(na-he-yahn) khan 🖖🏽
A.K.A The 9 to 5. And the 5 to 9.
TL;DR Resume
And 5 to 9. I rock climb, tinker, bake cheesecakes, go down rabbit holes, and read science fiction. Or rather, I did until my newborn came along 10 weeks ago.
Masters in Computer Science
Johns Hopkins University | 2019 - 2022
Software Engineering and Enterprise Web Development.
Bachelor of Arts
Macalester College | 2009 - 2013
Math Major, Computer Science and Art Minors
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Holistic (design + eng) design system strategy
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Setting up design infrastructures
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Leading cross-domain initiatives
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Fostering cross-discipline relationships
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Mentoring designers and engineers
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Prototyping
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Trust by default. Work in the open. Document it all. Meet where the work is.
- Sucking at something is the first step to beingsorta goodat something
A.K.A The things I am more than sorta good at.
Engineering Lead, Design Systems
Cash App | April 2022 - Current
Stood up Cash App's design system function to deliver a high bar of design craft. Set up cross-platform design infrastructure, brought parity between design and code vernacular, evangelized modular development, and supported 40+ components being built and tested. Kicked off migration efforts to adopt the new system across 145+ flows covering 85% of app traffic.
Lead UX Engineer, Design Systems
ADP | March 2018 - April 2022
Helped overhaul the design system powering ADP's next generation suite of HR tools. Built and launched a custom responsive design system documentation site with fuzzy search, demos, and content graphs.
Product Designer
Pearson | May 2013 - March 2018
Functioned as a code-first product designer and authored the front-of-the-front-end of Pearson's certifications focused suite of applications.
Graphic Designer
Macalester College | September 2010 - May 2013
Designed newsletters, brochures, advertisements, posters, logos for both online and print mediums.
Speaker
Remote Design Week | October 2021
A.K.A Bite size samplings. (Coming soon!)