Donald R
IT Analyst III at University of Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
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Top SchoolDonald R is an IT Analyst III and senior software engineer with 11 years of hands-on experience building scalable Node.js platforms, custom CMS/LMS solutions, and integrations with major social media and analytics ecosystems. He leads cross-functional teams at the University of Tennessee managing petabyte-scale archival hosting, designing precise content management systems that prioritize long-term data integrity, and coordinating complex system migrations and upgrades. His background spans web strategy, SEM/SEO, tag management, and both relational and NoSQL databases, paired with strong interpersonal and analytical problem-solving skills. Notably, he migrated academic publishing workflows from WordPress to a bespoke Node.js stack with OAuth, Express, and MongoDB at UCF, demonstrating an ability to replace legacy tooling for performance and functionality gains. An active open-source participant and pragmatic leader, he blends hands-on engineering with stakeholder communication and technical training to deliver durable educational and business intelligence solutions.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computational Science minors in Information Technology & Digital Media,, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computational Science minors in Information Technology & Digital Media, at University of Central FloridaAssociate's degree, General Studies, Associate's degree, General Studies at Valencia Community CollegeCertificate, Supervisory Foundation Certificate, Certificate, Supervisory Foundation Certificate at University of Tennessee, Knoxville
French, English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (200)
metadata10
slideshow10
automation10
visual-studio10
reveal-js10
islandora10
compose10
digital-assets10
open-access10
vagrant10
prometheus10
gitbook10
visualization10
hosts10
privacy10
Programming languages (25)
Github contributions (5)
utkdigitalinitiatives/islandora_scholar
Nov 2016 - Sep 2018
Scholarly PDF Solution Pack for handling scholarly data and theses. A foundational module for implementing Islandora as an institutional repository.
Contributions:1 PR, 43 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 10 months
pdfislandorainstitutional-repositoryinstitutionalpdf-generation
utkdigitalinitiatives/bookprep
Oct 2017 - May 2018
Rearranges local digitized book structure, (files and directories), to islandora book_batch form also creates derivatives for jp2, ocr, hocr.
Contributions:18 commits, 6 PRs, 4 comments in 7 months
islandorabatchocrdirectorieshocr
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