Galen Mancino
Technical Program Manager at City of Los Angeles
Oakland, California, United States
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Top SchoolGalen Mancino is a program manager and founder with nine years of experience building full-stack software, open-source projects, and GIS-adjacent systems from Oakland, California. Currently at UC Berkeley’s College of Computing, Data Science, and Society and founder of Scholium Technologies, he bridges academic program leadership with hands-on engineering and product work. His contributions to notable open-source efforts like the Arches Project and front-end work for Internet Archive’s Open Library reflect a focus on UX-driven engineering and public-good software. Galen pursues AI projects that prioritize hallucination-resistant implementations and practical safeguards, pairing technical rigor with ethical concern. His background in interdisciplinary computer science and a BA in the history of math and science gives him a knack for translating complex technical tradeoffs into program-level decisions.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), History of Math and Science; Philosophy, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), History of Math and Science; Philosophy at St. John's CollegeMaster's degree Candidate, Interdiscplinary Computer Science, Master's degree Candidate, Interdiscplinary Computer Science at Mills College
English, French, Spanish
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Github Skills (5)
html10
css10
ui-design9
javascript8
google-books7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
internetarchive/openlibrary
Mar 2018 - Apr 2018
One webpage for every book ever published!
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 3 PRs, 3 issues in 1 month
Contributions summary:Galen primarily focused on enhancing the user interface and widget components within the OpenLibrary project. Their contributions include fixing invalid markup in a widget template, creating an HTML file to generate an iframe URL, updating CSS for widget styling, and moving embed button to social share section. These changes involved modifications to HTML templates and CSS files, indicating a focus on improving the visual presentation and user experience of book widgets.
reactinternet-archiveeverlibrary-cataloguepublished
whatisgalen/arches
Feb 2019 - Aug 2021
Arches is a web platform for creating, managing, & visualizing geospatial data. Arches was inspired by the needs of the Cultural Heritage community, particularly the widespread need of organizations to build & manage cultural heritage inventories
Contributions:4 PRs, 24 pushes, 13 branches in 2 years 6 months
web-platformgeospatialcultural-heritageheritagecultural
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