​April brings extensive experience in full-stack development and DevOps to the Notch8 team. As a Software Engineer, she architects resilient systems and seamless user experiences for our clients' digital repositories.

Before joining Notch8, April served in the US Navy and worked as an Art Director and College Professor, bringing a unique blend of leadership, aesthetic sensibility, and educational approach to software development.

When not building innovative repository solutions, April enjoys spending quality time with her family.

​Jill brings three years of project management experience to the Notch8 team, where she ensures projects stay on track through clear communication, timely delivery, and alignment with client goals.

With a background in healthcare, she developed strong communication, problem-solving and adaptability skills. She now applies these strengths to software development, fostering efficiency and collaboration across teams.

Outside of work, she enjoys surfing, silversmithing, cooking, and spending time with her family and her two dogs, Moose and Brody.

Amanda brings six years of software development and UI/UX design expertise to craft visually appealing, user-centric digital solutions.

Since her arrival in 2022, she has effectively merged creative vision with technical skills, delivering seamless interfaces that boost client satisfaction.

Before transitioning to technology, Amanda laid a strong foundation in real estate, enhancing her business acumen and client-focused approach.

In her free time, she enjoys reading thought-provoking literature and gardening both of which inspire her innovative thinking.

Molly brings extensive expertise in business and finance operations, and  oversees the company's financial and legal management, human resources, and project fulfillment.  Her focus is on maintaining the highest standards of service delivery while ensuring the financial health of the organization.

Molly holds a BA in Economics and MBA from the University of Maryland.

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A mom first, most of Molly's free time is spent with her son, but when time allows, she's happiest sailing, mountain biking or rock climbing with her husband.

​Shana Moore brings over 9 years of experience in full-stack web development, specializing in Ruby on Rails, to the Notch8 team, where she has been since 2019. As a Senior Software Engineer, she designs and develops robust digital repository solutions, enabling our clients to efficiently manage and preserve their digital assets.

When not building digital repositories, you'll find Shana discovering new restaurants, or spending quality time with her beloved dogs.

Sarah is a full-stack developer at Notch8 with six years of experience specializing in React and Ruby on Rails.

Her background in teaching web development enables her to find straightforward solutions to complex problems while effectively connecting with clients and community members.

When not crafting digital repository solutions, Sarah organizes San Diego's monthly Ruby meetup and enjoys running along the bay.

JP brings 6 years of experience in full-stack development to the Notch8 team. As a Mid Developer, he is dedicated to building, enhancing, and maintaining open source digital repositories for academic institutions.

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Before transitioning into software development and joining Notch8, JP was a social work counselor, providing resources and specialized support plans for individuals with developmental disabilities.

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When he is not building and designing digital repositories, you'll find JP playing guitar, playing pool, or reading a good book.

Nick is a mission-driven leader with an engineering and product background.  He's focused on improving education and access to information worldwide.​

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In 2025, he stepped into the role as head of Notch8, to focus on the democratization of information worldwide, and continuing their legacy of a healthy work culture and exceptional quality of service and craftsmanship in software development.

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For 15 years, Nick has been helping early-stage startups in healthcare, specializing in 0-to-1 product design, implementation, and rollouts.

​LaRita brings over 35 years of experience to the Notch 8 team, as a software engineer with experience in analysis, design, development, and maintenance of complex, server-side software for insurance, educational, and open source communities.

Prior to joining Notch8, LaRita contributed to the Samvera community projects as part of her work in the Hesburgh Libraries on Notre Dame’s digital repository, and developed an insurance billing & collection system.

LaRita is more than slightly obsessed with a good spreadsheet, but when she is away from her computer, she enjoys coordinating home improvement projects, singing bass in a women’s barbershop a cappella chorus, and collecting unfinished craft projects and cats.

Braydon brings 10 years of experience in Library Technologies to the Notch8 team. As a Senior Software Engineer, he problem solves to make sure that complex issues are a thing of the past.

Before joining Notch8, Braydon designed migration software from ContentDM to Samvera and worked on other endeavours for university libraries.

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Braydon has a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science-with a Computer Communications and Networks specialization.

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When not supporting digital repositories, you'll find Braydon travelling around Japan and eating ramen.

​Kait is an artist and pyrotechnician that brings seven years of experience as a software developer to her role at Notch8.  Working mostly in Ruby on Rails with some side jaunts into JS, Java, and Python.  Her time prior to Notch8 was spent working for arts nonprofits in between the occasional construction stint.  With in-depth knowledge of how things fit together, her sculpture degree still gets some use, and she brings a positive creative approach to difficulties experienced by her clients and team members.

When not tip tapping a keyboard, Kait paints, sculpts, and blows things up whenever she isn't kicking it with her husband and their several cats, doing their best to acquiesce the cat distribution system.

Kirk brings 3 years of experience in full-stack development to the Notch8 team. Kirk specializes in digital repositories and open data solutions, with expertise in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, Ruby, Rails, and PostgreSQL.  As a Mid Level Developer, he contributes to implementation projects for academic clients, with notable work on Harvard's Arclight project.
 

Kirk's journey began with Windows batch scripts, where the concept of automation sparked his passion for coding.  Before transitioning to tech, he worked 14 years at the UC San Diego Library as a still image digitization specialist and retired from the Army Reserves after 22 years of service in the Army Band field.

When not building digital repositories, you'll find Kirk playing trombone, collecting Transformers toys with his two boys, cooking for guests, or enjoying a family day at Sea World.
 

Kiah is a Senior Software Engineer with seven years of experience in full-stack web development and an additional year specializing in DevOps.

At Notch8, he specializes in the migration of diverse datasets, ensuring the seamless transition of millions of records for multiple client projects. Additionally, he is adept at resolving service outages and addressing critical system bugs to maintain optimal performance and reliability.

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Outside of work, Kiah can be found spending quality time with his wife and young daughter, volunteering at this local church, or playing video games with his dad and siblings.
 

Max brings 7 years of experience in DevOps and over 15 years of experience as a library professional to the Notch8 team. As DevOps Engineer, he helps clients improve their DevOps practices throughout the application lifecycle, leading to more reliable systems and less stress for people working with those systems.

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Before joining Notch8, Max worked as a reference librarian and cataloger with specialized materials, including fashion and music collections. Max brought his knowledge of library metadata and collections to building new special collections repositories for multiple Research 1 institutions.

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Max received a Master in Science in Library and Information Science from Pratt Institute, and a Master of Art in Musicology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

When not supporting digital repositories, you'll find Max dancing and making music with his toddler.