Jason Griffey
Executive Director at Open Science Hardware Foundation
Sewanee, Tennessee, United States
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Top SchoolJason Griffey is an executive leader in open science and library technology with 14+ years of experience building interoperable systems, standards programs, and community-driven hardware projects. As Executive Director of the Open Science Hardware Foundation and former Director of Strategic Initiatives at NISO, he has guided cross-sector initiatives—from SeamlessAccess to events like NISO Plus—that bridge standards, policy, and emerging tech. He founded a consultancy and created notable open hardware projects including LibraryBox and the Knight Foundation–backed Measure the Future, demonstrating an uncommon mix of product development, research fellowship experience, and standards advocacy. A former academic Head of Library IT and Harvard affiliate, he combines practical infrastructure delivery (including leading a major new library build) with writing and international speaking on decentralization, privacy, and AI for libraries. Based in Sewanee, Tennessee, he balances scholarly depth in information science with hands-on tinkering in hardware and hyperlocal networks.
14 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
The University of Maryland, College Parkn/a, Philosophy of Science, n/a, Philosophy of Science at Ohio UniversityBachelor's of Arts, Philosophy & Biology, Bachelor's of Arts, Philosophy & Biology at Morehead State UniversityMaster's of Science, Information and Library Science, Master's of Science, Information and Library Science at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Github Skills (40)
modification10
digital-humanities9
homebridge9
keybase9
static-site8
homekit8
whisper8
archives8
end-to-end-encryption8
edward8
pgp8
nodejs7
chat7
react7
speech-to-text7
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
griffey/LibraryBox
Mar 2012 - Feb 2016
Fork of PirateBox designed for educational and library use.
Contributions:64 commits, 2 pushes in 3 years 11 months
berkmancenter/15-Lessons
Oct 2015 - Jul 2016
15 Lessons from the Berkman Fellows Program
Contributions:99 commits, 8 PRs, 98 pushes in 9 months
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