John French
Design Lead at MO
Athens-Clarke County Unified Government, Georgia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJohn French is a Design Lead with over a decade of experience guiding large UX organizations and delivering human-centered web applications, services, and APIs for federal agencies. He has led design efforts at Ad Hoc for clients including CMS, Library of Congress, SSA, VA, and OPM, and helped shape API best practices for CMS’s Blue Button 2.0 and DC Geo platforms. Rooted in front-end development, John bridges designers and engineers to solve complex technical challenges while embedding service design and accessibility across teams. He has a track record of building design practices—starting Ad Hoc’s API Community of Practice and driving hiring, mentoring, and capability growth. Based in Athens, Georgia, he combines a B.A. in English and Creative Writing with hands-on product and code sensibility, a blend that informs clear, user-focused strategy for government services.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
University of GeorgiaHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at North Oconee High School
Github Skills (56)
page-builder10
django10
api10
oauth2-server10
oauth-provider10
mental-health9
cms9
health9
capybara9
css-grid9
rspec9
mixins9
styles8
templating-engine8
inheritance8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
johnfrenchxyz/johnfrenchxyz
Aug 2019 - Apr 2023
Personal portfolio site and playground
Contributions:12 PRs, 14 pushes, 14 branches in 3 years 8 months
reactnextjstypescriptplayground
CMSgov/bluebutton-css
Sep 2018 - Feb 2020
Blue Button 2.0 CSS
Contributions:56 commits, 62 PRs, 71 pushes in 1 year 5 months
primeruser-interfacestylesheetbluecss-grid
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