Summary
Christina is a creative front end developer with experience in many modern full stack technologies delivering high quality technical implementations.
She has extensive knowledge of accessibility coding practices and methodologies and has guided teams and companies in their journey to make more accessible software. Building from her career in design she is able to solve complex user experience problems and effectively lead creative and powerful solutions across teams.
Expertise
- Accessibility
- Front-End Development
- User Experience
- Design
- WCAG Guidelines
- WAI-ARIA
- Agile
Technologies
- HTML & CSS
- JavaScript
- Sass & Less
- NodeJS
- HandlebarsJS
- ExpressJS
- MongoDB
- Automated Accessibility Testing
- Manual Accessibility Testing
- CI/CD
Certifications
Certified Professional in Web Accessibility (CPWA)
IAAP - International Association of Accessibility Professionals
Issued May 2022
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Web Accessibility Specialist (WAS)
IAAP - International Association of Accessibility Professionals
Issued December 2020
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Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies (CPACC)
IAAP - International Association of Accessibility Professionals
Issued May 2022
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Senior Digital Accessibility Solution Engineer
Siteimprove
June 2018 — Present
- Technical accessibility subject matter expert and thought leader.
- Leads consultation services with customers and prospects to deliver accessible solutions. Guides teams in inclusive process enhancements to create high quality digital experiences for users of assistive technologies.
- Delivers heuristic evaluations of user experience, designs and prototypes for product enhancements and new digital assets throughout the product development lifecycle for customers and internal sales enablement tools.
- Conducts training for enterprise customers around technical implementation of accessibility processes, inclusive design, and development techniques to conform with WCAG 2.0, 2.1, WAI-ARIA, and other technical implementation standards.
- Develops digital products utilizing modern web technologies that increases sales prospecting conversion, improves sales cycle timelines, customer reporting, and streamlining internal business processes.
- Leads teams in a discovery processes to define the user experience strategy of new tools and products to enhance the current prospect and customer experience.
- Utilizes NodeJs, Mongodb, Express, Handlebars, SASS, Docker, Typescript, modern HTML and CSS techniques to deliver high quality, modern software products.
Senior Web Developer
Capella University, Online Products and User Experience
June 2016 — June 2018
- Developed CSS and front end markup for fully responsive, Web and WCAG 2.0 compliant dynamic web applications utilizing RESTful Web services.
- Refactored standard templates of web assets to incorporate ADA WCAG 2.0 AA standards.
- Established code review processes and mentored other developers to ensure quality products and compliance with internal and external standards.
Awards
- Capella Red Carpet Award: Course room experience enhancements.
- Day of innovation Award - Technical implementation of analytics tracking in the course room experience.
Web Designer and Front-End Developer
Capella University, Online Products and User Experience
June 2014 — June 2016
- Developed functional prototypes of large scale web applications using HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
- Assessed and implemented Accessibility WCAG 2.0 AA standards and practices in an Agile product development process.
- Refactored web assets into responsive web applications utilizing Sass/SCSS preprocessors.
Interactive Designer
Capella University, Online Products and User Experience
December 2008 — June 2014
- Design and develop micro-sites and other web standard compliant online tools, simulations, and resources that are cross browser and device ubiquitous.
- Art Director and lead Front End Developer for a large scale project for external clients utilizing a cross functional team of experts. Incorporated responsive design techniques and a content first user experience approach to drive development and cross device compatibility.
- Delivered UX concepts and map content hierarchy to convey complex and challenging material through user friendly interactive web products.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Graphic DesignUniversity of Minnesota — Twin Cities
College of Design
Focus: Interactive design, web design, fine art, typography, and architecture.
Volunteer Experience
- Secretary Board of Directors — Fireweed Community Woodshop Founding board member for the transition of the woodshop to a non-profit. I have been actively collaborating with the other founding board members to define the bylaws and operating procedures. Currently acting as Secretary officer of the board of directors, chair of the retail subcommittee, and member of the marketing and outreach subcommittee. The mission of Fireweed Community Woodshop is to empower women and non-binary folks through the art of woodcraft. Woodworking is an incredible skill that is both practical and creative. The act of woodworking builds confidence and strengthens the imagination. FCW's goal is to introduce women and non-binary folks to tools and techniques through classes while providing equipment, workspace, and community to help women and non-binary flourish within the craft.
- Robotics Mentor — Pillsbury United Communities Mentor for youth Lego Robotics league helping kids develop skills in logical thinking and basic object oriented programming concepts.
- Code Mentor — Rebecca Coder Dojo Mentor for girls between the ages of 8—18 on their journey exploring code and engaging in the science and technology field. We explore Scratch, AppInventor, Python, JavaScript, Arduino, and Robotics.