An award winning CTO, UX / UI Designer & Developer, International Speaker, and author, I focus on web interfaces that are beautiful, functional, accessible, and usable. I approach user experience from both art and science, drawing from my degrees in psychology and visual communications. I have worked as an developer, artist, educator, and consultant since 2005. Currently, she is the CTO at Andromeda Galactic Solutions where she continues to learn, work on, and share her passion for front end development.
Martine Dowden
CTO, UX / UI Designer & Developer, International Speaker
Work
Consulting
Starting a new project? Need to build a Proof of Concept? I am an award-winning designer and developer ready to turns your idea into a reality.
How Can I Help?
Speaking, Training, & Mentoring
Does your company want to level-up your team’s game? Looking for a mentor? There is sooooo much that application designers and developers need to know today. From design and interactions, to frameworks and accessibility, all the way to implementation, I’ve presented trainings and talks worldwide.
Let’s Chat!
Publications
I am an accomplished author who has published several books and a lot of training material.
Looking for one of my books, articles, or talks?
This is the Place
Latest Projects
Ignition CMS
Ignition is a headless CMS that runs on Firebase, designed with both developers and content administrators in mind. Use our developer tools or the Firebase SDK to export data to both static websites and mobile applications. Get up and running today with our full-service CMS solutions.
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Cirrostyle
A brand management and sharing tool, Cirrostyle allows you to define and share your brand information, such as colors and typography, with your teams. It also provides the ability to organize, store, share, and download assets.
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Lore Link
Lore Link is a premium-quality RPG campaign management tool for Dungeon Masters, Game Masters, Storytellers and Keepers of all types. Here, you’ll find all the pieces you’ll need to ensure that each and every one of your campaigns runs smoothly and results in both yourself and your players having the smoothest, most enjoyable experience possible during your sessions.
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FlexePark
FlexePark works with businesses in your community to make parking friendlier! Parking spots that were once designated “No Parking” zones can now be made available for public use after business hours.
Checkout FlexePark
Skills
User Experience
- Accessibility
- Information Architecture
- Research
- Technical Writing
- Statistics
- Usability
- Visual Communication
- WCAG
Design
- Assets
- Brand management
- Icons
- Interactions
- Mockups
- Prototypes
- Typography
- Wireframes
Development
- Angular / React / Vue
- CSS / Sass / Less
- Git
- JavaScript & TypeScript
- Node & Express
- Ruby
- WAI-ARIA
- XSLT / XPath
Patents
Parking Lot Enforcement System
- Date
- 2019-11-20
- Number
- us 62938036
- Status
- Pending
Parking Lot Check In System
- Date
- 2018-11-24
- Number
- us US16/695,176
- Status
- Abandoned
- Link
- More Details about Parking Lot Check In System
Awards
Google Developer Expert - Firebase
Since June 2023Book Authority Best Accessibility Books of All Time Winner
Architecting CSS: The Programmer’s Guide to Effective Style Sheets
Book Authority Best Accessibility Books of All Time Winner
Approachable Accessibility: Planning for Success
Google Developer Expert - Angular
Since 2021Angular
Microsoft MVP
Since 2019Developer Technologies
Google Developer Expert - Web Technologies
Since Dec 2018Web Technologies
2020 Mira Award Nominee
2020FlexePark Nominated for Mira Award Best in Tech
2020 National Tech Culture Award Winner
2020Andromeda wins a 2020 Remote Work Culture Award
2019 Parking Awards Finalist
2019FlexePark is selected as a finalist for Parking Today Awards
2019 Mira Award Nominee
2019FlexePark Nominated for Mira Award Best in Tech
Origin's Art Show Award Winner
2012Best Historical Traditional Artwork
Hackies Awards
2019Mentor of the Year
2019 AcceliCITY Finalist
2019FlexePark is selected as a finalist for the 2019 Leading Cities AcceliCITY program
Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges
2009Was chosen for Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities & Colleges
Psy Chi
2009Was inducted into the national Honors Society of Psychology
...Martine is a Michelangelo. She’s amazing at understanding a problem. She makes pretty UIs, but she understands the problem and then designs the right UI for this. She’s the best UI designer I’ve worked with because she thinks about how people will use a solution.Jon Cooper , CTS