Dave G. Tyler

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SUMMARY

Over 15 years’ experience effectively applying Section 508 standards to Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to improve accessible for people with disabilities. This is accomplished by interpreting Section 508 standards against products, or services designed, maintained and procured to comply with applicable Section 508 provisions. Also use Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) to scope for accessibility conformance issues and corrections.

Ten years with UX or UI design experience providing expert knowledge in Information Architecture (IA) to organize and label interfaces supporting usability and find-ability.

Perform key roles involving user interface and usability concepts, including Web strategies tailored to client requirements and expectations to create logical navigation and functional systems to targeted audiences.

Comfortable within Strum team development environments, working in and maintaining agile workflows Sprints in Iterative production workflows.

Knowledgeable constructing semantic code using HTML5 framework, and responsive layouts and CSS3 techniques for front-end interface development. Familiar in the use of CSS preprocessor tools (such as SASS, LESS, and FlexBox).

Over 20 years as an expert in document remediation for many of the widely used source file formats such as Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) and InDesign, Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint and Excel), and HTML.

Perform key supporting tasks for stakeholders as a resource within life-cycle development projects; manage schedules, interact with vendors, effectively utilize resources, and deliver artifacts for projects in time and on budget.

Evaluation of search engine optimization (SEO) analytics and search engine marketing (SEM), to use traffic analysis, reporting trends to target audience and browser compliance.

Manage, instruct and train content developers and clients to produce products using best practices. Make people aware that all types of ICT are compliant for the widest possible audience.

By being a print ant web designer, for many years I have created responsive cross-media customer-centered layouts, wireframe, prototype or storyboard graphic representations for project management, evaluating process, timelines, in the conception design process.

Communicate effectively in design and technical methodologies to customers, and clearly explain reasons and purposes why the best outcomes are by performing best practice solutions.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Tygart Technologies, Inc.

Federal Bureau of Investigations

04/2016-Present

Section 508 Compliance Analyst

As a key member I provide subject matter expertise in all aspects of the Bureau’s Accessibility Compliance Program. I assist by being a technical resource, and advocate of cultural accessibility awareness for every disabled user. As a member of the Accessibility Program Team I provide guidance assessing Section 508 compliance issues, present sound testing practices, and follow federal standards to review ICT for accessibility compliance for the FBI community. By participating with the team I help standardize assessment practices while acting upon community accessibility issues. I target my efforts towards goals which elevate ICT product, increase quality towards full accessibility, and strengthen the accessibility culture throughout the working community.

OST Global

Federal Emergency & Management Administration (FEMA)

09/2013-06/2016

Webmaster/Section 508 Analyst

At OST Global I supported the FEMA National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). This included being a Webmaster performing updates and maintenance to their public Website, maintaining multiple Intranet SharePoint business environments using SharePoint Designer, all while supporting content accessibility as a Section 508 Analyst.

Spearheaded reporting requirements used to present a transformational plan to the federal customers to take their contractor maintained commercial website to a federal government domain. I outlined all the steps needed to submit a domain waiver, transaction requests between agencies (DHS, OMB, and GSA), to federally register their domain and domain name.

As the front-end design lead for redesign projects across their program I helped to upgrade many of their web-based business applications. I scoped mission requirements, developed personas, created digital and paper wireframes with ideation techniques to produce prototypes to help plan and execute project development products with my team. I interacted with business groups to architect navigations taking user experience input into consideration to present deliverables on time and under budget. Finished products were tailored to customer expectations.

Performed accessibility audits to identify areas for remediation initiatives in detailed reports

Established Section 508 training using best practices across iService Team groups to standardize IT governance directives for information content to codify their overall maintenance policy.

Federal Aviation Administration

12/2012 – 9/2013

Section 508 Analyst

I was assigned to provide subject matter expertise for the FAA, providing Section 508 guidance requiring adherence to all applicable laws, as well as WCAG 2.0 requirements. My overall role responsibilities consisted of:

Performed Section 508 Compliance validation using automated tools and manual conformance methods for information and ICT to be in accordance accessibility standards, while providing detailed summary reports of results.

Offered technical assistance and guidance to developers and other relevant stakeholders to resolve 508 non-compliance issues.

Developed step by step reference guides, user manuals and checklists, and multimedia tutorials on how to create accessible websites using industry best practices.

