John Edmonds
Senior Academic Advisor at College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota (Twin Cities)
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJohn Edmonds is a Senior Academic Advisor at the University of Minnesota with 15 years of experience designing data-driven student programs, conducting large-scale cohort studies, and leading intercultural development initiatives. He translates qualitative and quantitative research—focus groups, IDI assessments, journey mapping—into actionable interventions that boost retention and cross-cultural staff competence. A former lecturer and co-lead of the PowerTAC project, he combines academic rigor with project architecture and management skills not obvious from an advisor title alone. Based in Minneapolis, he leverages counseling-trained person-centered approaches alongside UX design principles to create equitable, user-focused academic experiences.
15 years of coding experience
Google UX Design Certificate ProgramMasters of Science, Counseling, Masters of Science, Counseling at Minnesota State University Moorhead
Github Skills (21)
simulation10
tac10
broker10
issue-tracking10
proxy-server9
visualizer9
python8
proxy7
bottom-up7
py4j7
scheduler6
bottom6
java5
brokers5
adapter4
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
powertac/officecomplex-customer
Feb 2015 - Mar 2017
Contributions:10 PRs, 39 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 2 months
powertac
powertac/powertac-server
Nov 2010 - Sep 2022
Power TAC simulation server
Contributions:7 reviews, 2733 commits, 74 PRs in 12 years
simulationpowertac
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