Chas Thompson
Product Support Engineer at Num1Pirate Consulting
Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChas Thompson is a product support engineer with a decade of experience architecting process improvements and supporting complex automation systems across material handling and logistics firms. He blends hands-on CAD and data center design expertise with product support roles at FORTNA, MHS Conveyor/MHS Global and TGW, enabling faster troubleshooting and durable solutions for large-scale installations. Comfortable bridging engineering, IT and operations, he has a long history in CAD/tool support and operations leadership—skills honed during a 15-year stint running operations at Schmohz Brewing and earlier CAD roles at Siemens/Dematic. Based in Grand Rapids, he also hosts a long-running Great Lakes fishing podcast, bringing communication and customer-facing storytelling to technical support and product design work.
10 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Michigan Technological UniversityHigh School Diploma, Smart stuff, High School Diploma, Smart stuff at Thornapple Kellogg High School
Github Skills (33)
ui-components10
css10
design-principles10
documentation10
sprite10
go9
svg9
js8
gaussian-blur7
api6
continuous-integration6
screwdriver6
react5
graph5
javascript5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
nikaocreatives/whiteboard
Sep 2018 - Sep 2022
Contributions:20 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years
denali-design/denali-site
Jul 2019 - Dec 2021
Documentation and design principles for Denali UI components, icon library, and corresponding CSS framework.
Contributions:17 reviews, 97 commits, 121 PRs in 2 years 5 months
cssui-componentsdenalidesign-principlesdesign-system
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