Linda Hardie
Owner at Hardie Clay
Ames, Iowa, United States
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Top SchoolLinda Hardie is a multidisciplinary maker and technologist with 13 years of professional experience who combines a deep background in ceramic arts with a proven track record in enterprise software and systems administration. As owner of Hardie Clay she produces handmade utilitarian pottery that explores form, texture, and resilience, while her prior roles at Mayo Clinic and other institutions show strong expertise in Java development, performance tuning, CI pipelines, and cloud administration. She has designed and optimized large data flows and testing frameworks, reduced batch processing times dramatically, and led migrations to virtual and cloud infrastructures. Linda’s career uniquely bridges creative practice and engineering rigor—she reshapes clay from the inside out and likewise refactors systems for reliability and performance. Based in Ames, Iowa, she brings a methodical yet experimental approach to problem solving, whether crafting a vase or diagnosing production memory leaks. Her dual training (BFA in Ceramics and an MS in Computer Science) underpins an uncommon blend of aesthetic sensitivity and technical discipline.
13 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Sculpture (BFA program), Sculpture (BFA program) at The School of the Art Institute of ChicagoBachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Ceramic Arts and Ceramics, Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Ceramic Arts and Ceramics at Alfred UniversitySculpture (BFA Program), Sculpture (BFA Program) at Kent State UniversityMaster of Science, Computer Science, Master of Science, Computer Science at Indiana University
Github Skills (2)
terminology10
ctf2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (3)
NCIP/lexevs-service
Feb 2013 - Apr 2013
A CTS2 Framework Service Plugin based on LexEVS
Contributions:111 commits in 1 month
service-framework
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