Gray Brooks
Sr. API Strategist
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolGray Brooks is a Sr. API Strategist with 13 years of experience designing and guiding web and API initiatives for federal agencies from the GSA to the FCC. Based in Washington, D.C., he blends hands-on front-end development and accessibility work—contributing to high-visibility open-source projects like 18F’s analytics and domain-scan—with strategic API and new media leadership. His background spans campaign and government communications roles, giving him a rare mix of public-facing product sense and technical execution. Gray is especially focused on practical accessibility improvements and clear data presentation, having driven UI and a11y refinements in government dashboards. He excels at turning policy-driven requirements into usable, auditable digital services that scale across agencies.
13 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Arts at Presbyterian CollegeInstitute for American Universities, Aix-En-Provence
Github Skills (17)
accessibility10
page-layout10
javascript10
layout10
python10
css10
ax10
html10
web-development10
analytics9
bootstra8
user-interface8
interface-design8
ui-design8
bootstrap8
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
18F/analytics.usa.gov
Dec 2014 - Jan 2020
The US federal government's web traffic.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:159 commits, 50 PRs, 138 pushes in 5 years
Contributions summary:Gray primarily contributed to the front-end aspects of the project by modifying and creating HTML files for displaying agency data. They updated agency names and data URLs, created a new layout for agency pages, and added new agency pages. Their work also included modifications to the layout and includes files, enhancing the user interface and data presentation within the analytics dashboard.
analyticsstatisticsfederal-governmentanalytics-dashboarddap
18F/18f.gsa.gov
Jun 2014 - May 2018
The 18F website
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:32 commits, 7 PRs, 9 pushes in 3 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Gray primarily contributed to the front-end development of the 18F website, focusing on the creation and modification of UI elements, HTML structure, and the incorporation of JavaScript for enhanced user experience. Their work included building a developer resources page and implementing a browser warning to improve accessibility for users with older browsers. The user also reorganized content and updated links throughout the site.
federalistcssjavascript18f
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