Madelena Mak
Lead Of Product & Design Team at Home Assistant
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMadelena Mak is a product and design leader with over a decade of experience shaping UX for high-impact startups, FAANG projects, international institutions and one of GitHub’s largest open-source communities. She has driven product and brand design for widely used consumer apps (Trillian, 40M+ downloads), healthcare platforms (ZocDoc, FindDoc), and smart home software, currently leading Product & Design for Home Assistant and serving on the Open Home Foundation leadership committee. A seasoned mentor and organizer, she helped scale StartupBus into a network that’s generated billions in funding while championing diversity, inclusion, and accessible design practices. Her portfolio spans hands-on UI work—improving Home Assistant documentation and front-end—strategic design leadership at startups and the UN, and award-winning hackathon and civic tech achievements. Madelena combines design craft with community-driven product strategy, and she’s notable for translating complex data and systems into clear, user-friendly visualizations and experiences.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
BArch & BFA Architecture and Fine Arts, BArch & BFA Architecture and Fine Arts at Rhode Island School of Design
English, Chinese, Chinese
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Github Skills (8)
home-assistant10
front-end-development10
jekyll10
documentation10
ui-design9
html9
css9
javascript8
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
home-assistant/home-assistant.io
Nov 2023 - Dec 2024
:blue_book: Home Assistant User documentation
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:4 reviews, 27 PRs, 6 comments in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Madelena primarily focused on improving the user interface and visual presentation of the Home Assistant documentation website. Their work included updating the theme to match branding, modifying the website's front page by removing outdated content, adding new links, and adjusting layout elements for improved visual appeal. The user also contributed to the website's navigation and blog post presentation by implementing a wider website design and adding author avatars. These changes collectively enhanced the user experience and aesthetics of the documentation site.
home-assistantjekyllhasshassio
Madelena/home-assistant.io
Mar 2024 - Dec 2024
:blue_book: Home Assistant User documentation
Contributions:179 pushes, 51 branches in 9 months
home-assistant
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