scott williams’ résumé

 

1444 Glastonbury
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48103
(734) 478-1342 (HM)
(734) 764-0051 (WK)
<swims@umich.edu>
http://www.umich.edu/~swims

Professional Experience

(5-09 to Present)

Web Accessibility and Adaptive Technology Coordinator,
Office of Institutional Equity, University of Michigan.

  • Work closely with all campus populations to help eliminate barriers to an open educational and working environment.

  • Move the University toward a position of leadership in online accessibility.

  • Support and advocate for the use and development of accessible interface technologies for people with disabilities.

  • Help define and develop web accessibility best practices for the U-M environment, assist in identifying goals and methods for attaining them, and provide administrative support to the campus units involved in web development.

  • Develop a systematic program for training faculty, staff, and students in web accessibility practices and opportunities, along with campus promotion of related programs.

(5-00 to 5-09)

Web Project Manager,
Michigan Marketing & Design, University of Michigan.

  • Planned and coordinated web marketing projects and services.

  • Project managed the UM gateway, President’s, and many other University websites.

  • Oversaw and participated in web content production, including writing and editing.

  • Consulted with staff and campus clients on information architecture and website design.

  • Planned and implemented web and print marketing strategies, programs, and activities.

  • Managed web projects, planned budgets, schedules, content, multimedia, and materials acquisition.

  • Coordinated web usability and accessibility testing.

(11-96 to 5-00)

Web Developer/Webmaster, Web Services, Information Technology Division (ITD), University of Michigan.

  • Developed websites for various departments and units at the UM, including the:
    —College of Architecture and Urban Planning
    —School of Education
    —UM Online
    —Rackham Graduate School
    —MacArthur Middle Childhood Network

  • Served as webmaster for UM Online, the UM’s Internet service provider to UM alumni and retired faculty and staff. Also provided writing, editorial, and marketing support to U-M Online.

  • Functioned as Web Services’ project manager for many UM departments, including the:
    —College of Architecture and Urban Planning
    —School of Education
    —U-M Business School
    —Technology Management Office
    —Rackham Graduate School
    —MacArthur Middle Childhood Network.

  • Worked in Mac, Windows, and UNIX environments, with numerous web authoring tools. (Bbedit and Dreamweaver especially.)

(1-93 to 11-96)

Technical Writer/Editor, Webmaster, Center for Information Technology Integration (CITI), University of Michigan.

  • Served as webmaster for the Client/Server Exchange, a joint research project with IBM and the UM, setting up and maintaining the C/SE website on a Lotus Notes Domino server.

  • Assisted in CITI web page development and maintenance.

  • Created a Notes Database for the ITD Documentation group so they could organize their UM user documentation electronically.

  • Created several multimedia presentations for the C/SE with Macromedia Director.

  • Prepared the CITI quarterly reports for IBM sponsors.

  • Developed course materials for Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) classes.

  • Provided writing and editorial support for team members in the development of DCE presentations and white papers.

  • Wrote and edited CITI user documentation, technical reports, and newsletter articles.

  • Worked with numerous software packages, including Macromedia Director, PowerPoint, Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, Debabelizer, FrameMaker (Mac and UNIX), Microsoft Word, Interleaf, vi, xmh, xrn.

(3-89 to 11-92)

Technical Writer, Applied Dynamics International, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan.

  • Wrote software and hardware reference manuals, documenting a variety of engineering simulation products.

  • Edited reference manuals for consistency, style, and technical accuracy.

  • Maintained a documentation set of approximately sixty manuals.

  • Wrote sections of the test suite for the ADSIM simulation language compiler.

  • Wrote programming examples for software manuals.

  • Worked with Microsoft Word (DOS) and Aldus Freehand software packages.

Education

B.A., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (9-85).
Major: Anthropology

Postgraduate Classes, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan (1-86 to 12-88). Computer science and mathematics, with programming experience in C, FORTRAN, Pascal, and Assembly.

Honors

Angel Scholar (UM)
Dean’s List (UM and EMU)

Professional Society

ATHEN, AHEAD

References

Available on request.