John Athayde
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
Summary
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SeniorJohn Athayde is a seasoned design leader and founder with over two decades of cross-disciplinary experience spanning UX, UI, print, film, 3D visualization, and software engineering. As owner of Meticulous, LLC since 1997, he has steered multi-disciplinary teams for high-profile clients and built design systems, brand guidelines, and end-to-end product experiences across web and mobile. He excels at aligning senior leadership around strategy and then directing internal teams, contractors, and partners to deliver on business objectives. His track record includes leading major platform rebrands and UI overhauls—from PowerFleet's data-driven UI to LivingSocial's internal tools—and contributing to the Ruby on Rails project by redesigning Rails Guides, implementing dark mode, and adding RTL support. An active speaker on UX and front-end development, he combines hands-on engineering with strategic leadership. Outside work, he is a semi-professional musician who once opened for Coldplay and lives on a permaculture farm near Charlottesville with his wife and four children.
15 years of coding experience
Github Skills (14)
html10
application-framework10
css10
app-framework10
web-framework10
responsive-design10
javascript10
rails10
javascripts10
ui-design10
ruby-on-rails10
web-frameworks10
sc9
scs9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
rails/rails
Dec 2017 - Aug 2024
Ruby on Rails
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:50 reviews, 8 PRs, 72 comments in 6 years 8 months
Contributions summary:John primarily focused on redesigning and improving the visual presentation of the Ruby on Rails Guides. Their contributions included updating the layout, styling, and overall look and feel of the guides, ensuring they aligned with the rubyonrails.org marketing site. The user implemented dark mode features and fixed various UI issues, including spacing, color, and responsiveness across different screen sizes. They also added RTL language support.
ruby-on-railsrailsframeworkrubymvc
jathayde/johnathayde.com
Jul 2021 - Nov 2024
Contributions:63 pushes, 1 branch, 3 comments in 3 years 4 months
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