Hans Weise
Head Of Creative Services, Amazon Web Services (AWS) T&C
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolHans Weise is a creative technology leader with 11 years of experience designing and directing high-impact video, motion graphics, and multimedia learning at scale, currently heading Creative Services for AWS Training & Certification in Seattle. He builds and coaches cross-disciplinary teams that translate complex technical concepts into engaging, AI-enhanced visual stories that drive cloud adoption. A former National Geographic director and Emmy-nominated producer, he combines documentary storytelling instincts with enterprise instructional design for audiences from frontline employees to global learners. Hans pairs hands-on production chops—teaching film production and running an independent studio—with pragmatic engineering contributions to open-source front-end projects like plotly.js, where he improved charting performance and testing. That blend of rigorous craft, pedagogy, and a developer’s attention to performance makes him unusually effective at turning dense subject matter into memorable learning experiences.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Essential skills for newsroom managers., Essential skills for newsroom managers. at The Poynter InstituteFilm Production and Cinema Studies, Film Production and Cinema Studies at New York UniversityCourses in Observational Astronomy and Archaeology in the Extension School, Courses in Observational Astronomy and Archaeology in the Extension School at Harvard University
Github Skills (10)
data-visualizations10
data-visualization10
data-visualisation10
javascript10
chartjs10
optimization10
charting10
charts10
d3js9
testing8
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
plotly/plotly.js
Mar 2017 - Apr 2017
Open-source JavaScript charting library behind Plotly and Dash
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:21 commits, 8 PRs, 61 comments in 11 days
Contributions summary:Hans primarily focused on optimizing the performance and functionality of the charting library. They implemented changes to improve the efficiency of category index lookups by introducing and utilizing a map data structure. The user also updated unit tests to reflect code changes. Additional contributions involved the modification of plotting functionalities, including showLink config and the caching of DOM nodes.
chartsdashcharting-librarychartwebgl
hy9be/spa-perf
Jun 2015 - Jul 2015
Contributions:36 commits, 21 pushes, 1 branch in 18 days
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