Whitney Purdum
Project Manager at The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolWhitney Purdum is a project manager and former full-stack developer with a decade of experience building web and mobile applications and leading cross-functional teams. She transitioned from hands-on roles at CoStar and Energy Web—where she combined Node.js and React skills with community and technical program leadership—into project management at The Ohio State University. Her background spans instructional technology, proposal writing, and international research, reflecting an ability to translate complex technical and policy requirements into practical deliverables. Whitney’s multidisciplinary education, including an MA in Law and Development and certificates in agroecology and front-end development, signals a rare blend of technical fluency and policy-minded systems thinking. Based in Columbus, Ohio but with ties to Washington, DC and international experience in Arabic studies, she brings strong communication chops to stakeholder-facing projects. Colleagues describe her as a pragmatic problem-solver who moves smoothly between code, community, and strategic coordination.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture, Certificate Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture at University of the District of ColumbiaInternational Relations Arabic, International Relations Arabic at University of St AndrewsMA Law and Development, MA Law and Development at SOAS University of LondonFront-End Web Development, Front-End Web Development at General AssemblyThe Agnes Irwin SchoolModern Standard Arabic Lebanese dialect, Modern Standard Arabic Lebanese dialect at Lebanese American University
Github Skills (78)
electricity10
sustainability10
blockchain10
energy9
p2p9
consumption9
ethereum9
climate-change9
data-visualization8
golang8
electricity-prices8
visualization8
go8
geth7
abi7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
wjpurdum/The-Matchup
May 2017 - May 2017
Contributions:13 PRs, 30 pushes, 8 branches in 6 days
wjpurdum/wjp_final_project
Apr 2016 - May 2017
Contributions:12 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
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