Peter Van Garderen,
President/Systems Archivist
Peter launched Artefactual Systems Inc. in 2001 to provide technology analysis and implementation services to archival organizations, in particular those that want to develop and implement open-source solutions.
Since that time Peter has worked with a wide range of clients, providing services that range from writing strategy reports, analyzing system requirements, designing technology architectures and developing software.
He is a Doctoral Candidate in Archival Science at the University of Amsterdam and a graduate of the University of British Columbia's Master of Archival Studies (1997) and Certificate in Software Engineering (2001) programs.
Peter has worked at the University of British Columbia's School of Library, Archival and Information Studies as an Adjunct Professor (1999-2004) and as the Project Coordinator for International Research on Permanent Authentic Records in Electronic Systems (InterPARES Project) (1998-2000). He began his career in archives technology over 10 years ago as a product manager for Eloquent Systems (1996-97), developers of library, archives and records management software.
Evelyn McLellan, Systems Archivist
Systems analyst and consultant on Artefactual's digital preservation projects. Evelyn also provides end-user support, user documentation, quality assurance testing and system requirements management for Artefactual's software solutions.Evelyn is a graduate of the University of British Columbia's Master of Archival Studies program (1997) and has over 10 years experience as an archivist and records information analyst at a number of organizations including the City of Vancouver Archives and the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia.
Since 2004 she has been an Adjunct Professor at the University of British Columbia's School of Library, Archival and Information Studies and a co-investigator on the International Research on Permanent Authentic Records in Electronic Systems (InterPARES Project). Evelyn has written several articles and delivered a number of presentations and workshops on the topics of digital preservation and open technologies for archives.
Jack Bates, Software Engineer
Jack adds a wealth of open-source development experience to the Artefactual team. He is a Debian/Ubuntu package maintainer and a regular contributor to the PHP Gallery project and the Perl Archive Network. He also has experience deploying the Koha integrated libary information system.Jack is a researcher at the Simon Fraser University Centre for Open Software Technology and Applications Research. He serves as a Google Summer of Code mentor and sits on the Board of Directors for Vancouver's FreeGeek co-operative.
David Juhasz, Software Engineer
David has over 10 years experience developing and supporting web-based applications for a variety of international clients.During this time he has established expertise related to open-source search engine libraries, internationalization requirements as well as system administration and performance optimization for web applications.
Austin Trask, Systems Engineer
Austin is a certified Linux/Unix system administrator and has over five years experience deploying server and network hardware including VPN, VOIP, and sophisticated virtualization environments for high-performance financial transaction systems. Austin is a co-founder of the Vancouver Hack Space Society and an active contributor to the Ubuntu community.
Jesús García Crespo, Software Engineer
Jesús has over five years experience developing and supporting web-based applications, including the deployment of ICA-AtoM at the Ducal House of Medinaceli Foundation.Jesús has significant expertise in Javascript rich web applications, server administration, and legacy data migration. He has also published several articles on Linux networking, completed a Google Summer of Code assignment for the Open Source Security Information Management (OSSIM) project, and coordinated the creation of free public wireless networks in his hometown of Sevilla, Spain.
