Elizabeth Cottrell
Principal, UX Engineering at Think Company
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolElizabeth Cottrell is a Principal UX Engineer with 11 years of experience crafting accessible, responsive front-end experiences and guiding cross-functional teams at Think Company. She combines deep expertise in HTML/CSS/JS, React/Redux, and WCAG 2.1/ADA compliance with hands-on QA, code review, and documentation work to deliver inclusive digital products. A former archaeologist turned designer-developer, she brings a research-driven mindset to usability and accessibility audits and has formalized internal accessibility standards and training. She also teaches emerging developers through UPenn’s coding bootcamp, reflecting a commitment to community outreach and mentorship. Based in Philadelphia, she balances pragmatic engineering with advocacy for better digital accessibility across client projects.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Anthropology History Studio Art, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Anthropology History Studio Art at University of VermontNew York Code + Design Academy
Github Skills (6)
graphic7
ionic-framework7
angular5
stencil2
typescript1
raspberry-pi1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
LizCottrell/quality-assurance
Jun 2018 - Jun 2018
Contributions:14 commits, 11 pushes, 1 branch in 2 days
LizCottrell/elizacottrell-gatsby
Jan 2020 - Sep 2024
Personal Portfolio Website - Gatsby app deployed by Github pages
Contributions:138 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 9 months
gatsbyreactgatsbyjsdeployedgatsby-website
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