Bryan Zug — known by most simply as “Zug”— is a UX, product development, and operations leader rooted in Seattle’s tech scene. He’s led teams at Amazon, Zillow, Techstars, and Stanford Children’s Hospital, and co-authored Why Design is Hard with Scott Berkun. Zug is also the co-founder of Ignite Seattle, a gathering for bold ideas and brave stories. He loves uniting diverse tribes — developers and designers, skeptics and believers — to build what none could alone. Outside work, he finds joy in community with artful, thoughtful makers who believe in trading dead-end stories for better ones. 

Contact: bryanzug@gmail.com.

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Cory LaViska is a Principal Software Engineer at Font Awesome and creator of Web Awesome (formerly Shoelace), the most popular open source library of framework-agnostic web components. With 20+ years in full-stack development, Cory is passionate about web standards, simplicity in software, and building tools that just work. A U.S. Army veteran with degrees from Florida Tech, he’s led large-scale design systems at Microsoft, built successful SaaS products like Surreal CMS, and contributed to the open source community for over a decade. He believes software should adapt to users—not the other way around.

Follow Cory: GitHub | Twitter

Dave Gandy is the founder and original creator of Font Awesome, the web’s most popular icon toolkit. A developer-designer with a passion for elegant UX and open-source tooling, Dave launched Font Awesome in 2012 to make scalable vector icons easy to use and universally accessible. What began as a project for Bootstrap quickly exploded into a global design standard, used by millions of developers, designers, and brands worldwide.

Driven by a love for clean design and functional creativity, Dave has led Font Awesome’s evolution from a simple icon set to also include powerful tools for deep integration with the web's most popular frameworks.

When he’s not crafting icons or innovating developer tools, Dave can be found nerding out about sci-fi, typography, or wrangling vintage Star Wars memorabilia.

@FontAwesome and other things. YC, MIT, MO alum.

David Darnes is a seasoned Designer, Front-End Developer, and Technical Writer with over 15 years of experience crafting accessible and performance-focused websites and design systems. He has collaborated with industry leaders like Shopify, Google, Netlify, Ghost, Buffer, zeroheight, and Nordhealth, delivering elegant and scalable digital solutions.

David currently works full-time on the Nord Design System, building with modern tools like Web Components and CSS Custom Properties. He’s also a Ghost Developer Expert, creator of the Eleventy Starter for Ghost, and maintainer of popular open-source themes like Alembic and Garth for Jekyll. From custom Jamstack builds to open-source contributions, David’s work blends thoughtful design with solid front-end engineering.

Explore his portfolio, articles, and projects—or reach out to collaborate.

Jason Otero is a Software Engineer at Font Awesome, where he specializes in backend development and infrastructure. With a unique career path from troubleshooting alarm systems to building web tech, Jason brings a keen sense of logic and problem-solving to his code. He’s helped expand Font Awesome’s payment options, streamline FA-Kit delivery, and spearhead the CSS-only Kits project—enhancing performance and accessibility for developers worldwide. 

Outside of tech, Jason is a seasoned musician who plays guitar in two bands—Blister Soul and Dr. G and the Tall Man—and geeks out on boutique guitar pedals and classic distortion clones. 

Whether he’s shipping code or playing gigs, Jason brings dedication, curiosity, and a love for all things nerdy. Follow his work on Font Awesome or catch him live with his latest rock anthem. 🎸 💻

Lindsay Miller is a Product Designer at Web Awesome, where she leads design systems development with a keen focus on usability, accessibility, and theming. A longtime fan of Font Awesome, Lindsay transitioned from being the sole designer at a growing SaaS company to joining the team that inspired her career evolution. With a background in communications and a passion for developer experience, she specializes in building design systems that simplify workflows and foster consistent, on-brand UI. At Web Awesome, she’s spearheading the Global Theming API and contributing to tools like the Theme Builder. 

A lifelong Mario enthusiast and former Zanga CSS whiz, Lindsay brings a mix of creative flair and technical savvy to everything she touches. Whether she's painting pixel-perfect Super Mario murals on her office walls or nerding out over UI libraries, Lindsay makes the web more awesome — one component at a time.

Noah Jacobus is a lead Icon Designer at Font Awesome, where he’s the mastermind behind thousands of icons — including the sharp-edged Font Awesome Sharp family. His path from music historian to iconography expert merges precision, creativity, and full-on nerdery into every pixel.

Noah’s icon obsession started in middle school with IconFactory’s Pixelpalooza contest and blossomed through college via bootleg Photoshop and designing event flyers. Though he studied music history, his love of visual rhythm and design pulled him into the world of vector graphics.

At Font Awesome, Noah puts his chops to work to create elegant, intuitive icons used by millions. A fan of retro gaming, D&D, and adding dinosaurs to the icon canon, Noah’s hobbies fuel his work — and maybe your next favorite icon.

 @jabronus: Icon sommelier: Senior designer at @font.awesome

Travis Chase is the co-founder of Font Awesome, the web’s most widely used icon toolkit—powering digital experiences for millions of developers and designers. With Dave Gandy, Travis helped transform a side project into a web staple. 

Originally aiming for a career in art (then nearly accounting), Travis pivoted to web design and programming after discovering HTML and early internet infrastructure.

At Font Awesome, Travis focuses on product direction, systems design, and sustainable work culture — prioritizing deep work without burnout. When he’s not guiding product, you’ll find Travis nerding out on Star Wars: Unlimited. His belief? Great work starts with curious minds and space to play.

@supercodepoet: Developer, craftsman, entrepreneur, and co-creator of @fontawesome.

Zach Leatherman is a web platform engineer at Font Awesome and the creator of Eleventy (11ty), the award-winning open-source static site generator used by developers and content creators around the world. With a deep love for performance, accessibility, and the IndieWeb, Zach is also behind the IndieWeb Avatar project and an unapologetic enthusiast of web fonts (perhaps too enthusiastic at times). He’s delivered over 85 talks across nine countries, presenting at high-profile events like Smashing Conference, Jamstack Conf, CSSConf, Beyond Tellerrand, and even The White House.

Zach’s career includes key roles at Netlify, CloudCannon, and Filament Group, and he’s been a community force behind NEJS CONF and NebraskaJS. Whether he’s building developer tools or fine-tuning font loading strategies, Zach brings sharp insights and a generous spirit to the web community.

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