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Most VIVO projects need a leader who may not be the executive sponsor but who has the campus relationships and can translate big picture goals into achievable steps suitable for the timeline and resources available. Most often this person becomes the project manager to coordinate the work of a content specialist and a programmer/web developer.
Very often this person will do most of the outreach to build the case for VIVO and promote early prototypes or case studies. Talent at writing and presentation is important; having the skills to develop marketing materials would be wonderful but may often be brought in on an as-needed basis – look for a talented visual designer who can establish a clear branding that can be applied both to the VIVO application but also to related outreach materials.
Content
The content role requires a detail-oriented person who can cope with data that will almost inevitably be found to be in worse shape than anticipated. Ontology skills are useful if a site plans to introduce new types of data, but otherwise the focus can be more on data analysis, on building communication and trust to have access to all the right information from available sources, and on quality control as first steps expand into production quality, repeatable processes. The content coordinator needs to work well with the available technical support but usually doesn't need to understand the nuts and bolts in favor of deciding what content is appropriate and when it is correctly represented.
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