John Ferris is a seasoned senior developer with 14 years of hands-on experience crafting front-end experiences and leading engineering teams from Colorado Springs. He specializes in CSS, JavaScript, HTML, PHP, React and has deep CMS expertise in Drupal and WordPress, combining visual communications training with pragmatic engineering. As Director of Front-end Engineering and now Senior Developer at Aten Design Group, he has guided design-to-code delivery and mentored teams on scalable front-end architecture. He founded Pixel Whip to build custom websites and serve as a contract front-end/UI designer, reflecting an entrepreneurial streak and client-facing product sense. His background in creative direction and multimedia gives him a rare blend of UX-first thinking and technical execution. Colleagues rely on him to bridge design intent and production realities, often turning complex marketing requirements into polished, maintainable web implementations.
14 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
BFA, Visual Communications, BFA, Visual Communications at Northern Arizona University
Contributions:1 review, 1 PR, 14 pushes in 1 year 9 months
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