Brandon T. Kowalski

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Current Roles

Cornell University Library

[December 2021 - Present]

Senior software engineer in library applications development

Abstract Elemental

[August 2017 - Present]

Co-founder of an Ithaca based software development firm

Current Projects

gabagool

A UI framework for retro gaming handheld applications

Grout

RomM client for muOS, Knulli, and NextUI

NextUI Pak Store

Install, update and manage paks right on device

cannoliOS

A custom launcher for retro doo-dads

Past Roles

Cornell Center for Social Sciences

[August 2016 - December 2021]

Software engineer for data collection, software architecture and grant writing

The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research

[May 2016 - August 2016]

Software developer for world's largest archive of public opinion data

TIAA

[June 2014 - May 2016]

Software developer of retirement industry related products

Past Projects

Freedom on the Move

Crowdsourcing endeavor to transcribe runaway slave advertisements

CISER Data Archive

Total redesign making reproduction a first class citizen

Presentations

Rediscovering the Stories of Self-Liberating People

IASSIST 2019 | Sydney, NSW, AU

Explores the launch of Freedom on the Move and linking disparate data sources

Curiosity's Fulcrum

IASSIST 2018 | Montréal, QC, CA

Leveraging the citizen historian to explore the Antebellum South

Metadata-Driven Gamification

NADDI 2017 | Ithaca, NY, USA

How Freedom on the Move leverages metadata for rewarding experiences

Other Stuff