Glen D Horton (he/him)
Software Applications Team Lead
Langsam Library
476A
DTS UCL App Dev IT - 0033
Professional Summary
Glen Horton has over 25 years of experience supporting technology in libraries. He currently heads the UC Libraries' Application Development Unit that supports and develops various applications such as scholar.uc.edu.
Glen has an MS in Information Technology from The University of Cincinnati and a BS in Computer Science from Wright State University.
GitHub profile: http://glenhorton.com
Personal website: http://github.com/hortongn
Education
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science: Wright State University Dayton, OH, 1998
Master of Science in Information Technology: University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH, 2020
Research and Practice Interests
- Open source software communities
- collaborative software development
- diversity in software engineering
- agile development methods
- mining software repositories.
Positions and Work Experience
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
Publications
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
Contact Information
476A Langsam Library
2911 Woodside Drive
Cincinnati
Ohio, 45221-0033
Phone: 513-556-1491