Summary
Cole Hudson is a Full Stack Software Engineer with 11 years of experience modernizing and supporting enterprise systems across research universities and national labs. Currently at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, he combines hands-on full-stack development with leadership honed as Director of Information Systems and Technology at the University of Arkansas and Discovery Systems Manager at NC State. He has a strong background in library and digital collections technologies, grant-funded project delivery, and stakeholder-facing systems integration that bridges academic, research, and enterprise needs. Comfortable leading small technical teams, teaching as an adjunct, and shipping production-facing applications, he brings both technical breadth and a librarian’s attention to metadata and information architecture. Based in Fayetteville, AR, he pairs an MLIS in Digital Libraries and humanities training with practical software engineering to modernize legacy systems into user-centered services.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Arts English, Master of Arts English at University of Arkansas
Bachelor of Arts Music English, Bachelor of Arts Music English at Arkansas Tech University
Master of Library & Information Science (MLIS) Digital Libraries, Master of Library & Information Science (MLIS) Digital Libraries at Rutgers University