Chris Demars Email & Phone Number

Harrison Charter Township, Mi, Us

- Contributed to the revitalization of CSS-Tricks through content creation and blogging initiatives.- Established robust methodologies for monitoring both qualitative and quantitative metrics to gauge performance effectively.- Collaborate closely with the App Platform team, contributing to community engagement efforts and influencing strategic roadmap decisions.- Co-hosted a highly successful webinar in partnership with Tabnine and DigitalOcean, showcasing project scaffolding techniques and deployment strategies on the App Platform.- Foster cross-functional collaboration across organizational teams to ensure alignment with community-centric objectives and goals.

Detroit Metropolitan Area

- Strategized and implemented a comprehensive Content Distribution Strategy tailored to engage and strengthen community interactions.- Deliver engaging presentations on diverse web technologies to educate and inspire audiences.- Author in-depth tutorials focusing on DevOps methodologies, enhancing understanding and proficiency within the community.- Produce informative and engaging video content covering a range of DevOps topics to facilitate learning and knowledge sharing.- Contribute insightful blog posts addressing a spectrum of web and software technologies, enriching industry discourse and knowledge dissemination.- Actively champion web accessibility principles and practices, fostering awareness and understanding across organizational teams to promote inclusivity and user-centric design.

Detroit Metropolitan Area

- Created and implemented Developer Relations Strategy (End of FY23 &FY24) from the ground up- Built out a system to measure impact and track successes- Delivered talks at 17 conferences/meetups including internationally- Co-hosted Split’s most successful webinar to-date, which was created in collaboration with Forrester on the state of our emerging market- Content creation (promo videos) for webinars and Split’s Conference - Flagship 23- Published multiple blog posts on web and software tech- Continuously advocated and shared web accessibility knowledge across teams within the organization- Hosted Twitter Spaces around DevRel Topics- Streamed various front end topics on the Split Twitch stream

Detroit, Michigan, United States

- Implemented accessibility features across multiple projects within the organization- Continuously advocate and share web accessibility knowledge across teams within the organization- Advocate and demonstrate best practices for modern CSS across the team- Created front end standards, best practices, and PR template for my team- Guided decisions and instituted front end architecture plans for partnership projects- Developed Scss mixins to streamline media queries, pixel to rem conversions, and built CSS Custom properties across partnership codebasesTechnologies used: NextJS, AWS, Scss, CSS Modules, HTML, .NET/C#, AXE Accessibility Engine, git, GitHub Enterprise, Jest

Detroit, Michigan, United States

- Delivered talks internally and externally at KCDC, WITCon, Connect.Tech, CodeMash, etc. about numerous Web Accessibility and CSS topics- Wrote blog post on color contrast tools inside Chrome- Organized Rocket DevRel Twitch stream and broadcasted weekly on front end topics- Worked with multiple teams within the organization to advocate best practices as it relates to web accessibilityTechnologies used: Twitch, StreamYard, Keynote, RevealJS,

Detroit, Michigan, United States

- Delivered talks internally and externally at KCDC, WITCon, Connect.Tech, CodeMash, etc. about numerous Web Accessibility and CSS topics- Wrote blog post on color contrast tools inside Chrome- Organized Rocket DevRel Twitch stream and broadcasted weekly on front end topics- Worked with multiple teams within the organization to advocate best practices as it relates to web accessibilityTechnologies used: Twitch, StreamYard, Keynote, RevealJS,

Remote

- Built and implemented the Tuft & Needle UI kit across our DTC (direct to consumer) eComm platform- Converted existing product pages into new product display pages with semantic markup, CSS, and JavaScript- Debugged cross-browser and cross-platform inconsistencies- Successfully launched company promos on the front-end within organization deadlines- Organized and ran A/B testing experiments using Google Optimize on the front-end- Converted Tuft & Needle developer site to be accessible and score 100% in LighthouseTechnologies used: React, Scss, ES6, Handlebars, HAML, Sketch, Pope.Tech Accessibility Auditing Tool, Accessibility Insights, Google Optimize

Troy, Michigan

- Wrote semantic, standards-compliant HTML, CSS, and JavaScript- Developed the accessibility analysis for our main broker facing application- Increased performance of uwm.com from 6s to ~2s through multiple performance optimizations- Debugged cross-browser and cross-platform inconsistencies- Assisted with gathering requirements and creating process flows/wireframes to capture them

Detroit, Mi

- Introduced and built components using BEM to be used across the DTE website- Shipped new UI features, bug fixes, and minor enhancements within scope- Stakeholder for accessibility on the web team and crafted documentation on best practices and guidelines to follow for engineering accessible user experiences- Conducted knowledge sharing sessions on mobile debugging with browser developer tools and physical devices with the development team- Implemented the Ionic Framework to design and develop proof-of-concept hybrid mobile apps paired with the IBM Worklight/MobileFirst platform, for internal use amongst company employees

- Converted static sites into Wordpress experiences- Created Swish/Flash animations for clients- Content migration across client experiences