James Tuttle
Associate Director, Data Applications In Research
Blacksburg, Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Tuttle is an associate director and developer with 11 years of experience designing and operating data-centric applications and digital preservation systems for research libraries. He blends hands-on engineering (Python, Java, AWS) with library science expertise to architect repositories, manage preservation workflows, and guide interdisciplinary teams at Virginia Tech and previously Duke. His work spans systems design, workflow optimization, and trustworthiness standards (ISO 16363), and he mentors students in experiential software projects while teaching Carpentries-style data skills. A former anthropologist-turned-librarian and continuing CS MEng student, he pairs curiosity about human-centered information with pragmatic infrastructure know-how—down to having built community networks and a reliable home NAS—bringing both institutional-scale stewardship and developer craftsmanship to scholarly data services.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering - MEng, Computer Science, Master of Engineering - MEng, Computer Science at Virginia Tech Graduate SchoolBacherlor of Arts, Cultural Anthropology, Bacherlor of Arts, Cultural Anthropology at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Github Skills (49)
jstree9
wunderground8
stable8
password-manager7
open-access7
preserve6
rest-api6
privacy6
certificate6
windows6
linux6
python6
security6
dspace5
macos5
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
VTUL/dspace-aip-archiver
Mar 2019 - Apr 2020
Export new and changed DSpace items as Archival Information Packages
Contributions:2 reviews, 15 commits, 2 PRs in 1 year 1 month
dspace
VTUL/digital-collections-cloud-replicate
Aug 2021 - Sep 2024
Replicate digital collections to S3, validate fixity, and add fixity metadata to S3 object
Contributions:7 PRs, 20 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 1 month
digital-collectionsdata-exchangeabstractiondata-protectionconflict-resolution
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