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Chicago, Il, Us

Passionate about continuously improving digital experiences for people with disabilities.Designed and developed a suite of macOS/iOS proof-of-concept applications to deliver Audio Description and/or Assistive Listening in real-time over local WiFi to a smart device.Expert in WCAG 2.1 AA, and working in an agile environment with developers and designers in applying requirements to create accessible experiences.Proven ability to successfully lead accessibility efforts, throughout all phases of development, within large-scale projects and initiatives involving multiple cross-functional teams.Communicate digital accessibility needs and solutions with grace, logic and data.Able to work well in a large organization with many partners, with a demonstrated track record of building deep relationships and influencing peers and leaders.

Write, voice, mix, and produce Audio Description for pre-recorded media and live eventsRaising the bar of professional Audio Description practice.Co-chair of the SME Committee of the American Council of the Blind (ACB) to develop a certification for Audio Description professionals.Audio Description Experience Highlights:- 2021 Presidential Inauguration- 2020 Democratic National Convention- 2021 ACB Vernon Henley Media Award winner- 150+ live performing arts experiences- 20+ National Parks, including Grand Canyon, Grand Teton, Carlsbad Caverns, and Wrangell-St. Elias- Hundreds of hours of TV, promos, ads, and feature filmshttps://wildemouth.com/audio-description/

Mountain View, Ca, Us

Mountain View, Ca, Us

Symphony Teleca is a world-leading supplier of software services to the mobile communications industry. We offer world class operations and execution capability, both on-site and offshore. Using tailored solutions, systems design, integration and testing we help drive down development time and costs for leading industry players. Symphony Teleca has about 2,000 employees in 11 countries in Asia, Europe and North America.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Define and orchestrate the development of new mobile multimedia and digital entertainment applications and services worldwideDirected and coordinated international cross-functional development teams to launch Motorola’s first-ever integrated mobile client-server music and multimedia service on 8 products in 5 countries on-time and on-budget.o Performed extensive qualitative and quantitative consumer research to identify unmet needs around multimedia. Synthesized learnings into streamlined use caseso Evaluated, optimized and incorporated multiple 3rd party strategic business partner technologies to deliver differentiating mobile media experiences in emerging cellular marketso Completed entire client-server project in 12 months in the face of constantly changing functional requirements and shifting product schedulesGlobal Technical Marketing (2004 – 2006)Multimedia Software Engineer (2003 – 2004)

Chicago, Il, Us

Largest and most diverse private arts and media college in the nation.Instructed aspiring recording and sound-reinforcement engineers how the physical attributes of acoustics and hearing translated into the perceptual correlates of listening and cognition so that they would be able to make sense of the auditory world around them both for themselves and, ultimately, their audience.

A private consultancy for the entertainment industry.Provide future-leaning, innovative game audio programming & room acoustics consulting services.Client list includes: Virtual Music Entertainment, Inc., MusicPlayground.com, Namco Limited, QSound Labs, Inc., JAM Productions & the World Music Theatre.o Programmed the original music play-along user interfaces in the video adventure game, “Quest for Fame.” The “Rhythm EKG” display along with the “V-Pick” guitar and “V-Stix” drum input devices pre-dated the "Guitar Hero®" and “Rock Band®” video game serieso Wrote the book, "Audio Programming for Interactive Games," which presented a cutting-edge exploration of the creative potential of immersive, interactive and non-linear audio for games. The book provides hands-on demonstrations, step-by-step examples and sample code detailing how to create a game-audio software system that allows for direct creative control, composition and presentation of an interactive game soundtrack

A video game subsidiary of Viacom Inc., a leading global entertainment content company.Direct and manage all audio department programming, production and development projects. Allocate resources to deliver software and content to products.Published titles include: “Beavis and Butthead in Virtual Stupidity,” “MTV's Slamscape,” “Indian in the Cupboard,” “The Tale of Orpheo’s Curse,” and “Club Dead.”o Led the design and development of integrated audio software and content authoring tools for all in-house computer game titles on multiple platforms.o Prototyped pioneering audio playback technologies to create new interactive audio experiences.Supervisor of Audio Programming (1995 – 1996)Software Audio Engineer (1994 – 1995)

An audio effects processing technology company.Client list includes: CBS, Walt Disney Imagineering.Specialist in three-dimensional (3D) sound and audio image enhancement technologies. o Developed database of auditory filters to transform simple static mono and stereo recordings into complex, dynamic 3D audio soundscapes.

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Audio Description Institute, Audio Description

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M.S., Computer Studies In Music

B.S., Acoustics And Audio Science