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{div:id=staff}| !image20.jpg|thumbnail,width=200!\\ | {color:#000000}{*}Mark Leggott (President & CEO)*{color}{color:#000000}.  Mark was the founding architect for Islandora. For more than twenty years, he has been at the forefront of research and entrepreneurship in the academic, information technology, and data stewardship sectors. As a professor, University Librarian and a private sector business owner, he continues to show leadership throughout his distinguished career.{color} |
| !image10.jpg|thumbnail,width=200! | {color:#000000}{*}Joe Velaidum (Vice-President).*{color} {color:#000000}Joe  is the Vice-President of DGI and is responsible{color} {color:#000000}for client  and agent  relationship management, business development, lead{color} {color:#000000}development, and  contract management.  He has been a customer of, and a{color} {color:#000000}significant  contributor to the development of the{color} {color:#000000}{_}Islandora{_}{color} {color:#000000}software and has shown{color} {color:#000000}leadership in the use of emerging open source technologies at the{color} {color:#000000}{_}University of{_}{color} {color:#000000}{_}Prince Edward Island{_}{color}{color:#000000}, where he is also a professor.{color} |
| !image06.png|thumbnail,height=200!\\ | {color:#000000}{*}Paul Pound (Chief Technology Officer).*{color} {color:#000000}_ _{color}{color:#000000}Paul was the chief architect and lead{color} {color:#000000}developer for the{color} {color:#000000}{_}Islandora{_}{color} {color:#000000}software suite. He is responsible for the ongoing technical{color} {color:#000000}development  and enhancement of DiscoveryGarden's product and services suite as{color} {color:#000000}well  as management of our technical services and support team.{color} |
| !image19.jpg|thumbnail,width=200! | {color:#000000}{*}John Eden (Chief Operations Officer).*{color} {color:#000000}John  manages the cross-functional{color} {color:#000000}issues within the company, creating the  proper flow between different tasks,{color} {color:#000000}operations, and departments to  ensure all elements of the company are{color} {color:#000000}working in sync.  He has, for  more than a decade, led both private sector{color} {color:#000000}and public sector teams in  information technology, interactive media,{color} {color:#000000}broadcasting and public  investment.  John has previously led companies{color} {color:#000000}at the VP, Director, and  COO levels, and has started and led a start-up{color} {color:#000000}company in the video game  sector that continues to operate successfully{color} {color:#000000}today.{color} |
| !image22.jpg|thumbnail,height=200! | {color:#000000}{*}Chris Leary (Chief Financial Officer).*{color} {color:#000000} Chris is responsible for the general{color} {color:#000000}management of the company's  finances participation in strategic planning{color} {color:#000000}activities, preparation and  analysis of monthly financial statements and{color} {color:#000000}reports, preparation of  budgets, funding applications and grants and{color} {color:#000000}managing internal revenue  and cost control systems.  He is a Chartered{color} {color:#000000}Accountant, Certified  Management Consultant and Certified Information{color} {color:#000000}Systems Auditor with  over 23 years of professional experience, including{color} {color:#000000}5 years with{color} {color:#000000}{_}PricewaterhouseCoopers Management Consulting{_}{color} {color:#000000}practice.{color} |
| !image13.jpg|thumbnail,height=200! | {color:#000000}{*}Maria Maund (Project Administrator).*{color} {color:#000000}Maria  graduated from UPEI in{color} {color:#000000}2007 with a BA in Women's Studies. She spent a  number of years working{color} {color:#000000}at a local Apple reseller and service provider  before coming to{color} {color:#000000}DiscoveryGarden in the winter of 2011. As Project  Administrator she assists{color} {color:#000000}in the planning and implementation of various  projects. She is also the{color} {color:#000000}go-to person for various miscellaneous tasks.  In her spare time she enjoys{color} {color:#000000}baking, as well as training and showing her  reining horse.{color} |
| !image23.jpg|thumbnail,height=200! | {color:#000000}{*}Laura Kelly (Sales & Marketing; Lib20).*{color} {color:#000000}Laura  works part-time on{color} {color:#000000}marketing and the Lib2o project at Discovery Garden.  When not working{color} {color:#000000}at DGI Laura spends her time walking her dog "Sprout"  and finishing her{color} {color:#000000}PhD in Political Studies at Queen's University.  She  is writing her{color} {color:#000000}dissertation on 19th century co-operative theory.{color} |
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| !image03.jpg|thumbnail,height=200! | {color:#000000}{*}Jonathan Green (Developer).*{color} {color:#000000}Jonathan is an embedded C/C+\+ developer{color} {color:#000000}who has come over to the  darkside (web technology development) and hasn't{color} {color:#000000}looked back. At DGI he  works with cool web technologies to make Islandora{color} {color:#000000}awesome. His hobbies  include grepping through linux kernel code, finite state{color} {color:#000000}machines,  robots and long walks on the beach.{color} |
