Bret Morris is a seasoned technology leader and founder with 13 years of experience building user-focused web products from Los Angeles. As Director of Technology at Use All Five and cofounder/CEO of Ziguana, he blends strategic leadership with hands-on front-end development, shipping polished interfaces and interactions. His open-source contributions include UX and accessibility improvements to high-profile projects like Chrome Music Lab and the AMP website, where he tackled mobile quirks, animations, and story-driven layouts. Trained in communication, marketing, and visual design, he uniquely bridges product, design, and engineering to turn creative concepts into reliable experiences. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic builder who treats clean code as one piece of a broader user-centered craft.
13 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Graphic Design, Web Development, Graphic Design, Web Development at Santa Monica College
BA, Communication Studies, Marketing, BA, Communication Studies, Marketing at California State University-Long Beach
Contributions:35 commits, 3 PRs, 22 pushes in 1 month
Contributions summary:Bret primarily focused on implementing and enhancing the "stories" page within the AMP project website. They added various sections to the stories page, including hero sections, reasons, features, news, and web stories, significantly increasing its functionality and content. They also incorporated animations, accent images, and mobile styling, and addressed feedback, improving the user experience and visual presentation of the stories.
A collection of experiments for exploring how music works, all built with the Web Audio API.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Contributions:6 commits, 6 pushes in 1 day
Contributions summary:Bret primarily contributed to front-end development across multiple experiments within the Chrome Music Lab repository. Their work focused on bug fixes and updates related to iOS tapper issues, improvements to user interface elements like fonts, and the addition of new features such as drag-and-draw functionality. The contributions involved changes to HTML, JavaScript, and CSS, demonstrating a focus on user experience and interface enhancements across different music-related experiments.
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Bret Morris - Director Of Technology at Ziguana.com