Angela Sheehan
InventHQ Creative Technologist
Boulder, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAngela Sheehan is a creative technologist and educator with eight years of experience designing maker programs, wearable electronics, and craft-technology products that help beginners prototype with confidence. Based in Boulder, she leads inventHQ initiatives and runs GellaCraft, blending public speaking, workshops, and published maker projects (including a Make Magazine-featured LED heels project) to translate technical concepts into playful, accessible experiences. Her background spans product management at SparkFun—where she stewarded the LilyPad sewable electronics line—and hands-on makerspace leadership at Denver Public Library, giving her a rare mix of product strategy, curriculum design, and frontline teaching. Angela is especially skilled at turning textiles, soft circuits, and everyday craft materials into teachable prototypes and community-driven learning experiences. She often bridges formal product development and grassroots maker culture, mentoring teens and adults alike to move from inspiration to working prototypes.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Customer-Focused Product and Service Design Online Certificate, Project Leadership and System Design, Customer-Focused Product and Service Design Online Certificate, Project Leadership and System Design at Cornell University College of EngineeringBA, Visual Arts (Digital Art/Design, Animation), BA, Visual Arts (Digital Art/Design, Animation) at Bennington CollegeMassachusetts College of ArtProgramming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
ADataDate/Etta_and_Gella
Oct 2018 - Apr 2019
Contributions:33 commits, 9 pushes in 6 months
GellaCraft/javascript-strings-lab-js-intro-000
Dec 2018 - Dec 2018
Contributions:16 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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