Resolved accessibility non-compliance issues, and provided best practices to our developer community.

Created targeted training materials, and conducted individual and group training sessions to increase the capabilities for accessibility document creation.

Developed processes to help improve the effectiveness and efficiency of Section 508 planning, design, development and testing methods.

Evaluate latest website scanning products to use for 508 compliance testing.

Ensured System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) work products produced follow the project and organizational standards and are properly maintained.

Actively managed relations with FAA’s large community of content creators and stakeholders, to help establish consistent accessibility standards to follow.

TylerConsulting Group, LLC

9/2013-10/2013

Web Design and Section 508 Compliance Analyst

My job for the Advanced Software Design (ASD) was as an independent subcontractor conducting accessibility and usability testing, along with web interface design support to assist ASD with their CMS Enterprise Portal Integration validate code to requirement standards. I worked remotely for ASD project team managers where I modified navigations on web pages to address usability requirements, and to troubleshoot against targeted browser compatibility issues. My tasks were done iterative through scrums prepared by given daily updates to maintain a tight workflow and stay within projection timelines. I documented time and progress accurately until completion of assigned mission. Provided suggestions to technical issues that used jQuery, and other Java Scripting inconsistencies that were identified, and developed usability scripts to be used for JAWS screen reader testing.

Koniag Technologies

Internal Revenue Service

12/2011 – 12/2012

Senior Section 508 Compliance Specialist

My role as a Senior Compliance Analyst at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Information Resource Accessibility Program (IRAP) office was provided subject matter expertise for the Section 508 Programs Director, a technology stakeholder for Electronic Life Cycle (ELC) projects.

Responsibilities also included review of procurement technology contracts, Statements of Work (SOW), purchasing Task Orders (TO), and all other requisitions to ensure they capture Section 508, and to verify these contracts or deliverables to include clear Section 508 language as required by law.

Working directly with internal developers and project stakeholders, and external product vendors working with test scripts and conducted evaluations to determine Section 508 compliance. I analyzed design documents, reviewed interface mock-up, wireframes, and evaluated technical materials to provide informed recommendations to ensure products were Section 508 compliant.

Assisted in developing job-aid documentation, writing compliance/risk statement plans, or accessibility conditions used as guidance for ICT to move towards a path of federal Section 508 compliance standards.

Jacobs Technologies

Department of Health & Human Services (HHS)

2/2011 – 12/2011

Section 508 Subject Matter Expert (SME) and Usability Designer

As a project Section 508 SME I was tasked to integrate Section 508 compliance standards into interface design for the PSC Acquisition Portal Business Application at Health and Human Services (HHS). This assignment called for providing analysis and recommendations while implementing changes to establish Section 508 standards, as well as training the PSC developer team on accessibility remediation techniques, and how to maintain accessibility on an ongoing basis.

My experience as a designer allowed me to provide user interface and usability infrastructure recommendations for better user experience (UX) and construct methods enhancing their portals customer-centered environment. I established and organized classifications for document inventory, ensuring their accessibility, or identifying for archive.

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

3/2006 – 2/2011

Web Developer, Designer/Section 508 Expert

At the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Information and Technology for the Office of the Director (OD) my role was to provide much needed Web-based technical and creative support for over 200 Web sites, maintain browser applications or business products for the Office of Director Institute. This included lifecycle development and team support for projects, and project assistance by gathering requirements to formulate new design and redesign projects. This included preparing technical wire-frames and working models in a customer-based iterative design process. Being proficient in print and w design, and HTML made me a valuable resource in document conversion for customers both creatively and technically between several different formats, to include HTML, Adobe PDF, Microsoft Office and SharePoint products, as well as many others, to accessibility standards.

I directly assisted the OD Section 508 Coordinator as an adviser to help make accessibility and compliance standards used throughout the Institute. This included policy documents that were instituted. I played a large part in drafting their OD Institutes’ Compliance and Remediation Plan. Other duties were as a Section 508 panel member of the NIH Section 508 Advisory Board, participating in a monthly meeting requirement to provide guidance throughout the agency institutes regarding Section 508 issues. For over a year I sat in as a member of the NIH Accessibility Accommodation Committee where when necessary accommodation approvals for E&IT were awarded were undue burden was determined.

