Harlan Weber
Director Of Design, Strategy & Growth
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolHarlan Weber is a design and product leader with 13 years of experience crafting user-centered digital and physical products across government, transit, and civic tech. As Director of Design, Strategy & Growth at Nava and founder of Code for Boston, he blends organizational building with hands-on UX strategy to deliver services used by millions and grow volunteer communities to 6,000+ members. He has led product and design teams at the MBTA and Massachusetts’ digital services, shaping large public-facing platforms like Mass.gov and transit operations tools. Harlan excels at working at discipline intersections—bringing together designers, engineers, researchers, and policy stakeholders to solve complex social problems. Known for pragmatic design systems and measurable pilots, he favors ambitious, technically challenging projects that serve the public interest. His background in communication design and civic organizing gives him a rare combination of storytelling, technical fluency, and community leadership.
13 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
BA English - Writing Concentration, BA English - Writing Concentration at University at AlbanySemester Abroad Creative Writing Arthurian Mythology, Semester Abroad Creative Writing Arthurian Mythology at University of OxfordMDes Communication Planning and Information Design, MDes Communication Planning and Information Design at Carnegie Mellon University
Github Skills (51)
identity10
authentication10
identity-provider10
idp10
identity-management9
rails9
sso-authentication9
react8
transparency7
geographic5
open-government5
ancestry5
ninja4
google-home4
google-assistant4
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
WheresHJ/jekyll-test
Jun 2016 - Nov 2018
Contributions:3 pushes, 2 branches, 1 issue in 2 years 5 months
WheresHJ/finda
Apr 2015 - Apr 2016
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
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