Michele Lamorte is an accomplished information professional with extensive experience in taxonomy creation and governance, controlled vocabularies, project management, and metadata/data management. She obtained her Masters of Library Science from Queens College and has completed professional development certificate programs at Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science and a Stewardship of Digital Assets Workshop at Northeast Document Conservation Center.

Lamorte has a diverse background in the information industry, having worked as a Senior DAM Consultant at Tahzoo, Product Taxonomist at Anheuser-Busch InBev, Senior Taxonomist at Starbucks, Senior Taxonomist at Indeed.com, Senior Data Librarian at Fox, Taxonomy Manager at Guitar Center, Digital Recipe Asset Manager/Taxonomist at Scripps Networks Interactive Inc., Digital Collections Curator at Kean University, Librarian at Institute of Culinary Education, Senior Serials & E-Resources Assistant at New York University, Reference/Information Services Librarian at Kean University, and Librarian at Spherion.

Her areas of expertise include database administration, metadata modeling, QA, data analytics, technical documentation, and research. Lamorte is a skilled communicator and has expertise in creating taxonomies for a wide range of industries from the entertainment world to e-commerce.