Candidate: Peter Daly

Web a**y Accessibility Specialist

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Peter Daly

Web a11y Accessibility Specialist

ad2npf@r.postjobfree.com

CAREER OBJECTIVE:

As a web designer/developer and an ADA/Section 508 certified Trusted Tester, my aim is to provide the best SDLC environment for Accessibility and Usability performance for all web content by providing guidance and leadership to both Business and Dev Teams for meeting compliance goals for accessible web and mobile applications.

EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION

●A11y Senior Consultant

●DHS Trusted Tester Certification 3.4

●WCAG 2.0 & WCAG 2.1 Tester/ Web Developer

●Computer Training Institute, Chubb Computer Training Institute

Experience overview

15 years of providing technical project management support for both government and non government companies. Led multiple federal and commercial web project teams through the SDLC development, testing and implementation phases for meeting functional and accessibility compliance. Analyzed requirements for complex web projects and holds expert knowledge in conducting and participating in formal test and review processes. Identifies and applies web best practices while ensuring completion of projects. Initiates procedures for contract management, program management, root cause analysis, continuous process improvement, project life cycle, project management, web performance, and defect management.

As an a11y Accessibility subject matter expert (SME), I am focused in web development, web design, usability, and accessibility testing/validation by using both manual and automated tools with test scripts. Experienced with WCAG and Section 508 compliance and proficient in web and mobile applications. Possesses extensive java programming knowledge, in addition to comprehensive experience by leading Dev team training events for accessibility. Proficient with JAWS and NVDA screen readers for functional and accessibility testing; and hold the DHS Trusted Tester Certification.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

●a11y

●Manual Testing

●Google Analytics

●Java

●Section 508

EXPERIENCE

●Defect Management

●JAWS, NVDA

●CSS4/ HTM5

●JIRA / Confluence

●WCAG 2.0

●Automated Testing

●Comply & AMP tools

●Mobile simulators

●VoiceOver, Talkback

●WCAG 2.1

●Agile/SCRUM

●Web Development

●ARIA

●Responsive Web

●APPIUM

Google, WCAG 2.0 Accessibility Analyst July 2017 – Present

●Mentored UX Dev Teams on implementing best practices for UX to meet WCAG 2.1;

●Accessibility Lead for the Agile development teams for defect management;

●Improved usability and accessibility of Google internal and external applications;

●Created compliance template libraryfor Dev teams to ensure consistency;

● Validated WCAG compliance by code, manual testing, & Jaws screen readers;

●Provided training and guidance to developer teams for bug remediations; and

●Guided Dev teams using HTML5 ARIA to expand the dynamic semantics of apps.

CVS Retail, QA Accessibility Team Lead March 2017 – July 2017

●Provided defect management for accessibility compliance to development teams

●Identified and reported bug defects as well as corrections in Jira ;

●Reviewed QA results for verification with Development Project Management;

●Mentored Dev Teams on WCAG 2.0 & WCAG 2.1 for Mobile Responsiveness;

●Assessed compliance performance and provided code remediation samples;

●Created code templates for Dev teams to provide root cause solutions;

●Provided guidance to meet compliance with automated & manual testing tools;

●Verified mobile bug fixes with JAWs, iOS VoiceOver, and AndroidTalkback.; and

●Assessed that web objects had proper parent/child associations with ARIA.

Dept of Homeland Security, Section 508/UI Tester Analyst, Jan 2015 – Feb 20 17

●Managed and led 3 Dev teams for Accessibility with asp, ajax, and java;

●Reviewed User Stories for enhanced Usability with UI Designer;

●Mentored UX Dev Team members on implanting best practices for UI;

●Accessibility Lead for the Agile development teams for defect management;

●Guided Agile Sprints with continuous iterative analysis reports for each sprint following the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 for conformance and functionality with manual, automated and screen reader tools;

●Created compliance code patterns for Dev teams to implement and use collectively;

●Validated Section 508 by code review, manual testing, and JAWs screen reader;

●Provided project management oversight of lead developer-testers by training and mentoring to ensure test teams provided valid and accurate test results.

●Tracked the performance metrics of the development teams, and tasked each team to meet full compliance unless there were exceptions/blockers granted for an undue burden;

●Tasked to ensure all Dev teams were consistent in their deliverable code; and

●Reviewed all User Interface object for proper labeling and User directions.

JP Morgan Chase, WCAG 2.0 Accessibility Analyst Jan 2013 – Dec 2014

●Provided a11y defect management support for analysis and remediation of accessibility compliance issues by inspecting and validating web applications;

●Verified documentation on ‘done’ status for each Sprint with web applications;

●Provided defect management support for analysis and remediation of web apps;

●Identified improvements and fixes to meet a11y project milestones for timely completion in a bug tracking pipeline of Jira and Confluence;

●Reviewed QA results for verification with Development Project Management;

● Assessed a11y compliance performance as QA lead and mentor to each development team.

●Analyzed provided solution root cause fixes for bug issues;

●Validated and analyzed test results of 10 Agile Dev teams for Section 508 compliance;

● Assessed web and mobile apps with automated, semi-automated, and manual testing tools;

●Skilled with automated tools such as Deques’s Comply, LevelAccess' AMP, & Tenon.io; and

●Supervised remediation plan for e-docs of Word and PDF with Adobe Acrobat.

V. A. Fed Agency, Web Developer / Accessibility Analyst, Jan 2002 - Dec 2012

●Maintained federal website for accessibility conformance of CSS, HTML and Java;

●Developed and presented WCAG 2.0/Section 508 training to all federal Dev teams;

●Presented code samples with new beta ARIA semantics for user interfaces;

●Initiated rewards program to inspire continuous improvement with all Dev teams;

●Enhanced a11y conformance metrics by 30 – 50% with positive reward programs;

●Provided over-sight of bug defect management;

●Validated and analyzed test results as embedded tester;

●Maintained Veteran Affairs web pages for CSS, HTML, and graphics ; and

●Developed and maintained adobe Flash for the federal main page banner.

●Created and maintained all departmental e-docs for public facing; and

●Ensured all e-docs met all Section 508 accessibility compliance in Acrobat;

●Tested and remediated all e-docs for full accessibility;

●Presented monthly webinars for dev teams on WCAG 2.0 and ARIA.

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