DGTDesigns, LLC

10/1992 – 3/2006

Freelance Media Designer

I supported customer assignments as a Web or design consultant through agencies like BossStaffing, Inc., Vistec, Inc., and Aquent Partners. As a front-end designer, I worked direct assignments creating interactive testing tools, and have written support documents used to help evaluate talent, aptitudes and knowledge for specific skill-sets. My abilities in design and process development include extensive beta testing, documentation, and staff training.

Working with a predominance of U.S. Government clients, I was often tasked to adhere with existing agency accessibility standards, or provide advice and assistance towards meeting Section 508 guidelines. I created and maintained Intranet, and Internet sites, developed accessible web templates, delivered support in desktop publishing, print, multimedia design, and multimedia animation.

I worked increasingly complex and demanding assignments for the US State Department Foreign Service Institute, and Morgan State University.

Contracted by a staffing agency as a Flash Designer to create and design an interactive testing tool and documentation used to evaluate talent aptitude and knowledge within the Flash authoring environment.

As a consultant at Morgan State University with technical and production support redesigning and maintaining their Carl J. Murphy Fine Arts Center Web site.

Supported Intranet and Internet coding and template maintenance, Section 508 accessibility, and updates in support of expanding production requirements using ColdFusion at the Export/Import Bank in Washington DC.

Developed online training courseware meeting Section 508 and SCORM guidelines at the US State Department’s Foreign Service Institute (FSI)

At Sojourner-Douglass College, a small private learning institution, I provided project coordination and technical assistance for their campus website, the Workforce Transportation Referral Center, and their Workforce Development Coalition micro-sites.

Pragmatics, Inc., Meds Publishing, Windwalker, Inc., Ruesch International, US House of Representatives, 11/2000 – 11/2002

As a web designer for the U.S. Justice Department I worked with departmental content managers maintaining, updating, revising Internet and Intranet website products; reviewed ICT against Section 508 accessibility standards, and administered websites through the Vignette Content Management System (CMS). At their Justice Management Division (JMD), Web Development Section I worked as a with technical team of creative specialists where I utilized my expertise in layout and design to help train content managers to maintain Internet and Intranet interface templates through their CMS application with accessibility standards in mind.

Created print marketing materials for Meds Publishing utilizing QuarkXPress, Adobe PageMaker, Photoshop and Illustrator. Also I contributed to software strategies developing front-end interfaces for software applications and e-learning products using Macromedia Flash.

In a key role as an Illustrator I created original illustrations assets used in online educational curriculums at www.K-12.com. Conferring alongside instructional content designers I created original graphic that were made into instructional Adobe Acrobat PDF.

At Ruesch International’s Strategic Marketing department as a creative designer helped launch their redesigned website. Using multimedia applications such as Microsoft PowerPoint and Macromedia Flash, I worked with their Information Technology department to incorporate online applications, printed marketing materials and materials for their training department.

I helped to maintain congressional websites so that they met Section 508 and accessibility standards for constituency customers for members at the US House of Representatives using Microsoft FrontPage.

TECHNICAL SUMMARY

Operating System Proficiency: Windows 8.1, Windows 7, SQL Server 2005, IIS; Ipswich WS_FTP Server; Apple OS 9.0

Web Design: Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, SharePoint Designer 2010, Expressions Web; Adobe Creative Cloud: (includes Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat, Dreamweaver, and Flash); Adobe ColdFusion; Balsamic and Azure; HTML5, DHTML, XHTML, CSS2/3, XSLT, jQuery, ActionScript (Flash), Spry, jQuery, ASP.NET, and JavaScript.

Graphic/Desktop Publishing Programs: Quark Xpress 9; Adobe PageMaker 6.5; Acrobat XI Professional; Metacreations Infini-3d; Kinetics 3d Studio Max 2; Microsoft Office 2013 (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Project, Access); Swift3d 5.

Assistive Technologies (AT): JAWS 7-13; Non Visual Desktop Access (NVDA); Dragon Naturally Speaking 11.5; Dragon Dictation; Zoom-Text 10; Hi-Software AccVerify, Compliance Sheriff; Windows 7 built-in speech recognition.

EDUCATION

Central Montgomery Technical School Norristown, PA Vocational, 6/1974 Major: Commercial Art

CERTIFICATIONS

IT Service Management Foundation (based on ITIL), 28 Aug 2008

CLEARANCE

TS/SCI w/Poly (active)

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