Nicholas Goodrum Email & Phone Number

Des Plaines, Illinois, United States

Americaneagle.com is an industry leading one-stop shop offering a full range of solutions from strategy planning to hosting. To add to these solutions, I built out and grew our proactive accessibility approach across the company. With this growth, I established Americaneagle.com's dedicated Accessibility department of specialists and its processes. I built up and transitioned leadership of the Front-End Development team, so I could fully dedicate attention to accessibility. Work in our department covers all types of projects from large Departments of Education and federal sites to e-commerce clients wanting to reach larger audiences. To meet the needs of clients, I facilitated extensive knowledge sharing/training in WCAG guidelines and requirements for compliance related to government regulations such as ADA, AODA, and Section 508. I am also a CPWA (Certified Professional in Web Accessibility) with the IAAP. The team and I provide training/consultation services, manual assessments using assistive technology, automation tool review/prioritization, document testing, and code remediation. The continued ties and history in front-end development allows for us to provide practical answers and solutions. I created our testing processes, documentation, knowledge libraries for different roles, and educational materials to meet the needs both internally and for clients. I am regularly keeping up to date with latest standards, browser limitations, and upcoming guidelines including WCAG 2.2. We actively do side projects including surveys and research into end user feedback to better determine pain points and approaches to make the web a more accessible place.Furthermore, I regularly speak about accessibility at events including those for WordPress communities, CSUN Accessibility Conference, Global Accessibility Awareness Days, as well as different association and local events. I aim to help educate clients and developers how to improve the web experience for all users.

Built and organized the front-end development levels and team structures to foster growth paths,mentorship opportunities, and develop a FED voice within all departments, as the company grew.•Oversaw all front-end teams which together scaled to over 50 members. Created training practices andhelped mentor all new front-end developers to then align with further leadership/mentorship.• Created leadership structures to conceptualize, collaborate, and develop standards for the everevolving front-end space including build tools and frameworks.• Grew the accessibility advocacy at the company and began the shift to being more educational andproactive to clients so they are aware of the requirements and benefits.• Recognized go to individual for DoubleClick For Publishers which is now Google Ad Manager.Consulted and created ad strategies and code structures for multiple clients including the AmericanDental Association.• Worked on high effort remediation and improvement projects for Departments of Education, federalsites requiring Section 508 compliance, as well as medical sites.• Helped with large complex framework projects in Angular and React. Helped implement initial workand startup multiple platform teams including the Sitefinity practice.• Setup connections with other roles such as graphic design review to make sure FED and designersare aligned on best approaches. Helped guide project managers on potential scope concerns andassess efforts.

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• Recognized as the lead developer to oversee a group of 3-5 front-end developers that continued togrow with merging teams and company scaling.• Further large client projects noted in prior positions at Americaneagle.com were also completed, suchas AJAX based Single Page Application social sites for USTA PlayTennis and tournament builders forUSA Ultimate.• Continued to manage multiple front-facing projects for USYS local and state organizations on a multisite instance.

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• I was recognized for my abilities to communicate and interact with clients and started managingprojects.• I lead projects for a USYS multi-site framework covering state and local websites.• Alongside, project work, I built out large websites while continuing to grow front-end developmentskillsets.

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• Built multiple customer sites in front-end development technologies of HTML, CSS, and JS thatneeded to support a wide variety of browsers.• Developed front-end code for large customer sites, such as NFL teams (e.g. The Giants), Nascar,Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and the USTA.• I also developed multiple Adobe Flash sites and tools as well as lead multimedia player projects.

• Instructed age groups ranging from toddlers to adults in the English language and culture. • Worked closely with staff in order to create an environment for students to experience foreign interaction and customs. • Used creative management of classrooms and materials in order to increase enjoyment for students while also maintaining high language acquisition.

• Developed online instructional courses for corporate clients such as Microsoft, Eli Lilly, and InfoMentis. • Handled sound management, graphic design, and Flash production for projects.• Recognized for the Actionscript code I wrote that then was utilized for future projects.