Ron Rice

Ron Rice is an experienced professional in taxonomical development and information science with a diverse background in education and web application development. Rice's career includes roles as a Programmer/Analyst at Cornell University, where work focused on digital library applications, and as an Adjunct Faculty Instructor at the University of Washington. In the role of User Interface Developer at Performaworks, Inc., Rice designed specialized web applications. Subsequent positions as a Taxonomist at Guitar Center and Amazon involved establishing enterprise taxonomies and developing product ontologies for machine classification. Currently, Rice serves as a Taxonomist at Meta, leading knowledge representation efforts for social media and AI applications. Educational achievements include a Master of Library & Information Science from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and multiple certificates specializing in programming and artificial intelligence from prestigious institutions such as the University of Washington and MIT.