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New York, New York, United States

New York, United States

Admitted to CEAL (Computer-Enabled Abilities Lab) among 100+ applicants to support Computer Science Professor Brian Smith, in his research lab. I am currently working on an audio-haptic solution for blind people to explore images beyond the traditional alternative text. The work includes testing with Blind users, analyzing and implementing user feedback as well as software development in C# and modeling in Unity.

Remote

• Evaluate web applications, sites, and mobile applications for WCAG 2.0, 2.1 and 2.2 compliance for 30+ clients • Designed and created onboarding and training documentation to help new joiners with their auditing • Created well written and informative audit reports that show clients where issues are located, how to fix them (with relevant code solutions), and why they must be fixed• Used VoiceOver, NVDA, JAWS, TalkBack, Axe, WAVE, ARC Toolkit during auditing• Provide support for clients through HelpDesk support and audit review meetings• Mentored and trained new accessibility professionals via Knowbility’s AIR mentorship program• Represented TPGi at various public speaking opportunities including presenting at CSUN 2023

Remote

London, United Kingdom

what3words is the simplest way to talk about location. We've divided the world into a grid of 3m x 3m squares and assigned each one a unique 3 word combination making is possible for everyone to talk about everywhere. what3words is also a more accessible address. Its simplicity, consistent format, precision and ease of entry (voice and scanning) bring huge benefits to people with disabilities.•ACCESSIBILITY CHAMPION•STRATEGY• Created and executing the company-wide accessibility strategy for what3words• Coordinating cross-team efforts to ensure accessibility is considered at all stages and in all the teams• Creating a culture where all employees see accessibility as part of their day-to-day job, and not an afterthought • Positioned what3words as a thought leader in accessibility and a role model to other startupsPARTNERSHIPS• Main point of contact for accessibility apps who want to integrate what3words. I source and sell what3words to companies like Eye-D, GoodMaps Explorer, Access Earth, Seeing Assistant, FAR Vision Pro (Foresightar), Blindsquare, CityMaas. • Sourcing and managing the relationships with accessibility organisations that support what3wordsPEOPLE & CULTURE• Active member of the what3words Inclusion & Diversity group, advocating for the inclusion of people with disabilities in our user testing practices and company• Assessing tools for our employees with disabilities• Working on making our recruitment process as accessible as possible• Started and chair the accessibility champions networkUX RESEARCH & PRODUCT • Conducting user research to ensure we implement evidence-based changes and catch the errors that automated tools and empathy fail to reveal• Testing our products with Voice Over, JAWS, NVDA, Voice Control and giving feedback to our product teams• Coordinating our external audits

London, United Kingdom

- Structured, led and won aggressive sales deals against Seedrs’ main competitor, Crowdcube- Spoke publicly representing Seedrs at tech conferences- Sourced, created and maintained Seedrs’ strategic partnerships with entrepreneurial organisations such as Techstars, Campus London, Uber, Trello, Huckletree, Xoogler, GlobalInvestHer, etc.

London, United Kingdom

Crowdfunding platform that connects emerging fashion designers and consumers. Designers can upload their designs onto the platform and only when they get enough pre-orders do they go into production and to the customer's doorstep. www.modeforme.com (Startup Weekend London Winners 2015, Global Fashion Battle 2015 Winners)We successfully graduated from Techstars' pre-accelerator programme with Jon Bradford, Startup Next. Featured in the Huffington Post, Startups.co.uk, The Memo.

London, United Kingdom

Circle is the B2B market research company. Our mission is to uncover hidden truths about your target market and communicate these in a way which drives commercial success. We were named as the UK’s Best Agency at the 2016 MRS Awards. - Led consumer research projects on specific market segments for client such as Vodafone, Samsung and JLT. - Responsible for all the back end data analysis, for turning the data into a strong story and for creating a presentation for the client on the back of our analysis.

Master Of Science - Ms, Technology Management

Activities and Societies: Elected as a School of Professional Studies student representative

Fullstack Web Development Course, Computer Programming

Ruby on Rails, APIs, JSON, Relational databases, SQL, Postgres, HTML/CSS, Bootstrap, ES6 Javascript, Wireframes, prototyping, UI design.

Bachelor'S Degree, Politics And International Studies, 1St

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.) Year Abroad, Political Science, Gpa: 3.7

After having been selected out of three hundred students to take part in a prestigious exchange programme, I spent my second year.

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