Scott Sullivan
Vice President Of Operations
Crescent City, California, United States
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Top SchoolScott Sullivan is an operations and governance leader with 14 years of experience blending tribal leadership, federal self-governance advocacy, and nonprofit operations across Northern California and the Pacific region. As Vice President of Operations at the International Funders for Indigenous Peoples and long-serving Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation official (including Vice Chairman and Chairman roles), he translates complex policy, funding, and compliance requirements into pragmatic programs. He brings academic depth in Middle East Studies and International Relations alongside hands-on program delivery from roles at the DOI/BIA Self-Governance Advisory Committee and tribal administrations. Scott also contributes technical problem-solving to open-source back-end projects like Archive of Our Own, where he has implemented feature work and bug fixes for anonymized content and notification systems. Comfortable operating at the intersection of government, Indigenous sovereignty, and international relations, he is known for turning regulatory nuance into operational systems that serve communities. Based in Crescent City, he combines regional stewardship with a curiosity for cross-cultural policy and technical collaboration.
13 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
California State University, SacramentoA.A University Studies, A.A University Studies at College of the RedwoodsM.A Middle East Studies, M.A Middle East Studies at The American University in Cairo
Arabic
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (11)
activerecord10
rails10
web-development10
web-application10
webapp10
ruby-on-rails10
ruby10
testing8
caching7
html6
javascript5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
otwcode/otwarchive
Jun 2012 - Jul 2018
The Organization for Transformative Works (OTW) - Archive Of Our Own (AO3) Project
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:3 reviews, 973 commits, 85 PRs in 6 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Scott's commits primarily focused on back-end development within the OTW Archive Of Our Own project. They addressed bug fixes related to collection and comment functionality, implemented new features for handling anonymized content and email notifications. Additionally, the commits reveal the user's work on challenge sign-ups, tag set management, and overall system enhancements.
ao3archive
scottsds/otwarchive
Jan 2015 - Feb 2025
The Organization for Transformative Works (OTW) - Archive Of Our Own (AO3) Project
Contributions:1 PR, 269 pushes, 66 branches in 10 years 3 months
ao3archive
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