Summary
John Osterman is a frontend developer with 10 years of experience building fast, accessible web experiences and data visualizations for institutions like the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and The Pew Charitable Trusts. He prioritizes semantic HTML, performance, and accessibility over flashy interfaces, and has led migrations and rebuilds that measurably improved load times and usability. His background producing map-based dashboards, interactive charts, and data explorers is informed by strong editorial instincts from years managing digital publications at the Center for Global Development. A former Peace Corps volunteer with an MA in anthropology from the University of Virginia, he brings cross-cultural perspective and storytelling sensibility to technical problems. He also runs his own communications practice, blending developer craftsmanship with content strategy to make complex data clear and usable.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Anthropology, BA, Anthropology at Mary Washington College
Masters, Anthropology, Masters, Anthropology at University of Virginia
French, Arabic