Weston Thayer
Founder at Assistiv Labs
Portland, Oregon, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolWeston Thayer is a founder and product-minded engineer with 11 years of experience building accessible, user-centered software from startup projects to platforms at Microsoft. He leads Assistiv Labs, a Portland-based tool that helps designers, developers, and QA ensure websites and apps work with assistive technologies like screen readers and magnifiers. Previously he shaped UX and prototyping at Microsoft (including Windows controls, XAML features, and high-contrast experiences) and brought automation-focused design to Zapier. He founded consumer app brand Cryclops, growing its user base through rapid iteration and data-driven design, and has hands-on experience shipping prototypes, instrumenting analytics, and resolving critical accessibility issues. Weston combines deep front-end technical chops with a commitment to inclusive design, often translating accessibility research into practical tooling used across product teams.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate User-Centered Design, Certificate User-Centered Design at University of WashingtonBachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science at Virginia Tech
Github Skills (200)
testing10
http-client10
automation10
browser10
firefox10
api10
firebase-database10
static-site-generator10
ssg10
nodejs10
vercel10
css10
firebase-storage10
higher-order-component10
xmlhttprequest10
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
WestonThayer/portfolio2
Jun 2016 - Apr 2021
New and improved!
Contributions:59 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 10 months
spigotminecraftimprovedbukkit
WestonThayer/guacamole-server
Aug 2019 - Sep 2020
Mirror of Apache Guacamole Server
Contributions:4 PRs, 9 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year
guacamoleapacheapache-guacamoleguacamole-servertomcat
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