Brandon Biggs
Software Engineer at The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute
Gilroy, California, United States
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Top SchoolBrandon Biggs is a multidisciplinary software engineer and entrepreneur with 11 years of experience building nonvisual and inclusive web and XR wayfinding tools. As a researcher and engineer at The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute and CEO of XR Navigation, he leads development of auditory and accessible map experiences such as Audiom to make maps usable without sight. He combines a PhD track in Human-Centered Computing and a master’s in Inclusive Design with hands-on product and finance leadership from running Sonja Biggs Educational Services. Beyond code and research, Brandon is a professional opera singer—an unusual creative lens that informs his auditory-first design approach—and he’s actively focused on growing the pipeline of vision-impairment professionals worldwide.
11 years of coding experience
music BA with a minor in marketing Music Performance General, music BA with a minor in marketing Music Performance General at California State University - East BayDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Human Centered Computing, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Human Centered Computing at Georgia Institute of TechnologyMaster's degree Inclusive Design, Master's degree Inclusive Design at OCAD University
English, Italian
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Github Skills (200)
gist10
material-ui10
browser10
markup-language10
api10
computer-vision10
nvda10
screen-reader10
nodejs10
stackedit10
css10
user-interface10
math10
material-design10
frontend10
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
EmpowermentZone/EdSharp
Aug 2015 - May 2017
EdSharp is a full featured text editor that is friendly, powerful, and open source.
Contributions:1 release, 13 commits, 12 pushes in 1 year 9 months
full-featuredace-editorcsharpeditortext-editor
frastlin/Nonvisual-Modeling-and-Mapping
Mar 2018 - Nov 2019
Contributions:123 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 8 months
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