Ryan Benson

Current

Consultant at Access Technology Lab

Past

Lead Student Executive (Internet Marketing) at inCampus
GS 326/334 - Computer Specialist at Defense Contract Management Agency

Education

University of Washington

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Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

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Ryan Benson’s Summary

Web developer, with knowledge of web accessibility. I have created a few databases, which I hope to pursue further. I have worked with management-level employees with tasks ranging from mundane to policy research/development.

Ryan Benson’s Specialties:

Web design, CSS, accessibility, databases, Braille production

Ryan Benson’s Experience

Consultant

Access Technology Lab

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

October 2003 — Present (6 years 10 months)

- assist clients, gave recommendations on what products would be best suited
- support various assistive technology (software and hardware), ask for details
-- including demos
- transcribe text to Braille
- text to e-text (electronic text)
- use new products that came to the lab, became the lab expert, wrote tip sheets, and trained other staff on the product.
- web development
-- accessibility evaluations (occasionally on-the-fly)
Lead Student Executive (Internet Marketing)

inCampus

(Privately Held; Internet industry)

November 2007 — July 2008 (9 months)

- Lead Student Executive of Internet Marketing.
- Raise knowledge about inCampus through Internet strategies, mainly through blogging.
- Give advise on coding practices for both cleaner code, and accessibility.
- Redesigned html frame that was turned into asp.net
GS 326/334 - Computer Specialist

Defense Contract Management Agency

(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Government Administration industry)

June 2004 — September 2007 (3 years 4 months)

- Summer hire since 2004, usually between June and mid-to-late September.

My main tasks were:
- updates on the internal site
- develop small databases, and various web tools.

Other:
- assistant to management
- research policies and report on them

Ryan Benson’s Education

University of Washington

BA , Political Science , 2002 — 2008

President and Vice-President, Disability Advocacy Student Alliance

Activities and Societies:

Phi Kappa Tau, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Student Disability Commissoin (ASUW)