| !image02.jpg|thumbnail,width=200! | {color:#000000}{*}Nigel Banks (Developer).*{color} {color:#000000}Nigel  graduated from UPEI with a Major in{color} {color:#000000}Computer science and a minor in  Business Administration and Mathematics.{color} {color:#000000}He also has project management  training. He worked for over 5 years as a{color} {color:#000000}Game Developer with Other  Ocean Interactive, mostly with C/C++. There{color} {color:#000000}he focused on AI, user  interfaces, game play, sound, and graphics processing.{color} {color:#000000}He also picked up  small web/development jobs from UPEI, before coming to{color} {color:#000000}DGI. In his  spare time Nigel enjoys traveling, drumming, bare foot running,{color} {color:#000000}rock  climbing, beer tasting and of course programming/software architecture.{color} |
| !image05.jpg|thumbnail,width=200!\\ | {color:#000000}{*}Will Panting (Developer)*{color}{color:#000000}.  Will is a programmer/analyst at DGI.  He has a major{color} {color:#000000}in Computer  Science and a minor in Business from UPEI where he was the{color} {color:#000000}president for  Bernardine Hall for his last year in residence.  He was a manager at{color} {color:#000000}McDonald's before getting a job working for David LeBlanc at UPEI.  Then  he{color} {color:#000000}joined DGI.  Will  was drawn to Islandora because "it's a  wonderfully complex{color} {color:#000000}and mostly FOSS stack that is a great way to stretch  my abilities with high visibility{color} {color:#000000}early in my career".  His favourite  thing about Islandora is that it strives to be a{color} {color:#000000}good FOSS community  member. He really enjoys his job because he work with{color} {color:#000000}some very awesome  developers that he can learn a great deal from.  Also, it's next{color} {color:#000000}door to  four pubs.{color} |
| !image00.jpg|thumbnail,width=200!\\ | {color:#000000}{*}Adam Vessey (Developer).*{color} {color:#000000}Adam  is a software developer who came to DGI directly{color} {color:#000000}out of the University  of Prince Edward Island, where he received his bachelor's in{color} {color:#000000}Computer  Science with a minor in Mathematics.  Adam says, "My being here may{color} {color:#000000}be  attributed in part to the fact that in my last year at UPEI, I  participated in a project{color} {color:#000000}course which happened to involved the  Islandora software stack." Adam thinks{color} {color:#000000}Islandora is nifty. He tends to  spend his free time in some combination of reading,{color} {color:#000000}computer games,  eating and sleeping.{color} |
| !image17.jpg|thumbnail,width=200!\\ | {color:#000000}{*}TJ Lewis (Developer).*{color} {color:#000000}TJ  was born and raised in rural PEI and currently lives in{color} {color:#000000}Charlottetown  with his wife Kathryn, dog Jax, and cat named Alpine (yes after{color} {color:#000000}the  beer). He attended Oulton's College in Moncton, NB where he graduated  from{color} {color:#000000}the Advanced Programming course. He has his Zend Certified PHP  Developer{color} {color:#000000}certification. TJ enjoys  playing guitar and spending time  with friends . Before coming{color} {color:#000000}to DGI TJ Spent several years as a  Programmer Analyst and Server Administrator for{color} {color:#000000}the Province of PEI.  Then he moved on to work as an IT Consultant for the largest{color} {color:#000000}independent  IT firm in the world. He spent four years as a Programmer Analyst and{color} {color:#000000}Server Administrator for a company providing software to the non-profit  sector. TJ has{color} {color:#000000}also worked as a Server Administrator for several  Large-Scale web hosting companies.{color} |
| !image16.jpg|thumbnail,width=200!\\ | {color:#000000}{*}Jason MacWilliams (Developer).*{color} {color:#000000}Jason  has been sampling all sorts of different parts{color} {color:#000000}of the programming world  since high school, ranging from small scripting programs{color} {color:#000000}and database  design all the way up to computational modeling for astrophysics.  He{color} {color:#000000}graduated from UPEI in 2007 with physics and math, spent 4 years  building his skills{color} {color:#000000}at several different companies, and then found  himself digging deep into{color} {color:#000000}DiscoveryGarden projects.  As the first  physicist to join the DiscoveryGarden team,{color} {color:#000000}he hopes to help tackle  problems from a slightly different perspective than his{color} {color:#000000}teammates.{color} |
