Rick Johnson
Managing Director, Applied Analytics And Emerging Technology Lab (AETL) at University of Notre Dame
South Bend, Indiana, United States
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Top SchoolRick Johnson is a seasoned technology leader and applied analytics practitioner with 15 years of experience advancing digital scholarship and emerging technologies at the University of Notre Dame. As Managing Director of the Applied Analytics and Emerging Technology Lab and Associate Professor of the Practice, he blends hands-on experimentation with smart devices and industry use cases to accelerate regional adoption of analytics-driven solutions. He has a long track record building robust digital library systems, data curation platforms, and integrations across research infrastructure, drawing on earlier roles leading software teams and real-time Java systems in finance and telecom. Rick’s background in computer science and Japanese underpins a pragmatic, cross-cultural approach to technical collaboration and stakeholder engagement. Known for translating academic research into operational services like CurateND, he focuses on data integrity, preservation, and practical workflows that enable reproducible scholarship. Colleagues value his ability to bridge deep technical implementation with strategic program design to deliver lasting institutional capabilities.
15 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
B.S./B.A., Computer Science, Japanese, B.S./B.A., Computer Science, Japanese at University of Notre DameBellarmine Prep
Japanese
Github Skills (36)
fedora10
activemodel10
cycle9
open-access9
metadata8
rails8
admin7
data-set7
laravel7
ruby7
open-data7
science7
python7
database-management7
elasticsearch6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
rickjohnson/share-link
Aug 2016 - Apr 2022
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch, 2 issues in 5 years 9 months
Lucy-Family-Institute/pace-admin
Nov 2019 - Dec 2024
Publication Activity Collection Environment - Admin Tools and DB
Contributions:25 reviews, 256 PRs, 676 pushes in 5 years 1 month
adminmysqlcockpitdatabase-managementlaravel
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