Michael Leggett
Co-Founder & Head Of Product at Made Simple
Seattle, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolMichael Leggett is a product and design leader with 10+ years building high-impact consumer and climate tech products, currently co-founding Ever.green and serving as Head of Product. He combines deep UX and product experience from roles at Google (Gmail, Inbox, Android), Facebook (Messenger, Ads), and Nori—where he led the product, MRV platform, and early marketplace for carbon removal. As maker of Simplify (simpl.fyi), he still ships front-end improvements himself, focusing on UI/CSS tweaks that reduce friction and stress in Gmail. Based in Seattle, he pairs hands-on engineering and design craft with startup-building instincts, from founding teams to scaling product orgs. Notably, he co-authored Google’s Product Excellence Principles and has translated that cross-product thinking into climate finance and developer-facing tools.
10 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Computer Science, BA, Computer Science at Rice University
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Github Skills (15)
css10
ux-design10
ui-design10
browser-extension9
chrome-extension9
opera-extension9
webextension9
image6
html6
firefox6
javascript6
excel6
firefox-addon6
html-table6
fetch6
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
leggett/simplify
Mar 2019 - Aug 2021
Browser extension to simplify Gmail's interface
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:307 commits, 24 PRs, 269 pushes in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Michael's commits primarily involve modifications to the project's CSS, suggesting a focus on UI/UX enhancements. The code changes include modifications to the application bar, settings, search functionality, and various visual elements, indicating a role in simplifying the Gmail interface. Furthermore, the user has been responsible for adapting and updating the screenshots used by the extension. The contributions are related to making the browser extension easier to use and more visually appealing.
firefoxbrowserchromefirefox-extensiongmail
leggett/trackvote.org
Oct 2020 - Nov 2024
Contributions:44 pushes, 1 branch, 3 comments in 4 years 1 month
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