Glen D Horton (he/him)

Innovative and team-oriented engineering manager with over 30 years of experience leading, building, and supporting IT solutions in libraries. A detail-oriented, empathetic, and inclusive leader with a diverse technical background and strong interpersonal skills.

Specialties: libraries, higher education, software development, open source software, agile methodology, project management, Linux server administration, cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity

Personal website: http://glenhorton.com
GitHub profile: http://github.com/hortongn

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science: Wright State University Dayton, OH, 1998

Master of Science in Information Technology: University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH, 2020

Open source software communities
Collaborative software development
Diversity in software engineering
Agile development methods
AI-assisted software development

2018 -To Present Head, Application Development Unit, Responsible for the development, maintenance, and implementation of software to advance the operations and services within the University of Cincinnati Libraries (UCL). Leads and plans the technical support and development of features and functions of UCL’s software applications. Supervises and mentors the Application Development Unit’s faculty, staff, and student employees., University of Cincinnati Libraries, Cincinnati, OH

2013 -2018 Senior Software Applications Developer, Accomplishments: Developed the software for the Libraries' Samvera-based institutional repository. Migrated the Libraries' DSpace digital repository from OhioLINK to UC Libraries., University of Cincinnati Libraries, Cincinnati, OH

2011 -2013 Digital Services Manager, Accomplishments: Created and managed the Library's Digital Branch using Linux, Drupal with over 40 modules, PHP, and MySQL. Created the Library's staff wiki., Campbell County Public Library, Newport, KY

1999 -2011 Technology Coordinator, Accomplishments: Developed the Greater Cincinnati Memory Project. Created an online events management system. Created and maintained the organization's Linux-based web, mail, and file servers. Served as Interim Executive Director for a total of 25 months., SouthWest Ohio and Neighboring Libraries, Cincinnati, OH

1997 -1999 LAN Analyst, Wright State University Libraries, Dayton, OH

Peer Reviewed Publications

Wang, W., Dumont, F., Niu, N., & Horton, G. (2022. ) Detecting software security vulnerabilities via requirements dependency analysis.IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, , 48 (5 ) ,1665 More Information

H. Gudaparthi et al. (2023. ) Prompting Creative Requirements via Traceable and Adversarial Examples in Deep Learning.2023 IEEE 31st International Requirements Engineering Conference (RE), , 134 More Information

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