Sara Hicks
Los Angeles, California, United States
Summary
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RockstarSara Hicks is a seasoned product and company builder who has led teams and businesses for over 25 years, from early web communities at GeoCities and Yahoo! to scaling startups and guiding acquisitions. As co-founder and former CEO of Reaction Commerce she took the company from inception to acquisition by Mailchimp, then served as CPO at Intuit Mailchimp, blending operator instincts with product strategy. She now runs HappyHQ, an AI workspace aimed at making everyday work more rhythmic, and co-leads The Intentional Organization as a leadership coach and bestselling co-author. Known for coaching founders and executives across stages, she brings a rare combination of executive coaching, product leadership, and hands-on engineering/design experience. Based in Los Angeles, she quietly pairs entrepreneurial grit with a focus on humane, high-impact organizations—often favoring long-term team health over short-term wins.
12 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (21)
reactioncommerce10
kubernetes10
mailchimp10
javascript10
docker10
storefront10
shopping-cart10
ecommerce10
typescript10
reaction10
marketplace10
api10
commerce10
graphql10
cart10
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (4)
reactioncommerce/reaction-docs
May 2014 - Jul 2016
Documentation for Reaction, Reaction Platform, Example Storefront, and other supporting services.
Contributions:21 commits, 1 PR, 17 pushes in 2 years 2 months
storefrontreactsupportingreaction
reactioncommerce/reaction
May 2014 - Mar 2017
Mailchimp Open Commerce is an API-first, headless commerce platform built using Node.js, React, GraphQL. Deployed via Docker and Kubernetes.
Contributions:21 commits, 20 pushes, 1 comment in 2 years 10 months
ecommerceapi-firstshopping-cartreact-jsshop
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