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About
I'm a design/engineering hybrid with a focus on design systems and cultivating healthy teams.
Outside of tech, I am passionate about education and the arts. I'm also a huge Sydney and Seattle sports fan ⚾️
Projects
Empowering teams to to create intuitive and beautiful Atlassian experiences that customers love.
Work Experience
Speaking
A window into front-end engineering at Atlassian. Spoke on a panel alongside the inimitable Peggy Kuo, one of our Principal Engineers.
It’s not easy when your skills don’t fit cleanly in a neat and tidy box. Are you a designer or developer? Does it matter? Should it matter?
In this talk, I share my experience navigating a career as a design/dev hybrid, some thoughts on what makes a healthy team, and how we should think about the role of engineering in the design process.
A deeper look at 'dark mode', and how to use the prefers-color-scheme CSS media feature.
Education
English Major
Studies in Religion Minor
Completed in two seperate stints, with a big break in the middle to focus on my career.