Vance Morrison

Hi, I'm Vance — I <love> building software.

I'm a software engineer with a knack for the front-end, currently based in DFW, Texas. Most recently, I was a founding engineer and front-end lead at ProService Hawaii, the largest Professional Employer Organization in Hawaii. I established the foundational architecture, development processes, and best practices for the engineering organization. I led the effort to build a performant, accessible design system and designed many of the application's core features, helping build the best PEO software in Hawaii.

I got my start building software at The Forge, the maker space on campus at RPI, where I built a real-time status viewer for all the machinery in the forge, where students can remotely see which machines are in use and when they'll be available. Students still use it today.

After that, I worked at the Lighting Research Center at RPI as the lead engineer. We got bought out by Mount Sinai, and I continued building software that helped some of the largest lighting companies in the world better produce healthy lighting. I built the CS Calculator (2.0), an online lighting calculator, along with its documentation site, amongst other internal tools. It was a unique intersection of code and science that allowed me to put my physics major and software engineering major together in practice

From there, I moved to Statusphere, where I worked on scaling a platform connecting hundreds of brands with tens of thousands of creators. I led an engineering effort to rebrand the application, creating something modern, beautiful, accessible, and clean. I got to learn what a small passionate team could accomplish in an efficient startup environment.

At Cision, I served as Frontend Lead on Connectively/HARO, a web application connecting journalists with subject matter experts. We built it from the ground up in one quarter, and it quickly gained 25,000+ users in the following months. The product was later acquired by Featured.com. I got to lead front-end teams across multiple efforts and also led the organization's "Frontend Engineering Club," mentoring rising engineers. My experience at Cision taught me how to navigate the complexities of large organizations and cut through bureaucracy to make real impact.

These days, I'm focused on building things that feel good to use and stand the test of time. I care about craft, clarity, and the small details that make software feel effortless.