Web Producer / Accessibility Consultant
Resume:
Resume of Qualifications
Christopher Schabel
San Antonio, Texas 78209
Professional Objective
To develop, manage, and direct web based initiatives in a team environment. To ensure web standards compliant, usable, and accessibile web development practices are used to create great user experiences.
Academic Achievements 1988-1995
Bachelor of Arts – Political Science/Economics
University of Texas, San Antonio
Economics / Foreign Affairs Studies
University of Maryland, Frankfurt, Germany
Summary of Work
Currently: Working on e-Commerce solution for large retail chain in San Antonio consisting of five store fronts. Also customizing CMS for small web based enterprise focusing on social and business networking.
2009 – Present - Web Producer - USAA
Serves as user interface point of contact. Manages and coordinates all aspects of development for UI design and member experience. Develops and owns UI requirements and specifications. Contributes to project requirements, and manages internal design resources and external design activities on multiple projects. Develops information architecture at the project level and integrates with the enterprise IA. Manages the creation of wireframes, comps, and other user interface related tasks. Accountable for all design related aspects of the project plan/schedule. Documents the rational for any design standards or patterns. Manages personas and usability testing activities. Coordinates UI design with standards, marketing, business, and legal. Participates in the development of page specifications, manages new image, page metadata, and coding protocol for SEO. Performs quality assurance testing during development and production validation. Reviews and performs system testing, prioritizing defects and findings. Specializes in ADA, 508, and WCAG compliance. Extensive knowledge in accessibility related technologies.
2008 – 2009 - Sr. User Interface Engineer (contractor)- Air Force
Familiarity with Waterfall and Agile development environments. Provided guidance to developers and contributed to code base achieving client and shareholder specific goals. Worked closely with training personnel, conducting usability studies and use cases. Created comprehensive business requirements based on data collection and analysis. Followed strict standards specified by the DoD, W3c and 508 compliance. Designed graphical wireframes and storyboards based on requirements documentation. Created dynamic presentations explaining user centric designs and development processes to shareholders and executive level personnel to gain support for future development efforts. Formulated and coded layouts, navigational structure, and information architecture. Modernized user interface for a clinical data base serving 81 medical treatment facilities stateside and overseas.
2001 to 2007 – Sr. web developer (contractor)- Department of Defense (DoD)
Senior web developer, user interface engineer, and graphic designer on Department of Defense (DoD) contracts. Designed and developed web applications (software) to support health care related initiatives within the DoD including but not limited to Tricare, Veteran Affairs and Health Affairs. Created storyboards, layouts, interface designs, navigation and branding from concept, through development on large scale web projects. Implemented solutions for browser compatibility issues and 508 compliance. Developed proposal content, consulting with colleagues to explain technical details in laymen’s terms. Designed Military Health System Enterprise Architecture (MHS EA) web application requiring knowledge in data modeling, enterprise architectures, DoD and Zachman architecture frameworks.
1996 – 2001 – Webmaster at Karta Technologies. (Currently NCI)
Designed, developed, and maintained large corporate web site for delivering business products and services to a variety of clients and shareholders. Instrumental in the development of web based training courses and distance learning initiatives. Conducted usability testing, marketing, and maintenance. Demonstrated strong leadership and project management abilities. Outstanding analytical, organizational, and communication skills. Experienced team member accomplishing aggressive goals within short timelines.
1993 – 1996 - Project Manager at IFORCE Interactive media.
Planed, directed and controlled the development, installation and maintenance of internet marketing solutions. Prioritized work, and provided work schedules for small development team. Consistently delivered projects on time, within budget. Adherence and enforcement of quality standards, giving technical and creative guidance to staff, while recommending improvements in their efforts. Provided effective personnel management and leadership.
1990 – 1993 - Web Developer at Internet Direct Inc.
Designed and developed, internet based marketing solutions for companies wishing to obtain or enhance their web presence. Performed client interaction and correspondence concerning all web development issues. Consulted and made recommendations to clients in order to produce a more compelling and intuitive product. Successfully presented the companies brand and identity, and researched the most cost effective means to present their products and services on the web.
Coding Graphic Design Other Familiarity
HTML
XML
DHTML
YUI
JQUERY
CSS
DOM
AJAX
SSI
Photoshop 3.5-CS4
Illustrator 7.0-CS4
Image Ready CS4
Flash 5-Studio8
Swift 3D
SEO
MS Project
Subversion
JIRA (task tracking)
MS Excel
Adobe Dream Weaver
PVCS
TFS
Visual Studio
DOORS
ASP
JSP
PHP
SQL
.NET
CERTIFICATIONS
1 DoD Information Management Training Program
2 RDP CONOPS and Scenarios
3 RDP JCIDS Analysis
4 HIPAA Certification
5 ADP 2 Security Clearance
REFERENCES
Michael Harmon
Internet Direct
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Jim Ramsey
MSI / Cornerstone Associates
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Kevin Lamping
USAA
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Sean Turner
Frost Bank
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