Geoff Hankerson
Team Lead - Web Development at American Public Media
Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolGeoff Hankerson is a seasoned web team lead with 11+ years building and managing high-traffic sites and podcasts for public media, currently overseeing React, Next.js, Node and Ruby on Rails development at American Public Media. He combines hands-on engineering with people leadership, shipping user-focused features for properties like MPR News, The Current and APM Reports while mentoring cross-functional teams. Geoff’s background in Drupal and scalable theming/platform work informs his pragmatic approach to architecture and reuse, evident from earlier contributions like Drupal inline commenting modules. Based in Saint Paul, he blends product-driven development with an appreciation for content and community — a perspective strengthened by his podcasting and publishing experience.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Spanish
Github Skills (69)
hybrid10
javascript10
browser10
compiler10
static-site-generator10
typescript10
ssg10
vercel10
nextjs10
server-rendering10
react10
react-framework9
storybook9
image9
png9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
APMG/apm-html5-player
Mar 2019 - Feb 2025
Javascript library for American Public Media's HTML5 audio players
Contributions:14 PRs, 19 pushes, 5 branches in 6 years
javascript-libraryhtml5-audioplayersjavascriptaudio
APMG/apm-titan
Mar 2019 - Jan 2025
A number of React components that can be used as a starting point to create APM websites
Contributions:6 reviews, 32 PRs, 54 pushes in 5 years 11 months
reactapmstarting-pointpointreact-components
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