Staff

Nathan Tallman joined APTrust as Executive Director in 2024 after nearly 10 years of involvement as a member through the University of Cincinnati and Penn State University. His digital preservation philosophy is two-part. First, good stewardship is fiducially responsible, regardless of an organization’s resources. Without sustainable strategies, resources required for digital preservation can easily escalate and eventually put the organization’s mission at risk. Second, a successful digital preservation program is an embedded culture. Digital preservation requires all stakeholders to have the shared understanding that nearly every aspect of the creation and management of digital content has preservation implications.

Jay Dungavath brings years of expertise in software development and digital preservation. With a background in scalable application development, including recent roles at Oxford and Worcester Polytechnic Institute, he has tackled complex issues like DDoS mitigation and repository modernization. His career started with digital repository work at the University of Cincinnati, fostering a strong commitment to safeguarding digital heritage. Now working remotely for APTrust, Jay is excited to contribute his technical acumen to further APTrust’s mission.

Flavia Ruffner was introduced to life as a techy by her father in the time of Arpanet, Fortran, and Basic. She made the leap as a professional approximately two decades ago. Her current role has her leading the security and DevOps (infrastructure) IT operations architecture and strategic initiatives. She works closely with the Lead Developer on the APTrust SaaS offerings to provide the most efficient and resilient solutions.

Andrew Diamond has over twenty years of software development experience in several industries. He designed and coded APTrust's current generation of back-end services, web applications, REST APIs, SQL databases, and DART.