James Macgregor
Director, Research Infrastructure And Development at Canadian Research Knowledge Network
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolJames Macgregor is a technology and research infrastructure leader with 15 years of hands-on experience in higher education and two decades connected to academic publishing, software development, and librarianship. Currently Director of Research Infrastructure and Development at the Canadian Research Knowledge Network, he combines project management, people leadership, and active back-end coding—most notably contributing Crossref export improvements to the widely used Open Journal Systems. His career spans roles from electronic journals support to interim managing director at the Public Knowledge Project, reflecting deep domain expertise in scholarly communication platforms. Trained in cognitive science, he brings a user-centered, systems-thinking approach to building interoperable research services and translating academic requirements into production-grade software and policy.
14 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
University of New BrunswickBachelor's degree Cognitive Science, Bachelor's degree Cognitive Science at Simon Fraser University
Github Skills (7)
xml10
php10
data-export9
exports9
data-import9
imports9
computer-engineering8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
pkp/ojs
Jun 2011 - Jan 2019
Open Journal Systems is open source software to manage scholarly journals.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:185 commits, 9 PRs, 3 pushes in 7 years 8 months
Contributions summary:James contributed to the Open Journal Systems (OJS) project, focusing on enhancements related to the Crossref export functionality. The user implemented updates to the Crossref Export XML header and incorporated article galley links into the export. Further, they addressed an issue with the publication date used in Crossref exports and resolved problems regarding the published issue date.
journalopen-access
jmacgreg/portico
May 2016 - Feb 2021
Portico FTP deposit plugin for Open Journal Systems.
Contributions:2 releases, 1 review, 5 PRs in 4 years 9 months
journalftpdepositportico
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