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I have been actively engaged in Samvera since its inception, serving as product manager for two local projects at Stanford (including the first Hydra head). As product manager on the Hydra-in-a-Box project, I helped drive a highly collaborative, community-oriented effort to design, specify, and develop advancements in Samvera products. I’m proud of this work, because I believe it has played a major role in stimulating the community’s heightened vibrancy and a healthy, outward facing direction.
Participating in developing the community itself -- by establishing some of the early interest groups and serving on the Samvera Connect Program Committee (2016-2018) -- has been both professionally and personally gratifying. Samvera is like family, a place for building collaboration and leadership skills amongst a close network of mission-driven colleagues. Most recently I joined the Fundraising Working Group, and with a seat on Samvera Steering, I will continue the critically important push to identify resources, pursue opportunities, and develop clear strategies to sustain Samvera now and in the successful future we envision.
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