| !photo.jpg|thumbnail,width=200!\\ | {color:#000000}{*}Kirsta Stapelfeldt (*{color}{color:#000000}{*}{_}Repository Manager{_}{*}{color}{color:#000000}*).*{color} {color:#000000}Kirsta  Stapelfeldt, (MA, MLIS) is the{color} {color:#000000}Repository Manager at the University of  Prince Edward Island and manager of UPEI's{color} {color:#000000}Islandora project. Through  the Robertson Library's Virtual Research Environment{color} {color:#000000}Service (VRE  service), librarians and developers at UPEI are supporting over 140{color} {color:#000000}repository projects. Kirsta is a graduate of Dalhousie's MLIS program,  with a{color} {color:#000000}background in project management, online information literacy,  knowledge{color} {color:#000000}translation, communication, and university teaching.{color} |
| !image18.jpg|thumbnail,width=200!\\ | {color:#000000}{*}David Wilcox (*{color}{color:#000000}{*}{_}Training/Support Coordinator{_}{*}{color}{color:#000000}*).*{color} {color:#000000}David provides and coordinates{color} {color:#000000}end-user support services for the  Islandora/VRE client community. He develops training{color} {color:#000000}materials and  resources, customizes Islandora instances, and supports the community{color} {color:#000000}of  Islandora users. David holds a Masters degree in Library and  Information Studies from{color} {color:#000000}Dalhousie University, and a Bachelor of Arts  degree with Honours in Philosophy from{color} {color:#000000}St. Thomas University.{color} |
| !gervais.jpg|thumbnail,width=200!\\ | {color:#000000}{*}Gervais de Montbrun (*{color}{color:#000000}{*}{_}Systems Administrator{_}{*}{color}{color:#000000}*).*{color} {color:#000000}Gervais  manages the servers that{color} {color:#000000}support the Islandora projects. He brings over  ten years of system administration{color} {color:#000000}experience to the project and  hopefully keeps everything running so smoothly that no{color} {color:#000000}one notices that  he is even there.{color} \\ |
| !image07.png|thumbnail,height=200!\\ | {color:#000000}{*}Richard Wincewicz (*{color}{color:#000000}{*}{_}Developer{_}{*}{color}{color:#000000}*).*{color} {color:#000000}Richard  has been working on the Islandora project for{color} {color:#000000}just over a year as both a  developer and a sys admin. In a previous life he was a research{color} {color:#000000}chemist  working in the pharmaceutical industry in the UK.{color} |
| !image11.jpg!\\ | {color:#000000}{*}Peter Lux (*{color}{color:#000000}{*}{_}Library Systems{_}{*}{color}{color:#000000}*).*{color} {color:#000000}Peter has been working with Fedora at UPEI since 2008 and{color} {color:#000000}presently is  working with library systems as well as various Fedora installs. He has  also{color} {color:#000000}developed custom Islandora implementations with various research  labs at UPEI and NRC.{color} |
| !image12.png!\\ | {color:#000000}{*}Alan Stanley (*{color}{color:#000000}{*}{_}Senior UPEI Developer{_}{*}{color}{color:#000000}*).*{color} {color:#000000} Alan has been developing core Islandora code{color} {color:#000000}since 2010.  He's  specialized in data transformations, Solr implementation and  configuration,{color} {color:#000000}and GUI functionality, but finds himself delving into all  the dark recesses of Islandora code.{color} {color:#000000}Alan is passionate about  programming in general, and this project in particular, but he'd rather{color} {color:#000000}be out on the water.  It's important to note that he is not capsizing in  this picture, but executing{color} {color:#000000}an aggressive low brace turn.{color} |
| !image04.jpg|thumbnail,height=200!\\ | {color:#000000}{*}Kris Bulman (*{color}{color:#000000}{*}{_}Digitization Tech{_}{*}{color}{color:#000000}*).*{color} {color:#000000}Kris graduated from the Photography and Digital Imaging{color} {color:#000000}program at  Holland College in 2007. He has a background in professional  photography, technical{color} {color:#000000}support, and Drupal theming. As a Digitization  Tech, Kris manages and maintains digitization{color} {color:#000000}work-flows and equipment  to keep things running smoothly.{color} |
| !image14.png|thumbnail,height=200!\\ | {color:#000000}{*}Donald Moses (*{color}{color:#000000}{*}{_}Digital Initiatives and Systems Librarian{_}{*}{color}{color:#000000}*).*{color} {color:#000000}Donald works with the systems,{color} {color:#000000}development, and digitization teams at the Robertson Library.  His favorite Islandora project is{color} [islandlives.ca|http://islandlives.ca/]{color:#000000}, closely followed by{color} [islandvoices.ca|http://islandvoices.ca/] {color:#000000}and{color} [islandimagined.ca|http://islandimagined.ca/]{color:#000000}.{color} {color:#333333}In his spare time he{color} {color:#333333}tends bees and likes to make things.{color} |
| !image15.jpg|thumbnail,width=200!\\ | {color:#000000}{*}Courtney Matthews (*{color}{color:#000000}{*}{_}Community Liaison Librarian{_}{*}{color}{color:#000000}*).*{color} {color:#000000}Courtney  is a graduate of both King's{color} {color:#000000}College (BA) and Dalhousie University  (MLIS). He's the project manger of TourPad, Islandora's{color} {color:#000000}evolving mobile  repository discovery app. Courtney's hobbies include running, wearing  suits,{color} {color:#000000}and talking about his feelings.{color} |{div}