Mark Adkins
Principal User Experience Designer at Fidelity Investments
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMark Adkins is a Principal User Experience Designer with 11 years of experience blending human-centered design and technical rigor to modernize complex enterprise and industrial products. He holds an MS in Computer Science (HCI) from Georgia Tech and a BS in Interactive Design with a CS minor from James Madison University, which informs his ability to bridge research, interaction design, and implementation. At Fidelity he shapes workplace investing experiences for millions, and previously led product design and field research at Gecko Robotics—equally comfortable mapping service journeys as climbing into a 50,000-gallon tank to observe users. A tinkerer by nature, he also contributes code to open-source projects like home-assistant/core, extending device-region support and test coverage. Colleagues rely on him to translate messy requirements into pragmatic, accessible interfaces that scale across platforms.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Computer Science Human-Computer Interaction, Master of Science - MS Computer Science Human-Computer Interaction at Georgia Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Science - BS School of Media Arts & Design Concentration in Interactive Design Computer Science Minor, Bachelor of Science - BS School of Media Arts & Design Concentration in Interactive Design Computer Science Minor at James Madison University
Github Skills (10)
python10
home-automation10
asyncio10
pytest9
testing9
internet-of-things9
iot9
home-assistant8
mqtt8
mqttnet8
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
home-assistant/core
Dec 2021 - Dec 2021
:house_with_garden: Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:9 reviews, 1 commit, 8 PRs in 1 day
Contributions summary:Mark primarily contributed to the `home-assistant/core` repository by adding support for a new SharkIQ EU region, including configuration flow, tests, and translation support. The contributions involved modifying multiple files to integrate the new region, standardize region comparisons, and update the config flow tests. These changes reflect a focus on extending the functionality of the home automation platform by integrating a new region for a specific device.
raspberry-pipythonhouseprivacy-firstasyncio
funkybunch/funkybunch
Aug 2020 - Feb 2025
Contributions:25 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 7 months
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