Summary
Josh Magness is an executive technology leader with 11 years of hands-on experience building and scaling front-end and full-stack web experiences, currently serving as Executive Director of Digital Development and Design at the University of Maryland. He progressed from software engineer roles at Under Armour and boutique agencies to directorial leadership, blending design sensibility with engineering rigor to deliver polished, user-focused interfaces. Comfortable across Node.js, PHP, vanilla and React JavaScript, and frontend architecture, he pairs technical craft with program-level strategy and team development. Josh also brings entrepreneurial grit from co-founding a food startup where he wore every hat—from product design to operations—informing a pragmatic, user-centered approach to digital delivery.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Applied Information Technology, 3.4, Master's degree, Applied Information Technology, 3.4 at Towson University