Chuck Koscher
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Chuck Koscher has been the Director of Technology for Crossref since 2002.
His primary responsibility has been the development and operation of Crossref's core services and technical infrastructure. As a senior staff member he also contributes to the definition of Crossref's mission and the expansion of its services such as the launch of Funding Data (formerly known as FundRef) (http://www.crossref.org/fundingdata).
His role includes management of technical support and back-end business operations. Chuck and his team interface directly with publisher members in dealing with issues effected by new or evolving industry practices such as those involving non-journal content like books, standards and databases.
Chuck has been active within the industry having served 9 years on the NISO board of directors, and a participant in initiatives such as the NISO/NFAIS Best Practices in Journal Publishing (http://nfais.org/files/file/Best_Practices_Final_Public.pdf) and NISO's Supplemental Material Working Group ( http://www.niso.org/workrooms/supplemental).
Prior to Crossref Chuck has over 20 years in software engineering experience primarily in the aerospace industry.