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NANCY A. Moussa

(734) 765-7365 · nancymou@umich.edu

Experience

Library Information Technology, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)

Application Analyst with the following roles:
Web developer: lead the development for a digital exhibits website that displays archival images:

  • Introduced and implemented agile project management.
  • Project plan, resource allocation and monitoring.
  • Manage project team, daily standup, biweekly sprint planning & review with product owners.
  • Stakeholder engagement, often involving product owners.
  • Project communications, checkpoint meetings, and communication plan that includes project information, approach, progress, goals, and issues to wide variety of stakeholders in a timely and effective manner using (Confluence, email & face to face meeting)
  • Project Documentations & managing project tickets on Github.
  • Work closely with project team (a UX designer, UX researcher) and developers to validate the design ideas.

November 2009 - November 2018
Application Programmer

  • Develop and customize accessible web applications using open source CMS that save the Library the cost from legal accessibility issues. These web applications are built using PHP, CSS and HTML, Bootstrap.
  • Professional experience with building database queries and schema that allow multiple web application framework to access one database, reduce the redundancy and lower the cost for maintenance.
  • Build a strategy to archive an old websites by exporting the MySQL database of the site to various formats like CSV, Html and using Excel and Google spreadsheets to further customize the data and allow Librarian produce a report.
  • Experience with accessing data with APIs using PHP and Python.
  • Experience with database administrator role, custommer support, solve multiple tickets and perform backup, upgrade, release and patch for software and databases.

Business Analyst

  • Elicit requirements using interviews, focus group, and competitive analysis with users and stakeholders followed with design low fidelity mockups and conduct informal usability test.

Education

University of Maryland
Master in Cloud Computing Architecture, 2018 - present
University of Michigan, Ann arbor, MI
Master of Science in Information, School of Information
Human Computer Interaction
American University in Cairo, Cairo
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
Workshop/Camp

  • Creating Responsive, accessible online profile using bootstrap, School of Information, April 2018
  • Big Data Camp (accessing dataset, use Sql, Python & Pandas module to access the data structures, analyse data, and Visualize it) Ross School of Business, May 2018

Skills

Programming Languages & Tools
  • Windows, Unix, Mac
  • Unix shell command, CSS3 (Intermediate level)
  • PHP, MySQL, HTML5 (Advanced level)
  • Sequel Pro, PowerBI, SQLiteStudio, Visual Studio Code, Eclipse IDE, Anaconda distribution(Python, Jupyter nootbook), Camtasia & Balsamiq Mockups
  • Java, C++, Visual Basic (Previous experience)
  • Content Management System (Omeka, Drupal, WordPress)
  • Trello, Github, Confluence & Service Desk
  • Knowledgeable and hand experience with use Hadoop and upload and extract dataset and analyze it with Hive.
  • Knowledgeable with creating a Website on AWS cloud.
  • Knowledgable of accessing dataset and use python & pandas module to access the data structures, analyse data and transform to csv and Jason format.
Workflow
  • Accessibility, Comfortable with WCAG 2.0, Web Accessibility Testing.
  • User experience research (Survey, Focus Group, Interviews, Comparative Analysis & Usability Testing)
  • Technical support & Vendor relations
  • Cross Functional Teams
  • Project management Agile & Scrum

Community Service

Presentations & Workshops

  • Article presented at MLibrary: “Usability and Accessibility Updates to the Library’s Online Exhibits", 2018
  • Article presented at DLF: Reflections on DPLAfest from a DLF Cross-Pollinator, 2016
  • Article presented at MLibrary: “What is Omeka?", 2015
  • Article featured in Information Today Europe, “Collected, curated, celebrated: creating online exhibits. The University of Michigan Library customized open source software to create online exhibits.”, Nov 2013
  • Co-taught, “Omeka On Cloud”, 2013, 2014, Enrichment scholarship at the University of Michigan (Workshop)
  • Co-taught, “Online Exhibits using Omeka” at the Faculty Exploratory in Hatcher Graduate Library, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 2012, 2013 (Workshop)
  • Co-presented, “Open Source Opens Doors: Bringing your Collection to your Users with Omeka” at ARLIS in Pasadena, CA in 2013 (PowerPoint)
  • Presented, “Islamic Manuscript” at Internet Librarian conference in London, UK in 2010 (PowerPoint)