Greg Whitworth
Carnation, Washington, United States
Summary
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RockstarGreg Whitworth is a web-focused software engineer with 11 years of experience building and shaping web platforms and browser-driven UIs from product-facing platform roles. He combines deep familiarity with web standards and rendering engines with practical implementation skills across HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to deliver interoperable, performant interfaces. Greg has contributed to prominent open projects like open-ui—implementing platform-style controls and refining component anatomy—and to Microsoft Edge demos that demonstrate responsive image best practices and Azure-hosted assets. Comfortable balancing multiple customer segments, he excels at prioritizing platform work and translating technical tradeoffs into clear product decisions. Based in Carnation, Washington, he brings a pragmatic, standards-first mindset that helps teams ship accessible and maintainable web components. An underrated strength is his knack for turning specification details into usable documentation and demos that drive adoption.
11 years of coding experience
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Github Skills (21)
javascript10
image-optimization10
css10
responsive-design10
web-components10
ui-design10
html10
azure-storage9
ux-design9
jquery9
code-standards8
web-standards8
standard-library8
cross-browser6
flexbox6
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
openui/open-ui
May 2019 - Jan 2023
Maintain an open standard for UI and promote its adherence and adoption.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:225 reviews, 306 commits, 227 PRs in 3 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Greg primarily contributed to the development of UI components and specifications within the `open-ui` repository. They implemented new web platform controls, updated anatomy and part specifications for components like 'select' and 'checkbox', and added supporting documentation for the defined UI standards. Their work included modifying existing components, introducing new features, and refining the overall user interface, all aligned with the open UI standard. They also made some styling and layout adjustments.
adherenceweb-componentsadoptionstandardsw3c
MicrosoftEdge/Demos-old
Sep 2015 - Mar 2018
Open source and interoperable demos for Microsoft Edge Dev site
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:12 commits, 11 PRs, 16 pushes in 2 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Greg primarily contributed to the front-end development of a demo website focused on responsive images. Their work included the implementation of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to showcase the utilization of the `<picture>`, `srcset`, and `sizes` attributes for responsive image loading and art direction. Furthermore, the user updated the demo to utilize Azure storage for the images and incorporated a link to a relevant blog post. The contributions demonstrate a strong understanding of web development best practices for image optimization and responsive design.
interoperabledevmicrosoft-edgeedgemicrosoft
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