Thomas Padilla
Associate Dean For Research And Learning
Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolThomas Padilla is a collaborative higher-education leader and strategist with a decade of experience bridging research, digital scholarship, and library science. Currently Associate Dean for Research and Learning at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and founder of Bristlecone Strategy, he blends academic administration with hands-on consultancy in public-interest AI and computational strategies. His background includes senior technical and archival leadership at the Internet Archive and Center for Research Libraries, where he led collections, data services, and technology partnerships. Trained in data curation and digital scholarship (MLIS, UIUC) with a foundation in history, he translates interdisciplinary research needs into scalable preservation and discovery systems. Known for building generative stakeholder relationships, he often operates at the intersection of policy, infrastructure, and scholarly practice. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic, research-forward solutions that balance innovation with long-term stewardship.
10 years of coding experience
Master of Arts - MA History, Master of Arts - MA History at San Francisco State UniversityMaster of Library & Information Science - MLIS Data Curation Digital Scholarship, Master of Library & Information Science - MLIS Data Curation Digital Scholarship at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Github Skills (9)
cli7
statement7
scraper5
command-line4
webscraping4
command-line-tool1
csv1
data-visualization1
visualization1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
collectionsasdata/part2whole
Jul 2018 - Nov 2023
Contributions:346 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 4 months
thomasgpadilla/sourcecaster
May 2016 - Jun 2016
Command line resource for working with digital primary sources
Contributions:161 commits, 3 PRs, 161 pushes in 1 month
sourcescli
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