Jon Fackrell
BYU-Pathway Worldwide Educational Resource Manager
Rigby, Idaho, United States
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Top SchoolJon Fackrell is a product-focused software engineer and educational technology leader with over a decade of experience building SaaS solutions for higher education and cultural heritage institutions. He currently manages educational resources at BYU-Pathway Worldwide while also serving as Senior Software Engineer for the Wilford Woodruff Papers Foundation and leading RefBytes, where he launched Omeka Cloud and LTI-integrated tools for Canvas. Jon blends library science and engineering expertise—MLS and an MBA in IT Management—with a background in mechanical engineering and systems engineering to connect pedagogy, metadata-rich digital collections, and scalable web platforms. Known for pragmatic, data-driven decision making, he partners directly with organizations to deliver custom plugins, themes, and hosted services that make scholarly content more accessible and sustainable. An often-overlooked strength is his ability to translate library workflows into product requirements, enabling technically sound solutions that meet real educational needs.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
MLS Library and Information Science, MLS Library and Information Science at Emporia State UniversityMBA in IT Management, MBA in IT Management at Western Governors UniversityBrigham Young University-Idaho
English, Spanish
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Github Skills (29)
omeka10
linked-data10
e-mail10
cms9
php9
sbt8
module-exports8
full-stack7
laravel7
java7
iiif6
livewire6
scala6
cloud-storage5
mirador5
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
refbytes/laravel-outseta
Jan 2025 - Mar 2026
Integrate Outseta registration, login, internal user creation, and authorization with Laravel.
Contributions:20 releases, 2 PRs, 62 pushes in 1 year 2 months
jonfackrell/resource-scheduler
Jul 2017 - Sep 2018
Contributions:246 PRs, 264 pushes, 20 branches in 1 year 2 months
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