Jay Sylvester
Co-founder & CPO at Flisk
New York City Metropolitan Area United States
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Top SchoolJay Sylvester is a product leader and co-founder with 12 years of experience designing and shipping user-centered SaaS and cloud products from startup to enterprise. He combines hands-on front-end engineering (Next.js/React) and prompt engineering with deep UX research—running 200+ customer interviews and 30+ moderated usability studies—to define data-driven roadmaps and validate product-market fit. As Flisk’s CPO he built a no-code AI data-tracking product for non-technical users; previously he scaled design and research functions as the first design hire at Rockerbox and led UX modernization at Equinix and Linode. Known for translating complex data into clear visualizations and plain-language recommendations, he bridges design, engineering, and leadership to accelerate delivery. Based in the NYC area with a BA in English, he brings a rare mix of strategic product vision and pragmatic execution across design, research, and code.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (BA), English, Bachelor of Arts (BA), English at Penn State University
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Github Skills (38)
mvc-framework10
javascript10
web-application10
electron10
microsoft10
react-redux10
mvc10
typescript10
vscode-extension10
editor10
javascript-framework10
event-driven10
vscode10
nodejs10
react-router-v410
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
jaysylvester/comitium
Apr 2015 - Sep 2022
Forum software for Node.js
Contributions:134 commits, 2 PRs, 112 pushes in 7 years 6 months
node-jsforumnodejsforum-software
jaysylvester/citizen
Nov 2013 - Sep 2022
Node.js MVC web application framework. Includes routing, serving, caching, session management, and other helpful tools.
Contributions:2 releases, 440 commits, 3 PRs in 8 years 11 months
web-applicationsnode-jsjs-webjavascriptframework
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