Hey, I'm Elyse.

Photo of Elyse standing with arms crossed, by Riley Blanks Reed at Woke Beauty
Currently: Staff Design Technologist, Design Systems, at Color Health.
I'm a technical generalist who can flex between design, code, glue work, and OKRs. I spent my first decade in tech focused on design systems at scale. I was tapped to start the first Design System team for Indeed, building the system that enabled Indeed eng teams to move from Java to React. I've worked on Design Systems as a designer, developer, and product manager. I aim to create high-impact behavior change for cross-functional teams, not just build components.
In 2020, I took a break from tech to go solo; I built The Unfolding, a personal style development program, hitting $80k in revenue in year one with a completely organic small audience and a conversion rate of 15%.
I'm an experienced public speaker, teacher, and mentor. I've been writing CSS for over two decades (!). I thrive on momentum, collaboration, and most of all, I'm an activator: I turn thoughts into actions.

I'm an avid reader (to the tune of 100+ books/year), hobbyist cook, and off-the-charts extrovert. My pronouns are she/her. I’m currently based in sunny Los Angeles, after 15 years in Austin. I have an armadillo tattoo.