Ruth Cuadra and Suzanne Michels
Bio
About Ruth Cuadra I'm an application systems analyst in the Information Systems department at the Getty Research Institute (GRI). I provide systems support and development for the GRI’s Provenance Index and other databases of art historical information. I'm also part of a team developing a new search engine that will improve online access to the GRI's resources. In May 2010 I received my master’s degree in Museum Studies from John Hopkins University, and I recently completed strategic foresight training through the California Association of Museums (CAM). I'm now serving as co-chair of CAM's newly formed Foresight Committee, created to research current trends, provide findings, and generate and facilitate discussion in order to define strategies for assuring more sustainable futures for California museums.
About Suzanne Michels I'm a software developer and have been consulting with GRI Information Systems department since January 2011. I created the text-processing algorithms used to parse data from electronic renditions of WWII-era German auction catalogs. Currently I’m developing methods for automating the handling of bibliographic data for entry in the Getty Research Portal—an interesting and challenging endeavor! My prior work includes development of defense-industry system simulations and commercial software.