Fritz Freiheit
Applications Programmer Analyst Lead
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolFritz Freiheit is an Applications Programmer Analyst Lead at the University of Michigan with over eight years in his current library IT role and a long software career spanning academic, healthcare, and enterprise environments. He designs and maintains open-source research data repository software, applying a foundation in intelligent systems, agent-oriented distributed systems, and computational linguistics from an MS in Intelligent Systems. Alongside his technical leadership, Fritz is a prolific author-publisher of action-adventure science fiction novels and runs his own wiki and blog, reflecting a rare blend of creative storytelling and systems engineering. His background includes senior development and architecture roles dating back to the 1980s, giving him deep experience in software lifecycle and integration across domains. Known for combining research-oriented thinking with practical delivery, he brings both scholarly rigor and a writer’s eye for clear communication to complex technical projects.
8 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
MS, Intelligent Systems, MS, Intelligent Systems at University of MichiganBSME, Mechanical Engineering, BSME, Mechanical Engineering at Michigan State UniversityHigh School Degree, High School Degree at East Lansing High School
Github Skills (20)
data-repository10
statistical-learning10
foundation10
rails10
blacklight10
ruby9
dspace9
ruby-on-rails9
deep-learning3
analytics3
fedora2
backbone2
storage1
devise1
omniauth1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
mlibrary/deepblue
May 2018 - Feb 2023
University of Michigan Research Data Repository and Dspace replacement
Contributions:43 releases, 7 reviews, 1625 commits in 4 years 9 months
research-datadata-repositorymichiganuniversity-of-michiganresearch-data-repository
samvera-labs/chimera
Apr 2018 - Apr 2019
A generic, unbranded implementation of University of Michigan Research Data Repository DeepBlue
Contributions:51 commits, 18 PRs, 46 pushes in 1 year
research-datadata-repositorydeep-learningmichigangeneric
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