to beta test promising pre-release information technologies. Providing analysis, compiling feedback and actively campaigning for modifications necessary to develop useful applications for CWRU and the wider library community

Responsible for directing all areas of the Library Systems Office, including computer room operations, hardware and software maintenance, networking and telecommunications and system administration. Responsibilities included:

• Maintaining the security, integrity and availability of the local INNOPAC library automation system, including maintenance of software configuration and tables, password authorizations, tape loads and profile changes
• Supervising professional and student employees
• Writing custom code and installing software and hardware systems for patron access to electronic information and administrative staff functions in support of the library mission
• Installing and maintaining a CD-ROM Local Area Network based on the Novell LAN protocol and Gandalf Starport VT100-to-MSDOS gateway system
• Managing public and library administrative networks
• Serving as the technical contact to systems-related vendors and organizations, both on and off-campus (most notably, serving on the OhioLINK Technical Advisory Committee and as Miami's representative on the OhioLINK Lead Implementors group)