This genre of tools and services go by various names, which are 
summarized here:

https://www.cni.org/topics/assessment/practices-and-patterns-in-research-information-management-findings-from-a-global-survey

You might be interested in this Wikipedia page, which covers these and 
solution that researchers can use on their own (like LinkedIn):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_research_networking_tools_and_research_profiling_systems

Kevin

On 6/25/19 7:50 PM, Amy Drayer wrote:
> Dear Niqui and Code4Lib:
> 
> The University of Minnesota has done this with Experts@Minnesota:
> https://experts.umn.edu/
> 
> Here's a general interview of the application:
> https://www.lib.umn.edu/about/experts
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jun 25, 2019, 10:13 AM Niqui O'Neill <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> We have found a lot of researchers are not aware of what other researchers
>> on campus are working on. We are looking at ways of encouraging cross
>> department collaboration and/or providing researchers with the information
>> they need to find the right person to help with a project. If someone is
>> doing work in this area I would love to talk about some of your approaches
>> and would love to see examples of the work in this area, specifically
>> looking at technical solutions.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Niqui O'Neill
>>
>> Digital Technologies Development Librarian
>>
>> NC State University Libraries
>>
>> Office: (919) 515-5446
>>
>> My pronouns are she, her, and hers
>>