Lela Lacroix
Small Business Owner at Very Important Pooch
Portland, Oregon, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolLela Lacroix is a multidisciplinary design and engineering leader with 11 years of experience building user-centered web and front-end systems, now channeling her creative and client-facing skills as owner of a Portland-based dog massage business. Her background spans director-level front-end engineering and design operations roles where she created and maintained UI component libraries, led teams, and designed data-heavy dashboards that visualized hundreds of millions of daily events. She has driven UX work for high-profile clients including Apple, Levi’s, and Lowe’s, pairing hands-on HTML/CSS implementation with strategic product thinking. Lela’s career blends startup agility and enterprise rigor—she’s rebuilt internal tools, streamlined user flows, and accelerated product development through repeatable design systems. An unexpected throughline is her talent for tactile craft and teaching, from leading art teams and animation projects to running in-home canine wellness services. Based in Portland, she brings a rare mix of technical craft, visual storytelling, and people-first leadership to both digital products and small business service.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Applied Computer Graphics, Studio Arts, Graduated Magna cum Laude, BS, Applied Computer Graphics, Studio Arts, Graduated Magna cum Laude at California State University, Chico
Github Skills (11)
engine8
markdown8
portal7
documentation6
waffle2
project-management2
css2
sass1
render1
javascript1
html-element1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
lkodai/lkodai.github.io
Jul 2015 - Jun 2021
Contributions:2 PRs, 3 pushes, 4 branches in 5 years 11 months
lkodai/quiver-platform
Dec 2014 - Jan 2015
Contributions:42 commits, 24 pushes, 3 branches in 1 month
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