Sha Hwang
Chief Operating Officer
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolSha Hwang is a seasoned design-driven operator and co-founder with 15 years of experience building product and policy-oriented technology teams. As COO and co-founder of Nava, Sha leads operations for a public benefit company that improves critical government services like Medicare, VA, and Medicaid for vulnerable populations. Prior to Nava, Sha founded and sold startups (Movity acquired by Trulia) and launched creative ventures like Gifpop and Meshu, blending physical product experiments with digital mapping and visualization. Their background in architecture and furniture design informs a systems-minded approach to service design and civic software. Sha’s hands-on history ranges from fixing healthcare.gov to building large-scale geospatial visualizations at Trulia and Stamen, revealing a rare mix of design, product, and operational leadership. Based in New York, they focus on translating complex government programs into usable, humane digital services.
15 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
B.A. Architecture, B.A. Architecture at University of California, BerkeleyFurniture Design Studio, Furniture Design Studio at Danmarks Designskole
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Github Skills (25)
gulp9
clarity8
uswds7
accessibility7
jekyll7
api-documentation7
devrel7
google-maps-api6
documentation-generator6
google-maps6
javascript6
section-5086
documentation5
sass5
css5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
shashashasha/gifbot
Jan 2013 - Aug 2019
Contributions:237 commits, 36 pushes, 1 issue in 6 years 7 months
shashashasha/slitscanner
Apr 2011 - Jan 2013
Contributions:31 commits in 1 year 9 months
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