Joseph Caudle
Program Director, Data Governance & Policy
South Bend, Indiana, United States
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Top SchoolJoseph Caudle is an experienced IT leader with 14 years of hands-on software and higher-education technology experience, currently directing data governance and policy at the University of Notre Dame. He blends technical depth in Ruby on Rails and full-stack web development with a track record of building teams and operationalizing trusted data access across complex university systems. His background spans developer-facing roles and leadership—from shipping product features and resolving build/infrastructure issues on open-source projects like Growstuff to mentoring and managing cross-functional IT teams. Joseph’s unusual mix of a humanities BA (Philosophy, Theology, Medieval Studies) and deep engineering experience gives him a pragmatic, people-first approach to governance, turning policy into usable, auditable data services.
15 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Rockhurst High SchoolBA, Philosophy, Theology, Medieval Studies, BA, Philosophy, Theology, Medieval Studies at University of Notre Dame
Italian, Latin, Greek, Spanish, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (19)
css10
rspec10
rails10
lessc10
ruby-on-rails10
f9
bootstra8
database8
databases8
bootstrap8
git7
mongodb6
heroku6
vim6
dns6
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
Growstuff/growstuff
Jan 2013 - Jul 2014
Open data project for small-scale food growers, written in rails
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:24 commits, 2 comments in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Joseph primarily contributed to the backend and frontend of the Growstuff project. They made changes to the application's timezone configuration, updated the bootstrap framework, and modified database models and testing to improve functionality. Furthermore, they added pages related to locations, including both backend controller and frontend view changes. The user also addressed build failures, demonstrating skills in identifying and resolving infrastructure issues.
railsgardeningfood
jcaudle/jcaudle.github.com
May 2018 - Sep 2023
Contributions:3 pushes in 5 years 5 months
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