Résumé

Email: philip@zastrow.co
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/philip-zastrow

Career Objective

As an accomplished frontend engineer, I bring a unique blend of design and development skills honed over 20 years in the industry. My focus is on bridging web development and UI design, with a strong commitment to building accessible and inclusive digital experiences.

Recent Experience

• Act as the technical lead for projects, including architecting, implementing, and testing scalable Node.js solutions for financial institutes, retail e-commerce web applications, and various design systems, including University of Georgia.
• Partner with design system teams to implement solutions for continuous work, using technologies such as Storybook, GitHub Actions, and Zeroheight, as well as pair with junior developers to enhance their code review skills.
• Work jointly with UI platform members to create solutions using the latest CSS techniques and Figma prototyping, presenting design concepts to internal and external groups.
• Mentor and guide team members on active projects and career growth, sharing expertise in development technologies, tools, and processes.
• Train new developers through Full-Stack and Frontend Apprenticeships, fostering a culture of learning and improvement within the team.
• Collaborate closely with project managers through Agile processes including sprint planning, card writing, and managing work among development team members while growing our development process and culture.
• Provide guidance on design system governance, documentation, and adoption strategies, working closely with design system product owners to ensure optimal operation.
• Conduct accessibility audits of websites and dynamic web apps, delivering a detailed breakdown of issues and a written remediation in accordance with at least WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility guidelines.
• Contributed to open source projects, including as lead developer for the Design Systems Survey website—a Gatsby-based system building custom designed results for each survey from 2019 through 2022.
• Contribute as a thought leader, writing several articles on web development with an emphasis on web standards, accessibility, and best practices, in publications such as in Net Magazine, Shopify Partners, and Sparkbox Foundry.

• Designed and coded dozens of websites for the University and its departments and institutions, including the primary edu site.
• Collaborated with project managers to create a workflow process to optimize for Responsive Web Design.

Education

Past Experience