Ben Byrne
Principal Web Architect at Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Santa Rosa, California, United States
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Top SchoolBen Byrne is a Principal Web Architect with 14 years of hands-on experience blending UX design, front-end engineering and LAMP-stack development to deliver accessible, high-performance websites. Based in Santa Rosa, he has led and scaled remote teams and agencies, growing a three‑founder shop into a 30‑person firm while building processes that bridge discovery, design and technical execution. At organizations from nonprofits to biotech and philanthropy (now at Chan Zuckerberg Initiative) he has driven measurable gains in engagement, SEO and accessibility through pragmatic architecture and UX leadership. Ben’s background spans bespoke CMS development to WordPress and Drupal implementations, and he’s known for translating research-driven user insights into production-ready sites. He brings a rare mix of creative art direction and deep technical stewardship, often guiding teams away from flashy features toward measurable performance and conversion improvements.
14 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Graphic Design at Iowa State UniversityEHSCommunications Research, Communications Research at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
English
Github Skills (112)
wordpress10
wordpress-api10
wordpress-plugin10
timber9
cli9
width9
featherlight9
plugin9
cli-framework9
php9
media-queries9
wp-cli9
scroll8
gutenberg8
jquery-plugin8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
drywall/customSalsa
May 2015 - Nov 2015
Contributions:14 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
drywall/cosm-body-classes
Apr 2015 - Apr 2015
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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