Experience

Independent Consultant

  • Contractor, Digital Asset Management Services and Collections Data Consulting, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, National Portrait Gallery, and the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

  • Instructor, “DAM for GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums)” and designer and instructor for “Elevate Your DAM Game: Build Smart, Interconnected Digital Content Ecosystems” courses for the Digital Asset Management Professional Development Certificate at the Rutgers School of Communication and Information

  • Clients include, but are not limited to; technology vendors, consulting firms in the cultural heritage sector, philanthropic foundations, museums and companies in the private sector

  • Frequent presenter and guest lecturer centering on topics such as museum data, digital asset management, systems integrations, and accessibility in technology for people with disabilities

2021 - current

Database Manager

2013 - 2021

  • Administered the collections database, The Museum System (TMS), which houses over 84,000 object records and 120,000 related records 

  • Managed collections information, cataloguing standards, documentation and data quality assurance

  • Created and maintained Crystal Reports, SSRS reports, custom data views, list views and SQL mail alerts

  • Ensured systems integrations, including the Digital Asset Management System (DAMS), the DIA’s collection on the website, an API and internal applications

  • In collaboration with the Digital Asset Manager and vendors was successful in planning the initial migration of digital assets from TMS into the DAMS and implementing the final bi-directional integration. Designed the metadata schema for art objects in DAMS

  • Using SQL, migrated the complete DIA’s exhibition history from a flat FileMaker file, parsing and indexing data into the database’s relational tables, along with other legacy databases creating over 2,000 new exhibition records

  • Co-designed the information facet of the Collections Access Project, an enterprise initiative to publish the entire collection of the artwork to the website.

  • Provided excellent internal customer service in training staff. Worked cross-departmentally to streamline the flow of information, decrease duplicate data entry efforts and improve business processes and access to centralized data 

  • Completed complex queries, data mining, and data scrubbing projects. Exported data and reporting on the art collection during the bankruptcy trails which eventually resulted in the Grand Bargain

  • Mentored younger staff, predominantly women, in “Everyone 🖤’s SQL Club”

  • Served on the DIA’s cross-departmental Accessibility Team, advocating for both visitors and staff with disabilities

Assistant Registrar

2007 - 2013

  • Managed acquisitions and de-accessions: photo-documented artwork, coordinated secure transit of artwork, and oversaw safety of artwork on courier trips 

  • Administer the collections database (TMS) 

  • Write and implement cataloguing standards 

  • Train museum staff 

Museum Technician

2006-2007

  • Specialized in art storage management and handling 

  • Coordinated and executed rigorous installation schedules and projects on time for the grand reopening in 2007 

  • Updated and tracked locations of artworks