David Storey
Program Manager II, Internet Explorer at Microsoft
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolDavid Storey is a seasoned web platform program manager with 12+ years building developer-facing experiences and advancing web standards, currently shaping HTML, CSS, SVG, and accessibility work on the Microsoft Edge Web Platform team. He combines hands-on front-end engineering—co-developing internal CSS frameworks and the edge.ms developer site—with standards-level contributions as an SVG co-editor and frequent contributor to high-profile projects like html5rocks and WebPlatformTest. A proven communicator and community builder, he founded Seattle’s Marquee Club, authors accessibility benchmarks like html5accessibility.com, and bridges developer relations across major vendors. His background spans influential roles at Opera, Motorola/Google, and CERN, giving him deep perspective on cross-browser compatibility, performance, and inclusive design. Notably, he often pairs specification edits with practical UI work, moving features from spec to shipped implementation.
12 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
BSc (Hons) Computing, Computer Science, BSc (Hons) Computing, Computer Science at University of SunderlandMSc Internet and Distributed Systems, Computer Science, MSc Internet and Distributed Systems, Computer Science at Durham University
English
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Github Skills (33)
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javascript10
api-design10
testing10
css10
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responsive-design10
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date-format10
user-interface10
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microsoft-edge10
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Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
MicrosoftEdge/Status
May 2014 - Oct 2017
This repository tracks the roadmap for the Microsoft Edge web platform. This data is used on https://status.microsoftedge.com/ to provide implementation status and forward-looking plans for web standards in Edge and other browsers.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:89 commits, 9 PRs, 56 pushes in 3 years 6 months
Contributions summary:David primarily contributed to the front-end aspects of the Microsoft Edge status website. Their work focused on updating the user interface, including modifying the header, footer, and menu to align with the new Modern.ie design. They also addressed several UI-related bug fixes and layout issues, showing an understanding of CSS and HTML. The user made improvements to the overall layout and design elements of the site.
plansweb-platformbrowsersmicrosoftedgejstree
w3c/svgwg
Feb 2018 - May 2018
SVG Working Group specifications
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:90 commits, 48 PRs, 23 pushes in 3 months
Contributions summary:David primarily contributed to the SVG Working Group specifications by adding missing attributes and properties to the SVGAElement interface, such as 'ping', 'referrerPolicy', and 'text'. They also updated existing attributes to align with HTML definitions, removing [SameObject] and integrating the HTMLOrSVGElement mixin. Furthermore, the user made changes to reflect the DOM, fixing broken links and references and adding missing definitions to the specification.
svgrsvgosvgwavemorph
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