Jesse Jensen
Director, Library Services & Data Engineering
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJesse Jensen is a multidisciplinary technology leader with 11 years in library services and data engineering, now directing teams at EBSCO to modernize library systems and customer-facing products. He combines hands-on software engineering leadership with deep operational experience migrating customers to FOLIO and optimizing workflows for reliability and security. Known for pattern recognition and “information telescoping,” Jesse excels at translating complex technical details into practical processes that improve customer satisfaction. His background ranges from Unix and server administration at a major hospital to leading global support and technical teams at Ex Libris, giving him rare cross-domain fluency between infrastructure, support, and product engineering. Based in Chicago, he’s also recognized internally by GitHub aliases (@gss-auto-deploy, @jessejensen), reflecting a pragmatic automation-first mindset.
11 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Psychology, BA, Psychology at University of Chicago
Github Skills (33)
discovery-service10
sms10
plugin9
lgpl9
chrome-extension9
perl9
discovery9
python8
e-mail8
browser-extension8
javascript7
chrome7
python-modules7
firefox6
cli3
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
ebsco/ebscopy
Jun 2015 - Feb 2019
The official Python wrapper for the EBSCO Discovery Service API
Contributions:5 reviews, 160 commits, 7 PRs in 3 years 8 months
discovery-servicepython
jjensen-ebsco/email_sms_mms_gateways
Jun 2021 - Jan 2022
A simple repo containing a list of known e-mail to SMS, MMS, and Rich Messaging carrier gateways in JSON format under a MIT or LGPL license.
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
sms-gatewaymailemailsmscarrier
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