Kathleen McMahon
Creative Solutions
I’m an experienced software engineer seasoned with interactive/motion design-y bits, and an internationally-known conference speaker with a passion for making inclusive and accessible experiences.
My specialty is delivering products at scale for Fortune 500 companies and digital design agencies. I present talks and lead workshops for designers and engineers on the topics of accessibility, React component libraries, design systems, and inclusive documentation.
When I’m not coding, designing, or speaking, I’m the best Lanterne Rouge cyclocrosser you’ll ever meet.
Code, you say?
Ahh, the beauty of software. Always evolving. Check out some of the technologies I use.
Ruby, jQuery, HTML5, NodeJS, CSS3, Mongoose 
MongoDB, Bootstrap, Ember, PostgreSQL, Git, JavaScript
Sass, Adobe Creative Cloud, Heroku, Gulp, Amazon Web Services, Ruby on RailsRecent Work
Feast your peepers on a sampling of my recent projects, or check out my Open Source Software contributions on Github. More work samples available upon request.
CLIx unPlatform
A modular LMS
UX Design | FE Engineering | A11y
CLIx Assessment Authoring
Create quizzes for your LMS
UX Design | FE Engineering | A11y
SillySpeed Me
List your bikes for sale
UX Design | Fullstack Development
Rev(n)
Shorten product iteration cycles
UX Design | Fullstack Development
Golfing for Cures
A charity golf tournament
UX Design | Frontend Development
Wandersox Photos
A mobile photography blog
UX Design | Frontend Development
Featured Project
Check out one my featured Open Source contributions — this suite of offline-first digital learning software for the Connected Learning Initiative project (CLIx).
Project outcome:
- Learning tools deployed to 450 rural schools in India, reaching ~40,000 students cumulatively by 2020. Teach students Maths, Science, English, and Values.
- Project received the 2017 UNESCO King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the Use of ICTs in Education.
Some of the technologies used:
- React
- Redux
- InVision
- Sketch