
Outlining the fundamentals, the guides cover all of the common elements of front-end design and development, and were subsequently published as a book by New Riders, a subsidiary of Pearson Education. Our goal includes helping find new talent and topics and provide a forum for those to be shared.Īs an Advisory Board Member for DESIGNATION, I help guide and support the leadership team in building one of the world’s best design education programs.įollowing my passion for education, I wrote Learn to Code HTML and CSS to teach people how to develop and style websites with HTML and CSS. Wanting to be able to build what I was designing, and by extension have a larger impact on the end user experience, I expanded my skills to include front-end development.Īlongside Brad Simpson and Russ Unger, I co-founded Chicago Camps, an organization with the intention of bringing high-value, low-cost events to the technology community. Specializing in visual and user experience design, I got my start working with different agencies and picking up freelance projects. Agency & Freelance Web Designer & Front-end Engineer.Venturing from web to product focused work, at lightbank I leveraged my multidisciplinary design and development skill set to help build different products and businesses, including working with Groupon, Belly, and Pawngo amongst others. lightbank Product Designer & Front-end Engineer.Furthermore, I lead a product team to build a learning management system to expand the in-class experience. With growing involvement over time, I began as an advisor and mentor and later helped build and lead the design education program, including teaching the front-end development courses.



Be it with design, development, marketing, finance, or anywhere in-between, I work on every aspect of the business, helping me round out and strengthen my overall skill set. Wanting to help others become better managers and foster high performing teams, I co-founded Lead Honestly to help managers grow as a leaders and actively engage their employees. Collaborating with product, engineering, marketing, and the greater organization, my role includes building and mentoring teams as well as shaping our strategy and vision.

Hello, I’m Shay I’m a product leader with a design and engineering background.
