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

Recommended

2 people have recommended Ryan

Connections

99 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Blog
• My Website

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 2 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)

Additional Information

Ryan Benson’s Websites:

• My Blog
• My Website

Ryan Benson’s Interests:

web design, accessibility, technology

Ryan Benson’s Groups:

Phi Kappa Tau

•    Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity
•    Assistive Technology Professionals
•    CSS Designers & Developers
•    Section 508 Accessibility Professionals
•    Web 2.0 Accessibility Forum

Ryan Benson’s Honors:

DCMA Commanders Coin (Sept 07)
DCMA "One-Team" Award (Sept 07) - first recipient of this award at my office

Ryan Benson’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch