Alexander Sage
Director Of IT at Penske Media Corporation
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolAlexander Sage is a Director of IT based in New York with 11 years of cross-functional experience blending technical delivery, project management, and operational leadership. He progressed from marketing and front-of-house management roles into IT leadership, bringing a pragmatic, client-focused approach to technology initiatives at Penske Media Corporation. Hands-on in front-end engineering, he contributes to notable open-source projects like mermaid-js/mermaid, adding unit and E2E snapshot tests that improve sequence diagram rendering reliability. Comfortable translating product and user needs into stable technical outcomes, he pairs strong process discipline with an eye for visual accuracy and UX. His background in environmental studies and varied early-career roles underscores a curiosity-driven mindset and an ability to synthesize diverse stakeholder perspectives.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Environmental Studies, English Minor, BA, Environmental Studies, English Minor at Franklin & Marshall College
Github Skills (11)
javascript10
d3js10
jestjs10
jtest10
jes10
diagram9
uml7
typescripts7
flowchart7
typescript-types7
typescript7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
mermaid-js/mermaid
Jul 2019 - Aug 2019
Generation of diagrams like flowcharts or sequence diagrams from text in a similar manner as markdown
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:10 commits, 3 PRs, 5 comments in 12 days
Contributions summary:Alexander primarily contributed to the front-end aspects of the mermaid-js/mermaid repository, focusing on enhancements to the sequence diagram rendering. They added unit tests for `drawRect` and `drawBackgroundRect` functions, ensuring the correct rendering of rectangular elements within sequence diagrams. The user also implemented E2E snapshot tests, verifying the visual output of various sequence diagram constructs, including nested rectangles, loops, and conditional statements. These changes improve the reliability and visual accuracy of the sequence diagram feature.
diagramsflowchartssequencesequence-diagramssimilar
sagea/vscode
Nov 2017 - Nov 2022
Visual Studio Code
Contributions:11 pushes, 2 branches in 5 years
visual-studio-codevscodevscode-extensiontypescriptvisual-studio
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