Nathan Curtis
Design System Consultant at Directed Edges
Virginia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNathan Curtis is a design system consultant and founder with over two decades shaping enterprise UX, design systems, and front-end practices for organizations from Sun Microsystems to Google, Verizon, and Target. He co-founded EightShapes in 2006 and in 2024 transitioned to Directed Edges, where he advises, coaches, and embeds with teams during generational system changes. Author of Modular Web Design and creator of the Figma Specs plugin, he blends rigorous statistical training (University of Chicago, Virginia Tech) with practical product and technical architecture experience. Known for translating large-scale design strategy into reusable foundations and components, he’s equally comfortable in boardroom roadmaps and hands-on implementation. A frequent speaker and educator, he brings a rare mix of academic discipline and craft-scale pragmatism to complex design system challenges.
11 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Virginia TechMaster's Degree, Statistics, Master's Degree, Statistics at University of Chicago
Github Skills (16)
javascript4
css4
react4
ace4
prototyping4
mixins4
frontend3
stylus3
site-generator3
static-site3
documentation2
static-site-generator2
normalize1
fortify1
inherited1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
DirectedEdges/eightshapes-com
Jan 2016 - Oct 2024
Repo containing the eightshapes.com website
Contributions:46 PRs, 110 pushes, 30 branches in 8 years 10 months
DirectedEdges/specs-plugin
Feb 2023 - Feb 2023
Contributions:5 commits, 47 pushes, 1 branch in 20 days
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