Summary
Chaitanya Prashant is a frontend developer and design-engineer with nine years of experience blending interaction design and production React/TypeScript implementation across startups and enterprise teams. He’s currently pursuing an MS in Human-Computer Interaction at DePaul and has driven cross-functional product work at Minds, CBRE, Curology, PagerDuty and others—leading launches, design systems, and measurable product lifts. At Minds he co-led a unified open-source design language and shipped networks.minds.com in Astro + React, directly increasing trials and network creation. His background in cognitive science and CS from UCSD informs a user-centered approach that pairs rapid prototyping with research-driven decisions. Comfortable switching between design and engineering, he also does freelance design consulting for early-stage ventures, including stealth crypto and social campaigns. Open to summer 2025 product design or design-engineering internships and selective freelance engagements.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, San Diego
Master of Science - MS Human Computer Interaction, Master of Science - MS Human Computer Interaction at DePaul University Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media
High school Diploma General education, High school Diploma General education at Woodstock School