Chris is currently seeking employment while completing his MFA thesis, which investigates if real-time strategy computer games can be made accessible to players with physical disabilities. He graduated from George Mason University with a Bachelor of Arts in Integrative Studies with an Internet and Multimedia concentration and a Minor in Business. Chris has over 8 years of experience as an interactive web designer, including 5 years as a web accessibility consultant, for clients including Bank of America, the Commonwealth of Virginia, George Mason University, and the American Red Cross.

Chris is currently seeking a senior-level position as a Web Accessibility Consultant or Web Accessibility Manager who is responsible for auditing websites for compliance with WCAG 2.0 and Section 508 standards, recommending a comprehensive remediation and maintenance strategy, leading training sessions, authoring technical documentation, and improving accessibility-related processes.

Professional Highlights:

● Accessibility consulting, auditing, and training experience with Federal agencies, financial institutions, and higher education.
● Comprehensive knowledge of the W3C’s Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 and Section 508 §1194.22.
● Hand-coding expertise for accessible, standards-compliant websites with clean, semantic, valid XHTML and CSS.
● Eight (8) years of career-related experience in freelance, industry, and academic environments.

Description of your organisation.

Web Accessibility Consulting, Game Accessibility Consulting, Universal Design, Information Architecture, User Experience Architecture