Ian Walls
Head Of Special Projects at ByWater Solutions
Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolIan Walls is a library-focused technologist and Head of Special Projects at ByWater Solutions with 13 years of experience migrating and implementing open-source library systems like FOLIO and Koha. He blends MLIS and MS in Computer Science training to bridge librarians and developers, delivering ILS migrations, integrations, and tools such as Metabase and Libki while scouting other OSS solutions to meet library needs. Ian’s background includes web services and emerging technologies at UMass Amherst and early campus-wide migrations at NYU Medical Center, demonstrating a knack for fast, practical ILS transitions. Known as an open-source zealot and hands-on implementer, he also brings uncommon depth in SilverStripe and music-metadata research from his CS thesis, reflecting a taste for structured data and creative problem-solving.
12 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
BA, Mathematics:Philosophy, BA, Mathematics:Philosophy at University of WashingtonMasters, Library Science & Computer Science, Masters, Library Science & Computer Science at University of Rhode Island
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Github Skills (127)
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Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
sekjal/Coral
May 2016 - Dec 2021
CORAL ERM main repository
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 8 months
erpcoralerm
bywatersolutions/koha-plugin-intranet-coral
Sep 2021 - Dec 2024
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 3 months
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