I am not a unicorn

I am not a unicorn

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I am a cross-domain, multidisciplinary professional. Design Technologists do not replace designers, but offer enabling and enhancing capabilities to delivering the promise of design across the spectrum of a project lifecycle.

I am a cross-domain, multidisciplinary professional. Design Technologists do not replace designers, but offer enabling and enhancing capabilities to delivering the promise of design across the spectrum of a project lifecycle.

The DT brings the technological skills and perspective to facilitate the design effort in better understanding the user, an organisation's capabilities, and faster testing iterations of ideas so that the team is confident in knowing which boundaries can be pushed to amplify the value of design.

The DT brings the technological skills and perspective to facilitate the design effort in better understanding the user, an organisation's capabilities, and faster testing iterations of ideas so that the team is confident in knowing which boundaries can be pushed to amplify the value of design.

Experience highlights

Experience highlights

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white vector image of frog embossed over a gradient of pink and blue background

2022 Nov - Present

2022 Nov - Present

Lead Design Technologist, frog part of Capgemini Invent

Lead Design Technologist, frog part of Capgemini Invent

  • Assist with proposal development and scoping to setup research for success and identify potential organic growth opportunities.

  • Lead technological perspective in research and analysis to drive achievable design specifications.

  • Lead and build digital solutions and interactive experiences.

  • Coach and mentor junior developers.

  • Research and present new technologies to drive continuous improvement and agility of DesignOps and DevOps.

  • Lead competency group across studios to drive maturation and growth of the Design Technologist competency and role.

  • Assist with proposal development and scoping to setup research for success and identify potential organic growth opportunities.

  • Lead technological perspective in research and analysis to drive achievable design specifications.

  • Lead and build digital solutions and interactive experiences.

  • Coach and mentor junior developers.

  • Research and present new technologies to drive continuous improvement and agility of DesignOps and DevOps.

  • Lead competency group across studios to drive maturation and growth of the Design Technologist competency and role.

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2019 Nov - 2022 Nov

2019 Nov - 2022 Nov

Senior Consultant, Webstep AS

Senior Consultant, Webstep AS

  • Advise designers in selecting interaction and UI patterns.

  • Advise technical choices to minimise and reduce technical debt.

  • Build and deliver enterprise, B2B and B2C digital solutions.

  • Lead a design process to research and understand future scenarios to drive development of core products.

  • Coach and mentor junior developers.

  • Share knowledge of current and emerging trends, best practices, tools and technologies with organisation.

  • Advise designers in selecting interaction and UI patterns.

  • Advise technical choices to minimise and reduce technical debt.

  • Build and deliver enterprise, B2B and B2C digital solutions.

  • Lead a design process to research and understand future scenarios to drive development of core products.

  • Coach and mentor junior developers.

  • Share knowledge of current and emerging trends, best practices, tools and technologies with organisation.

bouvet

2018 Mar - 2019 Nov

2018 Mar - 2019 Nov

Consultant, Bouvet

Consultant, Bouvet

  • Lead front-end team in development of a transportation web application.

  • Lead front-end team in overhaul of a B2B platform.

  • Collaborate with design teams to create achievable specifications and user-centric choices.

  • Provide data-driven feedback to drive feature development and user experience.

  • Lead front-end team in development of a transportation web application.

  • Lead front-end team in overhaul of a B2B platform.

  • Collaborate with design teams to create achievable specifications and user-centric choices.

  • Provide data-driven feedback to drive feature development and user experience.

ISKILDE

2015 Nov - 2017 Dec

2015 Nov - 2017 Dec

Manager of Operations, Iskilde (ISKLD)

  • Lead daily operations of production and logistics.

  • Lead process improvement initiatives to cut costs and improve predictability of outcomes.

  • Customer relationship management to grow business.

  • Lead daily operations of production and logistics.

  • Lead process improvement initiatives to cut costs and improve predictability of outcomes.

  • Customer relationship management to grow business.

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2005 - 2014

2005 - 2014

Various leadership positions, US Department of Defense

Various leadership positions, US Department of Defense

  • Build relationships to facilitate collaboration and exchange of knowledge and experience between foreign military and governmental organisations, and non-governmental organisations.

  • Consult military expertise, research and analysis.

  • Lead teams between 2 - 40 personnel in a joint environment with up to 7 direct reports.

  • Lead tactical, operational, and strategic efforts in both combat and training environments.

  • Build new operational and strategic capabilities.

  • Coach, mentor, and manage training and careers of subordinates.

  • Paratrooper

  • Build relationships to facilitate collaboration and exchange of knowledge and experience between foreign military and governmental organisations, and non-governmental organisations.

  • Consult military expertise, research and analysis.

  • Lead teams between 2 - 40 personnel in a joint environment with up to 7 direct reports.

  • Lead tactical, operational, and strategic efforts in both combat and training environments.

  • Build new operational and strategic capabilities.

  • Coach, mentor, and manage training and careers of subordinates.

  • Paratrooper

Open source projects

Open source projects

monorepo-remix

https://github.com/chiangs/monorepo-remix

Turborepo monorepo with Remix, Storybook, config and UI packages using Vite/Vitest

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waffle-chart

https://github.com/chiangs/waffle-chart

Installable zero-dependency React chart library for better storytelling with data.

comparison of how donut chart compared to a grid waffle chart showing 95% good, 5% outside limits
comparison of how donut chart compared to a grid waffle chart showing 95% good, 5% outside limits

stackable-bar-chart

https://github.com/chiangs/stackable-bar-chart

Installable zero-dependency React chart library for better storytelling with data.

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remix-ts-snippets

https://github.com/chiangs/remix-ts-snippets

VS Code extension for TypeScript code snippets of Remix components.

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Connect with me on LinkedIn.

Connect with me on LinkedIn.

Skills

Skills

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