About me

My name is Ross Singer.

Professionally, I am Interoperability and Open Standards Champion at Talis.  No, I’m not entirely sure what this means, either.  My boss thinks of me as a business analyst of sorts although I write code (preferably in Ruby) most of my day.  The things I write are mostly experiments and proofs-of-concept, however, so there may be something to this.

Previously, I was an application developer at Georgia Tech’s library, Emory University libraries and the University of Tennessee libraries.  I also worked a shortish stint for internet.com between Tennessee and Emory, but my career has definitely centered primarily around libraries and library technology.

While at Georgia Tech I founded MALTA (the Metro Atlanta Library Technology Association) where like-minded library technology people in the Atlanta area get together and talk about the projects they are working on.

Personally, my wife, Selena, and I have two children, Isaac and Isabel.  We have a dog, Ava, and a cat, Ichabod.  We live in Chattanooga, Tennessee in the St. Elmo Historic District.

Educationally, I have a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre from the University of Tennessee. Of the two theatre companies that I have helped found: one failed miserably, the other is still in existence.

Musically, I play the bass guitar.  I also noodle around on guitar.