Jayson Margalus
Co-Founder at Fourfold
Lexington, Virginia, United States
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Top SchoolJayson Margalus is a cross-disciplinary designer-developer and co-founder with 11+ years building award-winning games, educational programs, and interactive experiences that blend physical and digital worlds. He combines hands-on technical skills—from firmware and physical computing to web visualization—with leadership roles launching makerspaces, academic programs, and innovation labs at DePaul and Washington & Lee. As Director of Connolly Center for Entrepreneurship and a professor, he mentors teams and designs curricula that lower barriers to entry for underrepresented makers. His work spans product strategy, teaching, and studio practice, and often foregrounds the philosophy of craft and naturalist sensibilities in technology. Jayson’s background creating demos and data art for enterprise tools and running small product studios gives him a rare mix of commercial, academic, and creative experience.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Human Computer Interaction, Graduated with Distinction, Master of Science - MS, Human Computer Interaction, Graduated with Distinction at DePaul UniversityBachelor of Science - BS, Political Science and Government, Bachelor of Science - BS, Political Science and Government at North Central College
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Github contributions (5)
poplicola/spacelab
Dec 2020 - Feb 2021
Contributions:95 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
poplicola/elizabeths-first-game
Sep 2016 - Apr 2018
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 1 year 7 months
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