David Brunton
Director Of Digital Services at Library of Congress
Maryland, United States
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Top SchoolDavid Brunton is an experienced digital services leader with 17 years of building and operating large-scale public sector digital libraries and platforms, now serving as Director of Digital Services at the Library of Congress. He has led teams of 40+ staff, overseen agency-wide IT systems and budgets, and driven major programs including the Digital Library Services, Project One discovery, and the crowd.loc.gov crowdsourcing platform. Known for turning complex archival and web-archiving requirements into performant, scalable systems, he combines hands-on technical chops from earlier engineering roles with high-level strategy and enterprise architecture experience. David’s career spans both government and private-sector tech leadership—from rebuilding Chronicling America for dramatic performance gains to scaling technology for national political campaigns—bringing a practical, people-focused approach and a sunny disposition to mission-driven digital transformation. Notably, he maintains separate professional and personal project presences (LOC and RightFieldFarm), signaling an ongoing commitment to both institutional stewardship and independent innovation.
17 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors, Sociology, Bachelors, Sociology at Harvard University
Github Skills (26)
image9
data-files9
raku9
documentation-generator9
documentation8
python8
mailing8
specification8
image-processing8
imaging7
mailing-list7
cross-platform6
checksum4
java3
historical3
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
dbrunton/cookbook
Jul 2020 - Aug 2020
Contributions:57 pushes, 1 branch in 15 days
dbrunton/Automata-Cellular
Feb 2016 - Feb 2016
Contributions:1 PR, 14 pushes, 3 branches in 11 days
cellularautomatacellular-automataperl
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