Information governance | metadata | AI-ready knowledge systems

I build the structures that make information findable, trustworthy, governable, and ready for use.

I connect governance operations, metadata and taxonomy, archives, analytics, and teaching into practical systems that help people find, trust, and use information.

  • 140property portfolio governed through reporting, policy, access, and stakeholder operations
  • 2,200units supported through board reporting, compliance documentation, and Appfolio workflows
  • MSLISSimmons University, Archives Management, conferred May 2026
  • MIT xPROAdvanced Analytics with AI, ML, and Data Science, enrolled
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Practice areas

One body of work, three areas of practice

  • Governance

    Board governance, policy implementation, compliance documentation, vendor governance, reporting standards, system-of-record adoption, business continuity, data stewardship, and AI governance framework preparation.

  • Metadata and Knowledge Systems

    Taxonomy, controlled vocabularies, archival description, metadata schemas, linked data concepts, data catalogs, information architecture, semantic layers, LLMs, discovery systems, and AI-ready documentation.

  • Teaching and Research

    Structured, candid, inclusive, practice-based teaching in archives, metadata, digital stewardship, cultural heritage informatics, data methods, research synthesis, and responsible technology.

Where I add value

Roles where this background is useful now

  • Information and Data Governance

    I help organizations strengthen governance, metadata, taxonomy, data stewardship, analytics, implementation practices, and LLM-ready documentation so information can be trusted and reused.

  • Academic and Teaching Practice

    I am prepared to teach online and practice-based courses in archival description, appraisal, arrangement and access, digital stewardship, metadata, reparative description, web archiving, and cultural heritage informatics.