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I’m the Executive Director of the Open Science Hardware Foundation (OSHF). The OSHF is a global nonprofit organization advancing the design, development, and use of open hardware for scientific research. By connecting practitioners, institutions, and policymakers, OSHF works to make scientific tools more ethical, sustainable, and equitable.

Prior to joining OSHF, I was the Director of Strategic Initiatives for the National Information Standards Organization, where I worked to identify new areas of the information ecosystem where standards expertise was useful and needed, and lead ongoing projects such as NISO’s participation in the Coalition for Seamless Access. Prior to joining NISO in 2019, I ran a technology consulting company for libraries, have been both an Affiliate at metaLAB and a Fellow and Affiliate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. I spent a decade as an academic librarian in roles ranging from reference and instruction to Head of IT at the University of TN at Chattanooga, where I led the changing of the entire digital infrastructure of the library, including acting as Technology Lead on the building of a $48 million, 180,000 sq ft brand new academic library. 

I was one of eight winners of the Knight Foundation News Challenge for Libraries for the Measure the Future project (http://measurethefuture.net), an open hardware project designed to provide actionable use metrics for library spaces.

I’m also the creator and director of The LibraryBox Project (http://librarybox.us), an open source portable digital file distribution system. I can be stalked obsessively online, and spend my free time with my daughter Eliza, reading, futzing about with gadgets and hardware, and volunteering in community theater in Middle Tennessee.