Laura Pierson
Technical Implementation Consultant Project Manager
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolLaura Pierson is a seasoned Technical Implementation Consultant and Project Manager with over 20 years of experience delivering enterprise library software and digital preservation solutions across 100+ academic institutions in North America. She combines deep librarianship and digital curation expertise with technical skills in data migration, UNIX-based scripting, and systems analysis to translate complex requirements into practical, high-quality implementations. Known for coordinating global teams and managing cross-continent rollouts, she consistently delivers projects on time and on budget while fostering strong customer success and knowledge-centered support. Laura’s background in both frontline support and bid/marketing coordination gives her a rare blend of technical troubleshooting, documentation, and client-facing communication strengths. Based in Chicago, she applies pragmatic QA and training methodologies to help non-technical stakeholders confidently make implementation decisions.
12 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Special Libraries and Information Science, Master’s Degree, Special Libraries and Information Science at Wayne State UniversityBA, English (Writing), BA, English (Writing) at Michigan State University
Github Skills (32)
file-validation10
digital-preservation9
viewer9
openseadragon9
rosetta8
audio8
sdk8
pdf8
iiif7
validation7
3d5
volume-rendering5
oop5
credit4
java4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
ExLibrisGroup/Rosetta.S3StoragePlugin
Feb 2015 - Dec 2020
Contributions:4 commits in 5 years 10 months
ExLibrisGroup/Rosetta.RegexpFieldValidatorPlugin
Feb 2015 - Jun 2020
Contributions:2 commits, 3 pushes in 5 years 5 months
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