DuraSpace Staff
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Michele Kimpton Chief Executive Officer Michele provides leadership and vision in coordinating DuraSpace initiatives, activities, and partnerships to benefit stakeholder communities. Michele, a Library of Congress Digital Preservation Pioneer, is also the Project Director for the DuraCloud project. |
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Jonathan Markow Chief Strategy Officer Jonathan helps develop and implement strategic initiatives for DuraSpace, with special attention to supporting collaboration within and among our open source communities, forming alignments with complementary organizations, introducing new services and technologies, and ensuring long-term sustainability. Jonathan also leads the DuraSpace Registered Service Provider and Corporate Sponsorship programs. |
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Bill Branan Technical Lead and Developer Bill is a lead developer for the DuraCloud project, coordinating and contributing to the design, development, and infrastructure of the DuraCloud platform and services. |
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Tim Donohue Technical Lead and Developer Tim is the technical lead for the DSpace project and coordinates community participation in the open source development process. |
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Valorie Hollister Director of Community Programs Val leads the overall community strategy for the organization ensuring that the priorities, projects and development efforts are targeting the greatest need in the community. |
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Carol Minton Morris Director of Marketing and Communications Carol leads editorial content and materials development and dissemination for DuraSpace publications, web sites, exhibits, initiatives and online events and develops strategies to get the word out about DuraCloud software and services. |
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Carissa Smith Partner Specialist Carissa manages community relations for the DuraCloud project as well as coordinates the development of DuraCloud training materials and resources and oversees the DuraCloud web presence. She also administers general business operations for the DuraSpace organization. |
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Andrew Woods Technical Lead and Developer Andrew is a lead developer for the DuraCloud project, coordinating and contributing to the design, development, and infrastructure of the DuraCloud platform and services. |
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Sandy Payette Strategic Advisor to the Executive Team Sandy was DuraSpace's founding CEO and creator of the original Flexible Extensible Digital Object Repository Architecture (Fedora). In Fall 2011, she will enter a doctoral program at Cornell University to pursue her PhD with new research focused on the intersection of technology, society, and policy. She will continue to work with DuraSpace as Advisor to the Executive Team through June 2011 and as a strategic consultant thereafter. |











