Gav McKenzie
Developing
Role
- Heads up front-end architecture across all projects.
- Co-ordinates team members during builds.
- Optimises front-end performance.
- Creates rapid prototypes.
- Professional bug-fixer.
- Makes things go whizz.
Experience
- Writing code for the internet since he was 13.
- Began professional career as a front-end developer in 2008.
- Quickly rose to senior developer working on projects for brands such as: Admiral, Easyjet, Stella Artois and Smashing Magazine.
- Joined Etch in 2012 as one of the original team members and became a Director in 2016.
- Can still do a decent impression of a dial-up modem.
Reading
What We Can Learn from the Biggest Tech Policy Mistakes of 2018
As we kick off 2019, let’s look back on some of the “greatest hits” of 2018, that highlight why policy now matters.
There’s Nothing New at CES 2019 – The Upgrade – Medium
There’s a question I always ask vendors at CES, the sprawling tech expo now underway in Las Vegas: Is this new? Increasingly, the answer is no. The product has been shipping, in some form or other…
Why design systems fail, and how to make them work – UX Collective
For a short period of time I worked on a design system at WebNL, an agency specialised in web design, development and marketing based in…
Writing
Resting
- Outside of work Gavyn can be found training for powerlifting or hanging out with the team bulldog, Darcy.
- If he’s not injured, you can often find him on a mountain in Europe, skateboarding downhill.
