Dawn Mccleskey
Product Owner, MadeInAmerica.gov at GSA
Detroit Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDawn Mccleskey is a product-focused software leader and former librarian with 11+ years guiding large-scale government search and information systems. Currently Product Owner for MadeInAmerica.gov, she pairs civic-tech best practices with stakeholder diplomacy to turn policy goals into usable products. Previously she led Search.gov as program and system owner, improving search experiences for over 175 agencies using Elasticsearch and user-centered design. Dawn brings deep expertise in metadata, taxonomy, UX research, and agile delivery, plus hands-on skills in vendor management, security, and training. Known for cultivating calm, productive teams, she combines analytical rigor with creativity rooted in library science. Her background in international library initiatives and applied information management gives her a rare perspective on scaling search and knowledge services across diverse organizations.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
BA, BA at University of MichiganMLS, MLS at University of MarylandVoronezh State University
Russian, Spanish
Github Skills (105)
recurly10
nlp10
protected10
layout10
translation10
policies10
jekyll10
location9
faceted-search9
search-api9
searchable9
search-engine9
gatsby-plugin9
api8
clarity8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
GSA/govt-urls
Dec 2016 - Nov 2022
Most government websites end in .gov or .mil, but many do not. This repo contains USA.gov's list of public government domains and URLs that don't end in .gov or .mil.
Contributions:11 reviews, 39 commits, 26 PRs in 6 years
govurlsmilgovernmentdomains
GSA/wp-digitalgov-i14y-indexer
Dec 2016 - Mar 2018
Contributions:5 commits, 1 PR, 3 pushes in 1 year 3 months
wordpresswordpress-pluginindexingdigitalgov
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