Mar 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 1 mo

• Delegate for OpenJS at TC39, the standards body for JavaScript

Jan 2023 – Jun 2023 · 5 mos · Remote

• Paid advisory position. Provided feedback about Wix's developer products, both regarding Developer Experience, as well as positioning to achieve product-market fit within the front-end developer market. The board included people such as Jeff Atwood, founder of Stack Overflow and Discourse.

Feb 2021 – Jan 2025 · 3 yrs 11 mos

• The TAG oversees the technical direction of the Web. It consists of inventor of the Web, Tim Berners-Lee, 8 elected, and 3 appointed seats. TAG review is required for shipping in Google Chrome, and for any W3C specification to advance.
• As a (twice elected) TAG member, I have:
• ∙ Participated in 100+ reviews of web technology proposals with a focus on user needs & API design.
• ∙ Created a “fast track” design review process that reduced response time by 88%.
• ∙ Led successful effort to increase visibility and time allocation for Design Principles.
• ∙ Proposed & led a Design Principles for Developers publication (ongoing).
• ∙ Acted as TAG ↔ TC39 (JS WG) liaison, improved collaboration with TC39.

Feb 2018 – May 2023 · 5 yrs 3 mos · Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

• ∙ Co-created and co-taught “Design for the Web: Languages and User Interfaces”. (Spring 2020, 2022, 2023)
• ∙ Co-taught “User Interface Design & Implementation”, MIT’s main HCI course at the time. ~250 students (grad + undergrad). Managed 9 TAs. (Spring 2018)

Sep 2014 – Aug 2024 · 9 yrs 11 mos · Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

• ∙ Created & launched Mavo, a novel programming language that empowers novices to create full stack web applications. Led 12 MIT students (2 grad) and outside volunteers to contribute. 2 peer-reviewed papers in top-tier conferences.
• ∙ Created Lifesheets, a novel system empowering non-programmers to make their own standalone personal tracking applications. 70% of user study subjects preferred a lifesheet over a mainstream tracking app, and 100% over a spreadsheet.

Aug 2013 – Present · 12 yrs 8 mos

• The CSS WG designs the CSS language, used on every website worldwide.
• ∙ Led over 5 CSS features from conception to wide implementation across browsers
• ∙ Co-led the effort to significantly simplify CSS Nesting syntax, by driving consensus through strategic intermediate milestones.
• ∙ Driving force behind expanding CSS to wide gamut colors, through a combination of spec work, consensus building, dev evangelism, and open source code.

Aug 2012 – Jul 2013 · 11 mos

• First devrel hire at W3C.
• ∙ Improved developer understanding of the standards process, conveyed input to W3C
• ∙ Co-organized W3Conf 2013 and coordinated outreach, achieving +70% profit over the previous iteration.

Feb 2009 – Present · 17 yrs 2 mos · Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

• Product & usability consulting, speaking, writing, web standards work.
• Notable clients: Google, Mozilla, O’Reilly Media, Stripe, Wix, McKinsey & Company.

Jan 2006 – Jan 2008 · 2 yrs · Greece

• Graphic design (Logo design, corporate identity, posters etc) and web design projects for small business clients

Dec 2005 – Dec 2011 · 6 yrs · Greece · Hybrid

• Online communities startup. Incorporated in 2008 and raised a €80k friends & family seed round, exit in 2013.
• Launched two online communities and drove them to national adoption (0→1):
• ∙ e-steki.gr (2005 - Present), mycat.gr (2006 - 2022)
• ~500k visits and ~2.5M pageviews/month (combined).
• Drove user acquisition to 80k registrations (0.75% of the country’s population)
• ∙ Acquisitions: iSchool.gr (first Greek school student community, 25k users), One Night Chat (innovative web-based talk show, ~80k views/episode)
• ∙ Strategic partnership with ANT1 (major Greek TV channel)
• ∙ Managed a small team of developers & designers, and a team of >30 content moderators