
User Experience & Accessibility
Portland, Oregon Area

User Experience & Accessibility
Portland, Oregon Area
(Public Company; AAPL; Computer Hardware industry)
October 2008 — Present (10 months)
I have been doing accessibility work on iTunes U and the iTunes Music Store projects since October, using screen readers in OS X and Windows, as well as experiential accessibility and usability methods of testing.
My work at Apple is ending, and I will be available for other work in accessibility, or the general usability and user experience arena, starting in June.
(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
February 2008 — April 2008 (3 months)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IHG; Hospitality industry)
May 2007 — July 2007 (3 months)
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Research industry)
May 2006 — December 2006 (8 months)
CATEA is part of the College of Architecture at Georgia Tech. While there I worked on the ATWiki, located at http://www.assistivetech.net.
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; CKFR; Financial Services industry)
January 2005 — August 2005 (8 months)
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Market Research industry)
2003 — 2004 (1 year)
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; TSG; Internet industry)
August 2001 — December 2002 (1 year 5 months)
While at Sabre I worked mainly on interface details for the United Airlines booking sites.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
May 2000 — April 2001 (1 year)
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)
May 1999 — May 2000 (1 year 1 month)
(Information Technology and Services industry)
1995 — 1995 (less than a year)
MS , Human Computer Interaction , 2005 — 2007
I participated in the Ubiquitous Computing Research Group, led by Dr. Gregory Abowd, while working on my MS project.
Post-Baccalaureate Coursework , Computer Science, Math , 2001 — 2004
I took discrete math and a few CS courses, to prepare me for grad school work.
BA , Physics , 1994 — 1999
human-computer interaction, usability, accessibility, user experience research, user-centered design processes, universal design, assistive technology, web standards, WCAG, Section 508, PHP, UX, AX
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