Digital Anthro is the creative practice of Nathan Keeys, a creative technologist and educator specialized in front-end software development, human-centered design and accessibility.
Digital Anthro has worked with companies and organizations across North America and Japan, providing consulting, workshops, design and web development services.
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08/2022 - (Present) - Coforma, LLC - Software Engineer
01/2017 - (Present) - Digital Anthro, LLC - Founder + Creative Technologist
12/2019 - 10/22 - Accenture Federal Services - Software Engineer
10/2019 - 12/2019 - Westat - (Contract) Frontend Developer
08/2017 -10/2019 - RP3 Agency - Creative Technologist
Featured Work
CarpeDM Dating Member Portal
Founding Full-stack Engineer: CarpeDM Dating is an DC-based dating app and startup that caters to professional black women. During the initial development of the mobile application, I worked along side a 2 person design studio to build their web-based member portal and marketing website.
FBI Jobs Website
Frontend Drupal Lead: While working for a major consulting company, I was contracted to work with the FBI on their jobs website redesign. I lead a small team of frontend developers and worked along side the design team to implement best practices and standards on the frontend such as web accessibility, responsiveness and performance optimization.
Retirement Services Benefit Tool
Frontend Engineer: Janus is a modernized retirement benefit calculations tool for OPM Retirement Services. The platform helps OPM RS manage approximately 2.7 million annuitants. I worked on the team as a frontend engineer to help build a complex form submission-based experience.
VA Patient Appointment Calendar App
Software Engineer: A Veterans Affairs internal clinican-facing application for viewing patient appointments. I contributed as a frontend focused engineer on this project building UI, handling incoming patient information, and implementing accessibility features to meet WCAG 2.1 compliance.
RP3 Agency Website
Creative Technologist/Frontend Developer: While at RP3, I contributed in building the frontend of their current website. I also worked closely with the design team to fine-tune the visual designs, mockups and wireframes before the prototyping and development phases.
Noisegen.io
Creative Developement: As a self-intiated project, I built an award-winning experimental website that allows users to create art with the Perlin Noise algorithm.
Workshops
06/12/2024
Three.js Fundamentals - The Collab Lab - Remote
11/10/2023
Creative Coding Workshop (Three.js) - Women Who Code (now WiSE Women in Software Engineering JP) - Ginza Tokyo, JP
08/2021 - 10/2022
Fullstack Bootcamp - 2U Bootcamps - Arlington, VA
01/2018 - 03/2018
Mentor - AIGA SHINE Mentorship - Washington DC