Karen Dolan
Senior Software Engineer at Harvard University, Division for Continuing Education
Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKaren Dolan is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of experience delivering modular, secure, and extensible software systems, currently at Harvard University’s Division for Continuing Education. She designs and builds both front-end and back-end services with a focus on architectures that outlive the code and are easily integrable. Her career spans roles at General Dynamics AIS as Lead Engineer for IT Portal Architecture/Knowledge Management, and earlier positions at Lernout and Hauspie and Kurzweil Applied Intelligence, signaling a blend of enterprise and systems integration expertise. She holds a BA in Economics with a minor in Computer Science from Boston College and an ALM in Information Technology (Software Engineering) from Harvard Extension School, where she earned a 3.92. Based in Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA, she is a lifelong learner who navigates complex, security-conscious environments and mentors teams to build reliable software at scale.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Economics, minor in Computer Science, BA, Economics, minor in Computer Science at Boston CollegeALM, Information Technology (Software Eng), 3.92, ALM, Information Technology (Software Eng), 3.92 at Harvard Extension School
Github Skills (168)
html-510
streaming10
javascript10
jquery10
hls-js10
video-processing10
http-live-streaming10
recording10
stream10
scale10
playback10
video-management10
hls-stream10
mediasource10
video-streaming10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
karendolan/paella
Jun 2015 - Oct 2020
Paella standalone html 5 multistream player
Contributions:2 PRs, 18 pushes, 29 branches in 5 years 4 months
html-5standalonepaellamultistreamplayer
harvard-dce/paella-matterhorn
Jan 2015 - Oct 2018
New Work In Progress Paella Matterhorn Engage. The dce-release branch is retired. The master branch is what new feature branches should branch from.
Contributions:58 PRs, 306 pushes, 94 branches in 3 years 9 months
branchesengagein-progressdcemaster
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