Kyle Felker
Senior Library Applications Developer
Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKyle Felker is a Senior Library Applications Developer with 14 years of experience building human-centered, full-stack web applications for academic libraries. Based in Grand Rapids, he blends usability-focused design with hands-on engineering—using React, asynchronous Java back-ends, Python/Flask, and legacy PHP—to translate library business needs into reliable production systems. At Grand Valley State University he leads delivery and QC for Folio-based and custom-built software, manages institutional GitHub repositories, and authored a programming style guide to improve team consistency. His background in librarianship and digital initiatives gives him a rare combination of user-centered product sense and infrastructure experience (Omeka, Solr, Red Hat servers). He holds an MLIS and an MS in Computer Science, and is known for smoothing collaboration between technologists and library staff to get small and large projects across the finish line.
14 years of coding experience
Master's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at Grand Valley State UniversityMaster of Library & Information Science (M.L.I.S.), Master of Library & Information Science (M.L.I.S.) at Louisiana State UniversityBachelor's degree, English Language and Literature, General, Bachelor's degree, English Language and Literature, General at University of Southern MississippiMaster of Arts (M.A.), English Language and Literature, General, Master of Arts (M.A.), English Language and Literature, General at University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Github Skills (63)
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Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
gvsulib/SolrSearch
Apr 2018 - Jan 2025
Contributions:7 pushes, 5 branches in 6 years 11 months
gvsulib/display
Sep 2014 - Mar 2020
Contributions:126 commits, 1 PR, 129 pushes in 5 years 6 months
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