Shawn Averkamp
Director, R&D Services at AVP
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolShawn Averkamp is a Director of Technology Consulting with 13+ years designing people-centered data systems and digital infrastructure for cultural heritage, libraries, and research organizations. He blends expertise in metadata, data governance, and database design with hands-on experience leading large-scale migrations, enrichment pipelines, and R&D-to-production projects. Known for ethical, equitable design, he pairs user research and stakeholder engagement to turn conceptual models into practical workflows and discovery systems. As a manager and educator he cultivates inclusive teams and learning environments that encourage experimentation with new technologies. Based in New York, he’s actively exploring open protocols, data equity, personal health data, and decentralized web approaches to make archives and data more accessible and empowering.
13 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts, Music, Bachelor of Arts, Music at Luther CollegeMLIS, Library and Information Science, MLIS, Library and Information Science at University of Iowa
Github Skills (34)
mappings10
rdf8
metadata8
crowd8
omeka8
ckan7
data-models7
collections7
metadata-management6
data-management6
data-catalog5
xml5
python5
data-collection5
lxml4
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
saverkamp/metadata-design
Jan 2013 - May 2013
Contributions:42 commits in 3 months
saverkamp/pycdm
Oct 2012 - Mar 2014
Contributions:46 commits in 1 year 4 months
contentdmpythonitemmetadata
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