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Madonnalisa Gonzales-Chan is currently an independent consultant specializing in metadata and taxonomy development as well as content management and search applications evaluation and implementation. She was most recently the Metadata Services Manager at Stanford Graduate School of Business. Her primary role was to provide guidance on information management best practices for applications and websites developed at Stanford GSB.

Previous to Stanford, she was an Information Architect and Interaction Designer at AltaVista developing information and interaction architectures for AltaVista's LIVE! portal and search services. Some of her past work experiences include: a short stint as a volunteer on the re-architecture of the San Jose Repertory website, Academic Technology Specialist for the English Department at Stanford University, and Systems Librarian at Innovative Interfaces Inc.

Madonnalisa has a M.S. in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and a B.A. in English Literature from the University of California, Irvine.

Actively involved in the Information Architecture community she has participated and led various workshops and panels for ASIST IA Summits and ACM CHI. She was also involved in the founding of the IA Institute, a professional organization supporting the innovation and growth of information architects and Boxes and Arrows, a peer-reviewed online journal related to matters involving information architecture and interaction design.