Connor Leech
Product Manager IBM Research
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolConnor Leech is a product manager at IBM Research with seven years of experience designing and shipping web products that unify front- and back-end experiences for large organizations. He leads the roadmap for IBM Research’s external web presence, translating complex legacy systems into coherent templates, features, and workflows through wireframing and detailed specs. Previously he helped grow IBM’s Carbon Design System community as a content designer and contributed front-end UI improvements to the widely used carbon-website open-source project. His background in journalism and editorial roles informs a user-focused, content-first approach to product strategy and design. Based in New York, Connor combines design-system craftsmanship with practical product execution to make research more discoverable and usable.
7 years of coding experience
Bachelor’s Degree, Journalism, Bachelor’s Degree, Journalism at The University of Texas at Austin
Github Skills (8)
css10
javascript10
react10
gatsby9
carbon-lang9
graphite-carbon9
ibm-db28
ibm-cloud8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
carbon-design-system/carbon-website
Aug 2019 - Jun 2020
The website for the Carbon Design System.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:324 commits, 247 PRs, 185 pushes in 9 months
Contributions summary:Connor primarily contributed to the user interface of the Carbon Design System website. Their commits include merging and updating various branches, modifying code examples, and updating color token tables. They made changes to Prism.css, and component files, indicating a focus on component styling and implementation. Additionally, they updated and edited the footer and other visual elements on the website.
gatsbyreactcarbon-design-systemibmdesign-system
connor-leech/carbon-website
Feb 2019 - May 2019
The website for the Carbon Design System
Contributions:112 pushes, 46 branches in 3 months
carbonreactdesign-systemcarbon-design-system
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