Ryan Benson
508 Assistant Coordinator at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Location
- Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
- Industry
- Information Technology and Services
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Ryan Benson's Overview
- Current
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- 2210 - IT Specialist at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Past
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- Consultant at Access Technology Lab
- Lead Student Executive (Internet Marketing) at inCampus
- GS 326/334 - Computer Specialist at Defense Contract Management Agency
- Education
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- University of Washington
- Recommendations
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2 people have recommended Ryan
- Connections
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187 connections
- Websites
Ryan Benson's Summary
Web developer, with knowledge of web accessibility. Extensive knowledge of Accessible/Assistive Technology for people with disabilities.
Specialties
(x)HTML, CSS, PHP, web standards, accessibility, Section 508, databases, Braille production
Ryan Benson's Experience
2210 - IT Specialist
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Government Agency; 10,001+ employees; Government Administration industry
August 2010 – Present (1 year 10 months)
My official position is IT Specialist, I am in training to be the Section 508 Assistant Coordinator. I currently am in charge of the Section 508 help desk. These questions can cover:
- Assistance with review of vendor PATs in response to a solicitation
- Technical assistance in determining applicable provisions and acceptance criteria
- Acquisitions language and process assistance re: Section 508
- Applications Development technical assistance
- Technical Assistance in testing procedures and documentation
- Capital Planning and Investment Control 508 submission assistance
- Escalation of policy-level issues through CDC management
I also assist with making the CDC (mainly internal) website Section 508 compliant.
Consultant
Access Technology Lab
Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry
October 2003 – August 2010 (6 years 11 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; 1-10 employees; 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+ employees; Defense & Space 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 Skills & Expertise
Ryan Benson's Education
University of Washington
BA, Political Science
2002 – 2010
President and Vice-President, Disability Advocacy Student Alliance
Activities and Societies: Phi Kappa Tau, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Student Disability Commissoin (ASUW)
Ryan Benson's Additional Information
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- Interests:
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web design, accessibility, technology
- Groups and Associations:
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Phi Kappa Tau
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- Honors and Awards:
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DCMA Commanders Coin (Sept 07)
DCMA "One-Team" Award (Sept 07) - first recipient of this award at my office
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