Mike Aparicio
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolMike Aparicio is a Principal Design Systems Engineer with 8+ years focused on building and scaling cross-platform design systems that improve consistency and developer productivity. Currently at Turquoise Health, he has led end-to-end system design at Provi (Fizz) and contributed large-scale CSS frameworks, design tokens, icon libraries and Figma kits at Groupon and beyond. He blends hands-on front-end engineering, accessibility and performance advocacy with practical tooling—prototyping features, teaching teams HTML/CSS, and running tech talks to spread best practices. Based in Chicago, he pairs deep implementation experience with an unusual background in performance and improv writing, bringing both technical rigor and a knack for making collaboration less painful.
8 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
AA Liberal Arts, AA Liberal Arts at Oakton CollegeN/A Computer Science, N/A Computer Science at Northeastern Illinois UniversityConservatory/Writing, Conservatory/Writing at Second City Training Center
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Github Skills (21)
eleventy10
static-site-generator9
javascript9
design-tokens9
css9
html8
blog-engine8
npm-package8
site-generator8
stylesheets8
static-site7
netlify-cms6
react6
twitch5
cms5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
peruvianidol/11ty-starter
Jun 2021 - Mar 2022
Contributions:6 releases, 32 commits, 30 pushes in 8 months
peruvianidol/idol-shortener
Aug 2020 - Jul 2025
URL shortener for idol.pe
Contributions:29 pushes, 2 branches in 5 years
reactshortenerurl-shortenerbitlyurlshortener
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