Senior User Experience Researcher and Designer specializing in designing, evaluating, and modifying software and hardware interfaces (web, desktop, mobile, and wearable) to better support usability and accessibility.
Hospitality: Evaluated InterContinental Hotels Group/Holiday Inn booking sites for accessibility status using automated tools, code review, and manual testing.
Non-profit: usability evaluation, interface designer for web-based member system for Colorado Public Radio. User studies for World Forestry Center. WordPress setup, design, and maintenance for the Arc of the Mid-Columbia.
Designed, conducted, and reported on in-person usability studies for wrist-worn wearables.
Tested online billpay application for compliance with accessibility guidelines (Section 508 and W3C), using JAWS, Bobby, and extensive manual checks.
Researched accessibility issues and authored reports on compliance and guidelines for application development.
"Technology Careers: Not Just Coding"
"Accessible Content / Desktop to Mobile"
"Assumptions About Users, and Accessibility"
"Accessibility Testing for OSS Developers"
The Collaboratory's mission is to provide "a space for people of all abilities to explore the possibility of making: making art, making science, making crafts, making anything!"
WordCamp is "a conference that focuses on everything WordPress."
SCRAP's mission is to "inspire creative reuse and environmentally sustainable behavior by providing educational programs and affordable materials to the community."