Experience
Talkiatry New York
Chief Technology Officer May 2021–
Building the technology team for a behavioral health practice devoted to responsibly solving the mental health treatment crisis in America in previously unimaginable ways using technology.
Lively New York
Director of Patient Care Engineering April 2020–May 2021
Led technology team in development of an FDA-registered cross-platform mobile app that integrated Lively's high-praised teleaudiology platform with controls for the company's advanced bluetooth hearing aids.
Cityblock Health New York
Staff Software Engineer February 2019–April 2020
Tech lead for several major projects in Cityblock's care coordination tool Commons, including a rewrite of the charting and task management features.
Zocdoc New York
Principal Front End Engineer March 2017–January 2019
Worked on migrating Zocdoc’s flagship appointment booking site’s front-end from C#-based monolith to modern, microservice-backed React/Redux web application. New York-based tech lead and point of contact for new engineering team being established in Pune, India to support the needs of Zocdoc’s enterprise clients and backoffice staff.
Remedy Partners New York
Director, Front End Architecture January 2015–March 2017
Led front-end development team responsible for building interface for care coordination tool, streamlining processes to the point that front-end development ceased to be a critical path dependency for software development.
C & P Bibliography Services, LLC New York
Bibliographer and founder July 2010–
Work with collectors, dealers, and libraries to develop catalogues—both online and paper-based—that meet the needs of the discerning bibliomaniac.
Inovance, Inc. New York
Lead Front-end Developer June 2014–February 2016
Developed an interactive dashboard to communicate foreign exchange market insights derived by Inovance's machine learning algorithms.
ByWater Solutions West Haven, CT
Lead Support Specialist January 2011–June 2011
Point person for more than fifty customers of a library technology vendor. Provided comprehensive technical support to customers and ensured that customer concerns were addressed in a timely fashion by collaborating with cross-functional team.
American Numismatic Society New York
Assistant Librarian March 2009–December 2010
Managed several technical projects, including both integrated library system migration and major cataloging initiatives.
Various private collectors Edinburgh and New York
Cataloguer and Research Assistant January 2008–June 2010
Managed cataloguing projects for a number of private collectors and scholars.
Brooklyn College Library Brooklyn, NY
Intern January 2010–June 2010
Developed Russian-language library instruction videos.
New York Public Library New York
Volunteer, Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature December 2008–February 2009
Assisted with the organization and processing of a large archival collection.
Bodleian Library Oxford
Visiting Fellow, Western Manuscripts Section October 2008–November 2008
Processed several manuscript collections with materials from the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries.
Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA
Library Assistant, Special Collections May 2008
Processed one twentieth century and two nineteenth century manuscript collections.
American University of Afghanistan Kabul, Afghanistan
Librarian October 2007–December 2007
Acted as university librarian, including supervising staff, managing acquisitions and donations, and administering intergrated library system.
Princeton University Princeton, NJ
Library Assistant May 2005–August 2007
Worked at Princeton over breaks during college. Managed several short- and long-term projects.
The College of New Jersey Ewing, NJ
Senior Library Coordinator January 2004–May 2007
Staffed circulation desk with increasing levels of responsibility. Promoted three times following hire as Circulation Desk Assistant.
Al Akhawayn University Ifrane, Morocco
Writing Center Consultant September 2006–December 2006
Assisted non-native English speakers with revising academic papers.
Visionware Systems Princeton, NJ
Programmer April 2000–May 2005
Automated internal processes, cutting time requirements of key business tasks by 75%.
Education and Certifications
MS, Library and Information Science Palmer School of Library & Information Science, Long Island University
BA, English The College of New Jersey
Cambridge Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults (CELTA) International House Budapest
Service
SLA New York
Co-chair, Professional Development Program January 2016–December 2017
Plan and organize professional development program for New York-area information-specialists as non-executive member of elected Board.
Software Carpentry
Instructor August 2014–
Teach librarians and researchers the basics of computer programming in two-day intensive workshops.
True Potential Toastmasters New York
Secretary July 2014–May 2015
Koha open source project
Module Maintainer (Authorities) for Koha 3.16 October 2013–May 2014
Release Manager for Koha 3.12 October 2012–May 2013
Release Maintainer for Koha 3.6.x June 2012–October 2012
Elected three times to participate in the governance of the international Koha open source project. As Release Manager for Koha 3.12.0, managed project and led development for a major release that added new architecture for plugins and a modernized user experience for intranet interface. As Release Maintainer for Koha 3.06.5–3.06.10, ensured ongoing stability and security of system used in production by thousands of libraries world-wide.