My Resumé
User Experience Strategist, accessibility evangelist, and web developer with 25+ years of experience seeking a position bridging the divide between accessibility, UX & UI design, development, and the business.
Where I've Been
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Booz Allen Hamilton October 2022 - Present
Associate, UX Strategy
Consultant for large government agency implementing ServiceNow Strategic Portfolio Management for 700+ users and billions of dollars in investments.
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Level Access April 2021 - October 2022
Accessibility Consultant
Consultant and evangelist for Accessibility to dozens of enterprise and mid-market clients. Leader of Accessibility testing teams for audits of web sites, applications, and mobile apps.
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American University August 2015 - April 2021
Manager, Web Development 3.5years
Web Developer 2 years
Lead developer on the initial responsive migration and later complete redesign of www.american.edu including a completed WCAG 2.0 AA review. Oversaw the implementation of the AU design system on other major properties in the digital ecosystem including ServiceNow (help.american.edu), CRM Recruit (future-eagle.american.edu), DestinyOne (continuing-ed.american.edu), etc.
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Freelance 4 years
Web Developer
Development of custom websites and email templates for a non-profit political organization.
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Blackbaud, Inc. 1 year
Interactive Designer
Front-end customization of Convio Luminate and CMS for enterprise customers. Collaboratively expanded Grunt/Node.js task automation.
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Network Designs, Inc.
Development Manager 2 years
Web Developer 5 years
Led the development of the DOT IdeaHub employee ideation platform which was named one of the Top 25 Innovations in Government by the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University in May 2013. As Development Manager, worked with a large federal client, program managers, user experience designers, and developers to provide high-quality, standards-based, WCAG-compliant projects.
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iapps, Inc.
Client Support Representative 2 years
Provide front line support for the hosted websites of 75+ charitable foundation and non-profit clients.
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PKF Technologies
Technical Consultant 1 year
Technical consultant for country club, city club, and other hospitality industry clients.
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Levick Strategic Communications, LLC
Systems Administrator 2 years
Systems administrator and webmaster for legal PR and strategic communication firm.
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United Technologies Corporation
IT Analyst 1 year
Systems administrator and intranet webmaster for the military and government relations office.
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United States Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D-DE)
Systems Administrator 1 year
Systems administrator and webmaster for the Senator's main DC office.
What Others Have Said
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User Experience Certification (UXC) July 2019
Nielsen Norman Group (NN/g)
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OIT Critical Thinker Award 2018-2019
OIT Enlarger Award 2017
Office of Information Technology, American University
What I've Learned
- User Experience (UX) Processes
- Personas, Journey Mapping, Information Architecture, Usability Testing, Heuristics, Wireframing
- UX, Design, and Business Applications
- Figma & Adobe XD; Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, & InDesign; Adobe Acrobat (including Accessibility remediation); Microsoft Office Suite (including Accessibility remediation)
- Accessibility
- WCAG 2.1 A & AA Compliance; Section 508 & 504 Compliance; JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, & TalkBack
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Genie/Databricks
- Web Foundations
- HTML5, CSS, LESS & SASS, JavaScript, CSS Grid & Flexbox, Structured Data Schemas (JSON-LD & microdata)
- Platforms & Frameworks
- ServiceNow, Bootstrap, jQuery, Ellucian CRM Recruit, PaperThin CommonSpot, Funnelback Search
- Programming & APIs
- XML & XSL; REST & JSON; Adobe ColdFusion; SQL
- Automation & Operations
- Grunt, NPM, and Node.js; Amazon S3 & CloudFront
- Analytics & Reporting
- Google Analytics & Tag Manager; Google Search Console & Data Studio
Where I've Studied
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Southern New Hampshire University
Graphic Design (UX Concentration)
Bachelor of Arts - 2026
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American University
Computer Science & Graphic Design January 2016 - June 2020
College coursework in furtherance of undergraduate degree through employee benefits. GPA: 3.60
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The George Washington University
Mathematics 1993 - 1995
Some college coursework completed before deciding to pursue web as a career.
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Vernon Township High School
High School Diploma 1989 - 1993
National Merit Scholarship Finalist, National Honor Society, National French Honor Society