Sherri Alexander
Director Of Frontend Development at Velir
Greater Boston United States
Summary
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Top SchoolSherri Alexander is a people-first Director of Frontend Development with 12 years of focused experience leading and scaling remote frontend teams. She builds high-retention, inclusive engineering cultures—her current 16-person department achieved a 93% retention rate by prioritizing psychological safety, mentorship, and bias-reducing hiring practices. A hands-on frontend veteran since the late 1990s, Sherri blends deep technical craft (HTML/CSS/JS, Craft CMS, performance and animation work) with systems thinking to improve developer experience and operational efficiency. She’s skilled at turning candidate-friendly interviewing and onboarding into a competitive advantage and has repeatedly driven measurable product improvements, from faster page loads to dramatically increased engagement. Based in Greater Boston, she pairs empathetic leadership with data-driven iteration to help distributed teams deliver elegant, user-focused web experiences.
11 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA, Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA at Carnegie Mellon University
Github Skills (27)
database6
sqlite-database6
browser5
processwire5
sqlite5
javascript4
craftcms4
sql4
cross-platform4
crx3
browsersync3
wcag3
fieldtype3
css2
css-grid2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
hyperstudio/artbot
Jun 2014 - Feb 2015
Contributions:204 commits in 8 months
SherriAlexander/a11y-toggle
Mar 2016 - Mar 2016
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 tag in 1 day
accessibletinytoggles
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