# Gannon Curran

> Engineering Manager, Design + Code

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/gannon

Engineering Manager, Design Systems
Staff Software Engineer, Web

Former graphic designer and brand strategist, 15+ years of experience in print and interactive design.

I strive to create user-focused products that function beautifully. I'm always looking for ways to bridge the gap between design and development. Over the past 4 years I've co-led the creation and development of Turo's Design Systems team, working as IC, EM, PM. Starting from zero, we built a system with a approximate yearly ROI of 125%.

Strengths:
• Unique combination of code, design, UX, and management experience
• Committed to strategic, concept-driven design thinking
• Extensive technical and production expertise
• Proven track record leading independent projects and cross-organizational collaborations while managing and developing teams to deliver high-quality work that advances business objectives.

## Work Experience
### Engineering Manager, Design Systems @ Turo
Jan 2022 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area
I lead a cross-functional team of designers and engineers to develop Turo's internal Design System for  Apple, Android and Web products.

### Staff Software Engineer @ Turo
Jan 2018 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco
Front end web developer, focused on product engineering and design systems. Key technologies: React, HTML/CSS/JS

### Front End Web Developer @ Freelance Web Development
Jan 2014 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco
Contract front end web app and iOS developer.
Clients included SourceSolution, Turo, Elephant

### Senior Frontend Developer @ Elephant
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco Bay Area
Web product prototyping. Core technologies included HTML, CSS, React

### Graduate @ Dev Bootcamp
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | San Francisco
Dev Bootcamp is an immersive coding program that transforms students into empathetic, world-class web developers. I've spent 1000+ hours gaining practical proficiency with the following technologies & techniques:

JavaScript, jQuery, React, HTML5, CSS, AJAX
Ruby, Sinatra, Rails, RESTful Routing
ActiveRecord, SQL, PostgreSQL
Git, GitHub, App Deployment,
Object Oriented Design, Test Driven Development, 
MVC, FLUX,
Agile Workflow, Engineering Empathy

### Creative Direction and Design for Print and Web @ Self-employed
Jan 2001 – Jan 2014 | Seattle / San Francisco
Freelance graphic designer with nearly 15 years of experience in print, retail packaging, web and interactive design. Clients inlcude some of the Pacific Northwest's most respected design and brand strategy firms, technology companies and non-profit organizations.

Selected Clients:
Nordstrom.com,
Substantial Inc.,
OnRequest Images,
PopCap Games,
UrbanGardenshare.org,
T-Mobile,
Publicis Consultants | PR, 
Hornall Anderson Design Works

### Graphic Designer @ The Leonhardt Group
Jan 1999 – Jan 2001 | Seattle
Corporate Brand Identity, Annual Reports and Corporate Communications.

### Designer @ RMB Vivid
Jan 1998 – Jan 1999 | Seattle
Corproate Communications, Exhibition Design and Corporate Brand Identity.

### Interaction Designer & Developer @ University of Washington Medical Center | Department of Lab Medicine
Jan 1996 – Jan 1998 | Seattle
Front End Development, User Experience Design, User Interface Design, & Creative Direction for a suite of interactive training software titles.


## Education
### Design and Visual Communications
University of Washington
Jan 1992 – Jan 1998

### DevBootcamp


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/gannoncurran
- Portfolio: http://gannoncurran.com

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Last updated: 2026-03-25