One of the first web developers at Yahoo!, Nate Koechley has beeninstrumental in creating and defining the practice of Web Developmentand Frontend Engineering. Through evolving roles as developer, manager,and evangelist on both the development and user experience and designsides of the company, Nate has championed modern standards-based webdevelopment, a commitment to accessibility, code and pattern librarycreation, and open-source and blogging initiatives. Through it all,Nate focuses on the intersection and coordination of design anddevelopment, helping teams understand “why” in addition to “how”.

Nate speaks worldwide about the intersections of Design andTechnology, and blogs occasionally at http://nate.koechley.com/blog/