Max Mckinney
Education Designer
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMax Mckinney is an education designer and product-minded UX leader with 11 years of experience shaping complex software from concept to award-winning delivery. As Figma’s first Education Designer and a former design lead at IBM and Dell, he blends curriculum strategy, design systems, and hands-on UI/UX craft to humanize technology and boost product longevity. He’s known for bridging design and front-end development—using his computer science background to create prototypes, shared interaction patterns, and visual languages that increase team productivity and customer retention. His work has driven measurable business outcomes (including a 200% revenue/retention lift at Sureshot) and contributed to recognized products like Alienware Command Center. Max leads multidisciplinary teams with empathy, turning research-driven insights into delightful, usable experiences that scale across product ecosystems.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science at Concordia University Texas
Github Skills (196)
python10
storybook10
testing10
automation10
home-assistant10
javascript-api10
hybrid10
javascript10
mqtt10
polymer10
linux10
browser10
html10
compiler10
gatsby10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
MaxMcKinney/color-buddy-web
Jan 2018 - Jul 2018
Contributions:19 commits, 15 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
MadMaxMcKinney/max-mckinney-gatsby
Jul 2018 - Dec 2022
Max McKinney's personal portfolio website built with Gatsby, React, and GraphQL
Contributions:298 commits, 22 PRs, 314 pushes in 4 years 6 months
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