Jennifer Ehlers
Manager, Product Design at OpenGov Inc.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJennifer Ehlers is a product design leader with 13 years of experience shaping user-centered digital services for government and financial sectors, now managing Product Design at OpenGov in Pittsburgh. She excels at simplifying complex systems—permitting, procurement, and small business banking—by combining research-driven UX, design systems, and product ownership to deliver inclusive, scalable experiences. Previously she led modernization efforts at PNC and built organization-wide design systems at USAC, bringing both policy-savvy and pragmatic delivery to cross-functional teams. Known for translating regulatory complexity into clear user flows, she also has a background in graphic design and storytelling that informs her attention to visual clarity and accessibility.
12 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Graphic Design and Religious Studies, Bachelor's degree Graphic Design and Religious Studies at American UniversityGraphic Design and Religious Studies, Graphic Design and Religious Studies at Victoria University of Wellington
Github Skills (26)
clarity8
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accessibility6
recurly5
artifacts5
open-source4
docker3
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javascript2
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Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
18F/design
Dec 2015 - Jan 2017
Contributions:14 commits, 5 PRs, 10 pushes in 1 year 1 month
artifacts18f
18F/18f-education-discovery
Aug 2016 - Sep 2016
Contributions:87 commits, 46 PRs, 61 pushes in 15 days
18ffindingssummerdiscovery
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