Brett Peary is a Frontend Engineer and product designer with 11 years of experience building user-centric web applications and design systems for Fortune 500s and high-growth startups. Based between New York and Kyoto, he uniquely blends Japanese craft aesthetics and UX research with pragmatic front-end engineering to create elegant, accessible interfaces and reusable web components. He has led remote cross-functional teams, delivered over $1M in project value, and reduced development cycles by streamlining design-to-dev workflows and authoring cross-framework component libraries. His background includes architecting org-wide design systems at RICOH and hands-on product work for clients like Deloitte and Soracom, reflecting a rare mix of design sensitivity and production-grade implementation.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
B.A. in Japanese crafts & aesthetics Focus in Japanese aesthetics ceramics traditional crafts and language., B.A. in Japanese crafts & aesthetics Focus in Japanese aesthetics ceramics traditional crafts and language. at The Evergreen State College
M.A. in use of social media in disaster Thesis: The Role of Social Media in the 2011 East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, M.A. in use of social media in disaster Thesis: The Role of Social Media in the 2011 East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami at Kyoto University
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