Erik Christianson
Associate Director Technology Engineering
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolErik Christianson is an Associate Director of Technology Engineering in Chicago with 12 years of hands-on experience leading full-stack teams and delivering agency-scale digital experiences. He progressed from developer roles to technical lead and now directs engineering at VML, bringing practical expertise in mentoring, cross-functional collaboration, and delivery. An autodidact with dual degrees in Computer Science and Philosophy, he pairs analytical rigor with human-centered communication as co-organizer of the Chicago Philosophy Meetup. Known as a people-first leader, he blends broad technical fluency with a curiosity-driven habit of self-study across mathematics, literature, and languages—skills he leverages to unblock teams and shape thoughtful technical direction.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science at Northern Illinois University
Greek, Japanese, German, Danish
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (82)
keystonejs10
gulp10
universal-react10
gulp-plugin10
css-library10
javascript9
cms9
keystone9
boilerplate9
nodejs9
atomic9
debian8
scaffolding8
styled-components8
react-redux8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
internetErik/atomic-scss
Sep 2016 - Apr 2022
Atomic Css library with additional helpers and variables for configuration
Contributions:99 commits, 5 PRs, 82 pushes in 5 years 8 months
sasscssadditionalcss-librarycss-modules
internetErik/keystone4-universal-react
Oct 2016 - Dec 2019
Boilerplate for keystone 4 with universal React and Code Splitting
Contributions:65 commits, 50 pushes, 4 branches in 3 years 2 months
reactuniversal-reactboilerplatekeystonecode-splitting
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