Resume

My experience and credentials

Table of Contents

Professional Experience

Vispero/TPGi

  • Clearwater, FL

  • May 2021 - Present

Accessibility Engineer

Vispero/TPGi is an accessibility consultancy that works with clients from all industries to provide end-to-end accessibility solutions. I work here as an accessibility engineer, providing those solutions.

Responsibilities and Accomplishments

  • Desktop and mobile development

    • HTML

    • JavaScript

    • React Native

    • CSS

    • Java

    • Python

    • VBA

    • MathML

    • Machine learning

    • Natural Language Processing (NLP)

    • Optical Character Recognition (OCR)

  • UI/UX design

    • Usability review and feedback for design roughs and wireframes

    • Component library curation and ownership

  • Accessibility SME

    • Design and remediation advice for clients with accessibility-specific challenges

    • Audits for conformance

      • WCAG 2.0/2.1/2.2

      • Section 508

      • EN 301-549

    • Testing with assistive technologies

      • Screen readers: JAWS/NVDA/VoiceOver/TalkBack

      • Screen magnification: ZoomText

      • Voice recognition: Dragon NaturallySpeaking

    • VPAT and ACR authoring for clients

    • Technical documentation for clients and internal processes

      • VPAT and ACR authoring instructions

    • Testing standards for accessibility audits

  • Training

    • Demonstrations and tutorials for clients

    • Training other staff on procedures and related software

  • Community involvement

    • W3C Math Group member

Level Access

  • Vienna, VA

  • May 2019 – May 2021

Accessibility Consultant

Level Access is an accessibility consultancy that provides a digital accessibility dashboard, automated scans, and expert consultancy for accessibility solutions. I worked here as a consultant, providing solutions to clients and helping improve the dashboard and scanning system.

Responsibilities and Accomplishments

  • Desktop and mobile development

    • HTML

    • JavaScript

    • CSS

    • Java

    • Python

    • VBA

    • MathML

    • Machine learning

    • Natural Language Processing (NLP)

    • Optical Character Recognition (OCR)

  • UI/UX design

    • Usability review and feedback for design roughs and wireframes

    • Component library curation and ownership

  • Accessibility SME

    • Audits for conformance

      • WCAG 2.0/2.1

      • Section 508

      • EN 301-549

    • Testing with assistive technologies

      • Screen readers: JAWS/NVDA/VoiceOver/TalkBack

      • Screen magnification: ZoomText

      • Voice recognition: Dragon NaturallySpeaking

    • Design and remediation advice for clients with accessibility-specific challenges

    • VPAT and ACR authoring for clients

    • Technical documentation for clients and internal processes

      • VPAT and ACR authoring instructions

    • Testing standards for accessibility audits

  • Training

    • Demonstrations and tutorials for clients

    • Training other staff on procedures and related software

  • Community involvement

    • W3C Math Group member

Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Atlanta, GA

  • Nov. 2016 - Feb. 2019

Digital Media Accessibility Specialist I

The Georgia Institute of Technology is a well known university nationwide. Under their College of Design, AMAC (now CIDI) provides accessible media to students and organizations across the US. I worked there to both engineer the systems that generated that media, as well as research and prepare that media.

Responsibilities and Accomplishments

  • Software research and development

    • XHTML/HTML

    • XSLT

    • JavaScript

    • CSS

    • MathML

    • Java

    • Python

    • C/C#

    • Machine learning

    • Natural Language Processing (NLP)

    • Optical Character Recognition (OCR)

  • UI/UX design

    • Web applications

    • CMS/LMS

    • XHTML documents

  • Accessibility SME

    • Testing with assistive technologies

      • Screen readers: JAWS/NVDA/VoiceOver/TalkBack

    • Design and remediation for students

    • Technical documentation for students and internal processes

      • Process standards for automating document and application creation

    • Accessible media creation

      • Technical descriptions of diagrams and graphics

      • Accessible math involving high level description for STEM higher education

      • Accessible digital textbooks and homework

      • Course captioning, media preparation, quality control

      • Customer support for different accessibility requirements

  • STEM Research

    • Case studies

    • Report writing

    • White papers

    • Grant proposals

  • Training

    • Training other staff and students on procedures and related software

Phillips Partnership

  • Atlanta, GA

  • May 2015 - Nov. 2016

Multimedia Design Assistant

Phillips Partnership is an award-winning architecture firm where I worked to assist with web development, automating editing processes, and graphic design.

Responsibilities and Accomplishments

  • Desktop and mobile development

    • HTML

    • JavaScript

    • CSS

    • Java

    • Python

    • VBA

    • Automation for file organization and mass editing

    • Machine learning

    • Natural Language Processing (NLP)

    • Optical Character Recognition (OCR)

  • Accessibility SME

    • Audits for conformance

      • WCAG 2.0/2.1

      • Section 508

    • Testing with assistive technologies

      • Screen readers: JAWS/NVDA/VoiceOver/TalkBack

    • Accessible media creation

      • Website copy

      • Image descriptions

  • Multimedia design

    • Print and digital materials for social media, website, and office

    • Technical writing and proofreading as editor for architectural specifications

Freelance

  • United States

  • Jan. 2013 - May 2019

Acccessibility Consultant

When not engaged directly with a company, I have provided my skills as a freelancer.

Responsibilities and Accomplishments

  • Desktop and mobile development

    • HTML

    • JavaScript

    • React Native

    • CSS

    • Java

    • Python

    • VBA

    • MathML

    • Machine learning

    • Natural Language Processing (NLP)

    • Optical Character Recognition (OCR)

  • UI/UX design

    • Usability review and feedback for design roughs and wireframes

    • Component library curation and ownership

  • Accessibility SME

    • Design and remediation advice for clients with accessibility-specific challenges

    • Audits for conformance

      • WCAG 2.0/2.1/2.2

      • Section 508

      • EN 301-549

    • Testing with assistive technologies

      • Screen readers: JAWS/NVDA/VoiceOver/TalkBack

      • Screen magnification: ZoomText

      • Voice recognition: Dragon NaturallySpeaking

    • VPAT and ACR authoring for clients

    • Technical documentation for clients and internal processes

      • VPAT and ACR authoring instructions

    • Testing standards for accessibility audits

  • Training

    • Demonstrations and tutorials for clients

    • Training other staff on procedures and related software

  • Community involvement

    • W3C Math Group member