The Global Access Program (GAP) is DataCite’s initiative to improve access and enable communities in lesser-represented regions to further benefit from our open infrastructure services, launched with support from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (Grant 2022-316573). Throughout the next year, the program builds out DataCite’s international community with regional support and engagement in Africa,

I’m excited to join the DataCite team as Regional Community Engagement Specialist - Africa.
In the past, I have worked as an IT professional in sectors like academia, IT consultancy, insurance, banking, telecommunication, oil and gas, actuarial, and lastly an agricultural research organization. Most recently, I was the institutional data manager at IITA, leading the team responsible for open access, open data, and open science. I led various projects including the integration of DataCite DOIs into the institutional data repository, integrated research repositories with the institutional data repository, development of a knowledge portal, development of a data collection quality control platform, and migration of various knowledge platforms. I led open-access outreach and engagement across all the countries where the organization has a presence. I promoted data management best practices at infrastructural and operational levels including the development of an institutional data management plan template, data management, and open data-related capacity building for students, researchers, partners, and government agencies.

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Howdy from Portland! I recently joined DataCite as an Application Developer, and it has been great to get involved with the team and community over the past month. Before joining DataCite, I was a software development engineer at Cambia Health Solutions. I worked on a large-scale care gap management engine that assists health professionals in identifying gaps in member care, allowing them to provide better coverage.

Hello from Vancouver, Canada! At the beginning of April, I joined DataCite as the Technical Community Manager. I am thrilled to be working with the DataCite team, and look forward to engaging further with the DataCite community in the coming months.  At DataCite, my role will lead adoption efforts and engage with the DataCite community on technical implementation.

Regular readers of the Blog will already be aware of both the partnership between DataCite and IGSN to transition the IGSN IDs into the DataCite infrastructure, services, and APIs; as well as the support that the work has been given through a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. A major component of the grant was to recruit a Samples Community Manager.

DataCite is pleased to welcome Mike Bennett to our team. Mike joined DataCite as an application developer in November 2021. Can you tell us a little bit about what you did before you started working for DataCite? Before working for DataCite, I was a developer with the University of Edinburgh Digital Library team.

DataCite is pleased to welcome Joseph Rhoads to our team. Joseph joined DataCite as an application developer in October 2021 Can you tell us a little bit about what you did before you started working for DataCite? Prior to joining DataCite I led the repository team at the Brown University Library to develop the Brown Digital Repository.

DataCite is pleased to welcome Suzanne Vogt to our team. Suzanne joined DataCite as an application developer in November 2020. Can you tell us a little bit about what you did before you started working for DataCite? I have been a software developer for a number of years, my very early experience is in operating systems and networking.

DataCite is excited to announce that Sarala Wimalaratne will join our team in the new role ’Head of Infrastructure Services’ on September 1st. Sarala brings a wealth of experience in the Open Science and PID communities and will be a great addition to our team. Get to know her better via this interview. 1. Can you tell us a little bit about what you did before you will start working for DataCite?

DataCite is pleased to welcome Kristian Garza to our team. Kristian is our new application developer and he comes to DataCite with a wealth of experience in Open Science, web development, and data repositories. Get to know him better via this interview. Can you tell us a little bit about what you did before starting for DataCite? Before joining DataCite I have been transitioning between academia and industry for a while.