Jesse Gardner
Director Of User Research at NYS Office of Information Technology Services
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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SeniorJesse Gardner is a Director of User Research and seasoned web designer-engineer with 25 years working at the intersection of product, design, and engineering. He builds cross-functional teams and design systems that scale — currently standing up user research to improve usability and accessibility across New York State’s 1000+ digital services. Jesse has led product and platform efforts at media and consumer brands (Fox, AMC, Simply Recipes) and founded a studio that delivered high-profile site and brand work while doing hands-on front-end engineering. He blends data-driven user testing, performance-minded engineering, and practical design strategy to turn complex workflows into measurable improvements. Known for translating stakeholder needs into technical solutions, he brings both startup agility and enterprise process to large, distributed systems. An early web practitioner since 1995, he still writes and experiments on how engineering and design teams can collaborate more effectively.
14 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Stackoverflow
111reputation
138reached
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Github Skills (46)
redux9
wordpress-plugin9
static-site9
react8
wordpress8
amazon7
mod-rewrite6
amazon-s36
aws-s35
aws5
backup5
widgets5
minecraft5
javascript4
design-tokens4
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
plasticmind/thoughtful-gardner-plugin
Nov 2015 - Nov 2020
Contributions:26 commits, 24 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 1 month
Brilliantcrank/airbag-industries
Mar 2019 - Jan 2023
Static-site Redux for Airbag Industries
Contributions:156 commits, 1002 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 10 months
reactreduxindustriesstatic-site
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