ORCID Staff
User Support Specialist
Natalia Aldana
Natalia supports ORCID users in different languages.
She’s fluent in Spanish, English, French
Engagement Lead
Francisco Alsina
Francisco is Engagement Lead at ORCID, supporting organizations in adopting and integrating
Web Producer
Rob Blackburn
Rob maintains the ORCID Info site keeping it up-to-date, helps with Comms
User Support Specialist
Thamirys Cabral
Thamirys supports users who speak Portuguese and Spanish.
She has a Bachelors in
Senior Engagement Lead, Global Consortia
Ana Patricia Cardoso
Ana is responsible for developing and promoting community adoption of ORCID across
Engagement Manager, Global Direct
Estelle Cheng
Estelle Cheng supports and engages with ORCID Direct Members, Publishers and Services
QA Lead
Pedro Costa
Pedro leads the QA process for the ORCID Registry managing manual and
Product Director
Tom Demeranville
Tom ensures our technology is responsive to our community and aligned with
Senior Product Manager
Paula Demain
Paula is responsible for gathering, managing and refining the requirements of the
Senior UX Designer
Dan Dineen
Dan is our UX designer. He works making sure we have usable,
Senior DevSecOps Engineer
Vlad Donose
Vlad is in charge of cyber security, ensuring that all information is
Senior Java Backend Engineer
Camelia Dumitru
As part of the IT team, Camelia develops back end functionality for
Operations Coordinator
Jenna Ferrecchia
I have a BA in Poli Sci from George Washington U. and
DIRECTOR OF STAFF AND BOARD ENGAGEMENT
Stephanie Harley
Stephanie oversees ORCID’s strategic staff engagement initiatives, including professional development, training, staff
Member Support Technical Specialist
Jordan Holt
Jordan provides first-in-class technical support for ORCID member organizations.
In his free time,
Senior Events & Outreach Manager
Kimberly Inniger
Kimberly manages the ORCID Events program that consists of webinars, workshops, trainings,
Senior Project Manager
Emilia Morozova
Emilia’s role at ORCID is to lead projects to implement and optimize
Engagement Lead, Global Direct
Nabil Ksibi
Nabil is responsible for fostering ORCID community adoption within the global direct
Associate Director of Engagement
Paloma Marín-Arraiza
She holds a degree in Physics, a master's degree in Scientific Information
Tech Lead, Registry
Angel Montenegro
As part of our Open Source Team, Angel is in charge of
QA Automation Engineer
Karen Madrigal
Karen drives the Automated testing effort for the ORCID Registry.
She graduated as
Senior Front End Engineer
Leonardo Mendoza
As part of our Open Source Team Leonardo specializes in UI development
Engagement Lead, Global Consortia
Brian Minihan
Brian supports community adoption, fostering development and executing strategic goals of ORCID
Senior Engagement Lead
Shivendra Naidoo
With over a decade of experience working in the Academic Publishing and
Senior User Support Specialist
Mitra Najafi-Gheidari
Mitra provides first tier support to researchers with queries about their ORCID
Tech Lead
George Nash
George joined the team in 2016 having worked as a developer across
Java Full Stack Engineer
Daniel Palafox
As part of our Open Source Team, Daniel specializes in front-end and
Data Protection Officer
Ellen Paterson
Ellen is ORCID's data protection officer. She has a background in information
Director of Communications
Julie Petro
As Director of Communications for ORCID, Julie is responsible for setting and
Junior Full Stack Engineer
Andrej Romanov
Andrej helps to improve and maintain the codebase of the ORCID registry
Executive Director
Chris Shillum
With more than 25 years of experience in product and platform development
User Support Manager
Matt Stockman
Matt has over 10 years experience of working in technology within the
Engagement Manager, Outreach & Partnerships
Shawna Sadler
Shawna heads up Outreach & Partnerships at ORCID, building strategic relationships worldwide
Director, Technology
Will Simpson
Will is responsible for ORCID’s technical strategy, infrastructure, and scalability, and manages
User Support Specialist
Greta Taunyte
Greta is originally from Lithuania, equipped with a diverse skill set and
Grant Program Officer/ Engagement Lead
Lombe Tembo
Lombe is responsible for improving equity of participation in ORCID in currently
Director of Finance and Operations
Tommy Tepper
As Director of Finance and Operations, Tommy oversees all aspects of ORCID’s
Senior Devops Engineer
Giles Westwood
Giles is an experienced engineer and manager in operations with over 15
Director of Engagement
Ivo Wijnbergen
Heading up Engagement at ORCID, Ivo is responsible for our global community
Financial Controller
Zena Wubneh
As the Interim Financial Controller, Zena is responsible for leading ORCID's finance
Content Marketing Writer
Élan Young
Élan creates and manages the distribution of content for ORCID’s blog, website,