The FOLIO Technical Council's charter is to maintain the community’s technical policies, best practices, infrastructure, and monitor the operational health of the FOLIO project. It will also track and report Technical Debt and facilitate architectural decisions as needed by the community. It operates with close collaboration with the Community and Product Councils.
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Strong collaboration skills, able to drive decisions that champion the interests of the community and project
Deep understanding of software development processes and technologies required for a modern services oriented application
Familiarity with agile software development methodologies.
Knowledge of DevOps and Quality tools and processes
Experience with FOLIO’s code-base, technologies and development processes
Frequent contributor to FOLIO’s code-base
Experience with Folio system operations
Experience managing technology, technical debt, and competing priorities
Participating in and/or managing open community governance
Knowledge of library management systems and library workflows
Experience with leading development or other technical teams
See also FOLIO Governance Model Election Process, previous elections and the Technical Council Membership History.
The current members are:
Jenn Colt - Cornell University (Co-chair)
Florian Gleixner - BVB
Marc Johnson - Knowledge Integration (Backup CC/PC liaison) - Not eligible for re-election
Ingolf Kuss - HBZ
Julian Ladisch - GBV/VZG
Maccabee Levine - Lehigh University (CC liaison)
Craig McNally - EBSCO (Co-chair) - Not eligible for re-election
Tod Olson - University of Chicago (PC liaison) - Not eligible for re-election
Kevin Day - Texas A&M University
Jakub Skoczen - Index Data - Not eligible for re-election
Joshua Greben - Stanford University
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Name | Institution | Candidate Statement | |||
Olamide Kolawole | EBSCO Information Services | With three years of hands-on FOLIO expertise, I'm eager to guide the platform's technical evolution and elevate both the software and its community. My contributions span critical areas including Inventory, Search, Data Import and Enhanced Consortia Support, where I've driven significant developments and improvements. | |||
Wayne Schneider | Index Data | As the FOLIO project continues to grow and evolve, community participation in technical decision-making and clear communication about technical issues remain critical to the project's sustainability. As a member of the TC, I would work to maintain the high technical standards of the project and advocate for the concerns of independent hosting providers and developers. I've been an active community participant since 2016, working on the DevOps team, and as a participant in several SIGs. At Index Data, I work with our team to provide hosting, consulting, and development services for a number of FOLIO libraries, giving me a broad perspective on the needs of the community. Thank you for your consideration. | |||
Shelley Doljack | Stanford Libraries | I am a Software Engineer at Stanford University Libraries. Since 2021, I helped migrate our data to FOLIO, develop our deployment strategy for self-hosting FOLIO in Kubernetes, troubleshoot and fix data inconsistency issues, develop our upgrade strategies, design and develop workflow integrations using Airflow, dive into various modules’ logs and code to understand root cause, and analyze SQL queries to improve efficiency with database indexes. I am a member of the SysOps SIG and am tech-leading an effort to create an anonymized dataset for better QA. I would appreciate the opportunity to collaborate with the community to help shape the future of library technology. Vote for me for Technical Council! | |||
Viachaslau Khandramai | EPAM Systems, Inc. | I have been actively contributing to the FOLIO since 2018, steadily progressing from a developer role to that of a team leader/solution architect. Over the years, I have been deeply involved in the design and implementation of architectural solutions for some of the most critical features. My long-term involvement has given me insights not only into the technical aspects of the FOLIO but also into its operational challenges and opportunities for innovation. I continuously look for ways to improve the project and actively contribute ideas for its future evolution. I am confident that my participation on the Technical Council would bring value not only through deep technical knowledge, but also through my commitment to FOLIO’s mission. | Matt Weaver | EBSCO Information Services | I would be genuinely honored to serve on the FOLIO Technical Council. As team lead for the Corsair team (responsible for the FQM data delivery system, which powers multiple FOLIO apps), my strong foundation in software architecture, scalable systems, and software performance would allow me to contribute effectively to our community. I'm a firm believer in open-source principles and collaborative development. I offer a pragmatic mindset and a commitment to robust technical solutions. My focus would be on contributing to FOLIO's technical evolution, ensuring its stability, security, and extensibility. I am eager to help further empower libraries through this cutting-edge and sustainable platform. |
Elected Members
To be posted after election.