James Melzer
Founder at Bearings UX LLC
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Summary
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SeniorJames Melzer is the founder of Bearings UX and a veteran user experience leader with 25 years of consulting experience turning bold visions into actionable product and design strategies. He specializes in information architecture, domain modeling, and scalable design systems, having led cross-functional teams and governance programs at enterprises, federal agencies, and major software vendors. James excels at bridging business leaders and developers to create cohesive digital products, and he’s equally comfortable doing conceptual work like journey mapping as he is producing UI prototypes and front-end implementations. He has deep domain curiosity—quickly becoming an expert in areas from financial services and healthcare to video games and commercial real estate—which informs practical, industry-aware designs. With a Master’s in Library/Information Science from the University of Maryland and a career spanning agency leadership and federal UX programs, he brings a rare mix of research rigor and hands-on execution to design challenges.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (8)
material-design10
typescript10
javascript10
react-components10
material-ui10
react10
mui10
language-design3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
DirectedEdges/eightshapes-com
Feb 2016 - Feb 2022
Repo containing the eightshapes.com website
Contributions:2 PRs, 5 pushes, 4 branches in 6 years 1 month
jamesmelzer/material-ui
Dec 2021 - Dec 2021
MUI (formerly Material-UI) is the React UI library you always wanted. Follow your own design system, or start with Material Design.
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 2 days
reactmuifollowui-librarymaterial-design
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