Karen Dolan
Senior Software Engineer at Harvard University, Division for Continuing Education
Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKaren Dolan is a senior software engineer with 12 years of focused experience building modular, secure, and long-lived web systems, currently shaping OSGi Java and Node-React teaching and media tools at Harvard Extension School. She blends front-end and back-end mastery with a pragmatic emphasis on extensibility and integration, delivering features that remain maintainable beyond their initial implementation. Her background spans enterprise portal architecture and PKI support at General Dynamics and healthcare systems integration (HL7) early in her career, giving her strong experience in standards-driven, mission-critical environments. A lifelong learner with an ALM in Information Technology (3.92) and a BA in Economics with a CS minor, she combines rigorous academic discipline with practical engineering. Based in Massachusetts, she is known for thoughtful design decisions that favor reusability and secure interoperability across complex stacks.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Economics, minor in Computer Science, BA, Economics, minor in Computer Science at Boston CollegeALM, Information Technology (Software Eng), 3.92, ALM, Information Technology (Software Eng), 3.92 at Harvard Extension School
Github Skills (152)
streaming10
javascript10
jquery10
video-processing10
http-live-streaming10
recording10
stream10
scale10
playback10
video-management10
hls-stream10
video-streaming10
mediasource10
x1210
html5-video10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
karendolan/paella
Jun 2015 - Oct 2020
Paella standalone html 5 multistream player
Contributions:2 PRs, 18 pushes, 29 branches in 5 years 4 months
html-5standalonepaellamultistreamplayer
harvard-dce/paella-matterhorn
Jan 2015 - Oct 2018
New Work In Progress Paella Matterhorn Engage. The dce-release branch is retired. The master branch is what new feature branches should branch from.
Contributions:58 PRs, 306 pushes, 94 branches in 3 years 9 months
branchesengagein-progressdcemaster
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