A full-spectrum designer and developer building digital products for social and environmental impact

Christopher France

Designer and coder

👋 Hi, I'm a product hacker based in Oakland, California. I lead the design process for web or mobile. (And often I help build the thing too.) My niche is early- and mid-stage companies, where I help teams learn how to make products better through strategic positioning and world-class execution. My practice combines frontend development, product design and user experience research.

RECENT

LightField — Co-founder at climate data startup in agriculture
The Data Guild — Core member of a startup studio for energy and health
Contain — Lead technology architect at an “alt-fintech” startup
Litterati — Data strategist at environmental startup
Meedan — Design lead at international tech and design company
Healthmade — Creative technologist at healthcare design studio

Bolt | Peters — Designer and UI researcher at UX consultancy
Ethnio — Rails developer and designer for usability research product
Ushahidi — iOS designer and design advisor for civic media platform
Blast Internet — Linux systems administrator for web services firm
Nonprofit Design — Founder of design services company

Portfolio

I’ve collected selections of my work with reflections on my process.

Talks

I’m grateful to have been invited to speak at venues such as RightsCon, Global Fact, the Online News Association, DrupalCon, the International CrisisMappers Conference, the AIGA, SXSW, the African News Innovation Challenge, the Nonprofit Technology Conference, the NYU Interactive Telecommunications Program and Stanford University.

I am sometimes available for talks, please get in touch.

Contact

For more details please reach out via my LinkedIn page or contact form. You may also be interested in my resume: as HTML or as a PDF.