Central Accessibility Team

Analyst on the Accessibility, Accommodation and Adaptive Computer Technology (AAACT) program

- Providing technical product ownership over the flagship product- Managing multiple stakeholders and deadlines on a quickly evolving product- Writing detailed technical user stories for a cross functional team- Leveraging design, UX, full stack development experience to write tightly scoped user stories for more efficient sprints and rapid releases- Coaching the team on product knowledge and providing technical guidance to help grow a better understanding of the product and the… Show more - Providing technical product ownership over the flagship product- Managing multiple stakeholders and deadlines on a quickly evolving product- Writing detailed technical user stories for a cross functional team- Leveraging design, UX, full stack development experience to write tightly scoped user stories for more efficient sprints and rapid releases- Coaching the team on product knowledge and providing technical guidance to help grow a better understanding of the product and the team skillset- Helping specified roles become more cross functional with an iterative planning process- Working closely with other teams to coordinate on client, marketing, and internal initiatives.- Organizing and facilitating scrum rituals- Managing multiple simultaneous roles (developer, scrum master, product owner) while still meeting company objectives- Building new features on the Sportlogiq platform using Angular 5,6,7- Leading accessibility initiative with training, lunch & learns, QA Show less

- Digital Consultant- Web & Software Development, Accessibility Consulting, Auditing- Developed web and software products for clients such as Good & Well, CIBC, Sovi Creative- Developing web projects using ReactJS, Angular 2+, Ember, KnockoutJS- Wordpress and Kentico development- Digital Process consulting

- Building out internal tools with Angular2- Auditing mobile applications for WCAG 2.0 accessibility compliance- Auditing website for performance, accessibility and validation issues.- Creating action items based on audits to improve the quality of the site- Directing the user experience of the website and consulting on UX of applications- Research and prototyping of various frameworks to choose the right tools for the needs of the product.- Developing projects using… Show more - Building out internal tools with Angular2- Auditing mobile applications for WCAG 2.0 accessibility compliance- Auditing website for performance, accessibility and validation issues.- Creating action items based on audits to improve the quality of the site- Directing the user experience of the website and consulting on UX of applications- Research and prototyping of various frameworks to choose the right tools for the needs of the product.- Developing projects using ES2015 (Ecmascript 6), Typescript, RXJS- Increasing accessibility and performance of promotional microsites.- Working with other departments to increase product accessibility across platforms Show less

- Founded and led the company accessibility team, which held regular company meetings to ensure accessibility was built into the company process.- Mentored junior developers and assisted on various issues across all teams.- Worked in both waterfall and agile environments.- Develop responsive, accessible websites for various clients.- Projects primarily created using asp.NET, Javascript, HTML5, CSS3 and various javascript frameworks including Knockout, Bootstrap 3… Show more - Founded and led the company accessibility team, which held regular company meetings to ensure accessibility was built into the company process.- Mentored junior developers and assisted on various issues across all teams.- Worked in both waterfall and agile environments.- Develop responsive, accessible websites for various clients.- Projects primarily created using asp.NET, Javascript, HTML5, CSS3 and various javascript frameworks including Knockout, Bootstrap 3, Foundation.- Responsible for developing projects to adhere to accessibility standards such as AODA/WCAG.- Extensive use of CSS preprocessors (LESS, Sass).- Develop projects using Visual Studio, Sublime Text, Xamarin for all major browsers on all platforms.- Experience using tools such as Grunt and bower to improve efficiency.- Experience developing sites for both profit and non-profit organizations.- Develop sites using a variety of CMSs including Blackbaud NetCommunity and Kentico.- Required to work on numerous projects simultaneously. - Responsible for working with clients, PMs, designers and the UX team to create the highest quality product. Show less

- Develop large scale websites for various clients.- Web and mobile-web development.- Use of cutting edge front end technologies such as HTML5 canvas, CSS3 animations.- Implementation of various javascript frameworks and libraries such as Bootstrap 3, backbone.js, jQuery.- Writing and modifying custom javascript plugins for various projects.- Use of responsive design to achieve optimal user experience across all devices.- Implemented JIRA across the company - an… Show more - Develop large scale websites for various clients.- Web and mobile-web development.- Use of cutting edge front end technologies such as HTML5 canvas, CSS3 animations.- Implementation of various javascript frameworks and libraries such as Bootstrap 3, backbone.js, jQuery.- Writing and modifying custom javascript plugins for various projects.- Use of responsive design to achieve optimal user experience across all devices.- Implemented JIRA across the company - an incredibly powerful project management tool to assist in all projects.- Developed APIs for a web game.- Gained valuable experience with projects involving phonegap, wordpress, marionette, PHP, Smarty, responsive design.- Researched and hosted talks on topics such as Xamarin, managing projects and API documentation. Show less

- Led development on flagship events such as NHL Trade Deadline, Masters Golf, NHL Draft- Transitioned from software development to lead Full Stack developer- Developing reliable, user friendly web pages for high traffic events,- Software development of a stats processing engine using C#- Building APIs to provide third party app developers- Creating dynamic and static pages with Visual Studio- Writing well documented code to process files for integrated and stand alone… Show more - Led development on flagship events such as NHL Trade Deadline, Masters Golf, NHL Draft- Transitioned from software development to lead Full Stack developer- Developing reliable, user friendly web pages for high traffic events,- Software development of a stats processing engine using C#- Building APIs to provide third party app developers- Creating dynamic and static pages with Visual Studio- Writing well documented code to process files for integrated and stand alone projects,- Creating an MVC3 website using Entity Framework,- Building a data model for improved organization and efficiency,- Developing front end and server side projects,- Developing and integrating video player and playlist processing,- Developing internal tools for more efficient processing of media,- Developed error logging using Elmah and custom handlers,- Create and test high traffic multimedia pages for special events,- Maintain website and CMS using javascript, xhtml, css3 and XML. Show less

- Worked as Manufacturing Technician for Press and Assembly lines- Inspected parts at different stages of production for defects and recorded results- Worked in a fast paced environment performing repetitive tasks which required hand-eye coordination and manual dexterity