Elyse Holladay
Staff Design Technologist at Hello Generalist
Berkeley, California, United States
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Top SchoolElyse Holladay is a Staff Design Technologist and technical generalist with 12 years of experience building design systems, front-end architectures, and product strategy for companies like Color, Indeed, RetailMeNot, and Bazaarvoice. She has repeatedly launched first-of-their-kind component libraries and design system teams—most notably leading Indeed’s transition from Java to React and validating a design system used by 150+ internal teams. Equally comfortable in code, product management, and curriculum development, she has taught hundreds of hours of technical training and spoken at CSSConf Berlin and Clarity Conference. As an entrepreneur she built a style-coaching business to $80k in year one and co-launched Hello Generalist, which generated $175k in six months, showcasing her ability to turn product ideas into profitable, repeatable outcomes. Known for high EQ, clear communication, and obsessive organization, she thrives in the ambiguous space between design and engineering and scales teams by creating practical documentation, metrics, and developer-focused workflows. Based in Berkeley, she blends hands-on implementation with strategic vision to move teams from prototypes to production.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Graphic Design, Bachelor of Science - BS, Graphic Design at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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Github Skills (71)
web-application10
material-ui10
javascript10
react-components10
react10
mui9
cms9
material-design9
ghost9
typescript9
nodejs9
preprocessor8
suit-css8
refactoring8
journalism8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
elyseholladay/elysestyled
Aug 2019 - Nov 2020
elysestyled.com — personal style coaching and wardrobe guidance — gatsby frontend for ghost.org site
Contributions:61 commits, 10 PRs, 50 pushes in 1 year 2 months
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