Kerri Willette
Design Researcher at Dropbox
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolKerri Willette is a design researcher in New York with 11 years of experience helping teams build trusted, scalable products by translating complex information needs into usable systems. She brings deep expertise in metadata, data models, taxonomies, and governance from roles managing statewide aggregation networks and leading information-management consulting engagements. At Dropbox she applies user research, workshop facilitation, and stakeholder discovery to ensure products are adopted and ethically reused, drawing on a long career in libraries and digital collections. Kerri combines strategic leadership—formerly as a deputy director overseeing operations and staff development—with hands-on technical implementation of aggregation software and metadata workflows. Her background uniquely blends research-driven product design with domain knowledge of archival standards and consortium-scale interoperability. Trained with an MS in Library and Information Science, she often uncovers organizational practices and hidden data needs that drive more usable, sustainable solutions.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
BA, BA at Wheaton CollegeMS Library and Information Science, MS Library and Information Science at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Github Skills (2)
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github-pages3
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (2)
mnylc/mnylc.github.io
Oct 2016 - Oct 2016
METRO | 599 Site
Contributions:4 commits, 5 pushes in 1 day
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