Systems Architecture · Technical Operations · Scalable Design

Blake
Morton

A decade working across design, development, and infrastructure — from 600-component design systems to IndyCar race operations. I understand how products get built, deployed, and kept alive under pressure.

IT Technician, Prema Racing — IndyCar
Fishers, IN
Technical roles in software & IT

My career has moved across the full technical stack — from front-end developer and lead designer to the engineer responsible for all systems at a professional IndyCar team. The common thread is bridging: between design thinking and infrastructure, between the software teams build and the systems that have to keep it running under pressure.

The Polymer design system I built at PartnerPage was a 600-component architecture with versioning, documentation, and breaking-change policies, maintained across engineers and designers shipping to enterprise customers. My infrastructure work at Prema Racing follows the same logic — deploying internal web infrastructure, managing virtualized server environments across the shop and race trailer, migrating domain controllers, tightening Group Policy and permissions, and authoring the operational runbooks and change management policies the team runs by. Both required the same thing: understanding how a complex system behaves, how it fails, and how to build it so that it doesn't.

I've spent time in every layer of how technical products get made — sketching concepts, writing front-end code, collaborating with engineers on implementation, and operating systems in production under real pressure. That full-stack perspective, from design intent through to operational reality, is where I'm most useful and hardest to replace.

2025 – Present

IT Technician

Prema Racing · NTT IndyCar Series

Responsible for all technical systems at a professional IndyCar team — Hyper-V virtualization, Cisco Meraki networking, Active Directory and Group Policy, nightly backup schedules, and a mirrored race-trailer setup supporting admin and engineering teams on the road. Authored the operational runbooks and change management policies the technical team runs by.

2021 – 2024

Lead UX/UI Designer

PartnerPage · Remote

Built and maintained Polymer, a 600+ component design system. Daily collaboration with engineering on implementation and Git workflows. Products used by 150+ enterprise B2B customers.

2017 – 2020

Senior Web & Graphic Designer

Gecko Designs · Missoula, MT

UX and front-end development for 50+ client websites. Built WordPress child theme systems in HTML, PHP, CSS/SCSS, and JavaScript across Git-managed environments.

2015 – 2017

Junior Designer & Front-End Dev

Gecko Designs · Missoula, MT

Self-taught Git, HTML, PHP, CSS/SCSS, and JavaScript while delivering commercial work from day one. Managed production, staging, and local WordPress environments.

2015 – 2023

Freelance Designer

Morton Design Co. · Remote

Branding, packaging, and web for SMBs. Designed packaging for Ferndale Farmstead Creamery and Familia Del Norte, now carried in Costco and regional retailers across the Pacific Northwest.

2015 – 2022

Graphic Designer & Production Artist

River Designs · Missoula, MT

Produced design and production work for clients including the International Mass Timber Conference and Run Wild Missoula — yearly reports, race apparel, medals, signage, and event materials. Handled ongoing WordPress site management and theme development across multiple hosting environments.

2014 – 2015

Product Development Intern

Allsop, Inc. · Bellingham, WA

Packaging and product concepts for CES 2015 and the Housewares Show. 3D modeling in Rhino, SolidWorks, and Keyshot for engineering and retail review.

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Development

  • JavaScript
  • PHP
  • HTML / CSS / SCSS
  • Bash / PowerShell
  • Git / GitHub / Bitbucket
  • React (fundamentals)

Systems

  • Windows Server / Hyper-V
  • Active Directory / DNS
  • Linux (Ubuntu Server)
  • Cisco Meraki
  • Synology NAS
  • Microsoft 365 / Entra

Design

  • Figma
  • Design Systems
  • Adobe Creative Suite
  • Industrial Design / CAD
  • UX / UI / Prototyping
  • Brand & Packaging

Motorsport

  • MTS Shock 6 Dynamometer
  • Aerotech A3200
  • Trackside Operations
  • Real-time Visualization
  • Race Event Deployment

Open to technical roles in software and IT — particularly in motorsport or high-performance environments. Based in Fishers, IN, available to travel. Let's talk.