Alex Sheehan
Cofounder at FWD:Everyone
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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Top SchoolAlex Sheehan is a seasoned software leader and cofounder based in Atlanta with 11 years of experience building polished user experiences and leading engineering teams. As CTO at Rensa Games and Cofounder of FWD:Everyone, he blends product-first thinking with hands-on front-end craftsmanship honed during six years as a UX Engineer at Google. His open-source contributions to the widely used Material Components Web project show a knack for cross-browser UI fixes, accessible ripple effects, and pragmatic refactors that improve developer and user experience. Comfortable from freelance sites to enterprise systems, he pairs startup agility with production-grade engineering discipline. Unusually, his background includes creative roles—from musician to social media strategist—informing a user-centered approach to design and communication.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Computer Science, Bachelor of Science Computer Science at New York Institute of Technology
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Github Skills (12)
css10
material-design10
uid10
javascript10
web-components10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
html6
iframe6
material-design-lite6
material-components6
angular6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
material-components/material-components-web
Dec 2016 - Jan 2020
Modular and customizable Material Design UI components for the web
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:58 commits, 150 PRs, 418 pushes in 3 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Alex primarily contributed to the Material Design UI components for the web. Their work involved fixing alignment issues in the FAB (Floating Action Button) component across different browsers, and refactoring the mdc-animation library. They also updated and added features to several components like the textfield, select, checkbox, button and switch, and implemented the ripple effect, and added new UX styles to several components. These modifications demonstrate a focus on improving the user interface and experience within the Material Components Web library.
material-designui-componentsmaterial-componentscssjavascript
hackerati/gradle-tutorial
Dec 2015 - Dec 2018
In development progress... Take the journey to learn Gradle with some exciting Java exercises like threading, producer/consumer, protocol development, etc. Jave is way cool; Gradle is a better Maven! ;-)
Contributions:2 PRs in 3 years
gradlejavamaven
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