Nicholas S. Baker
Boise,ID
Summary
Passionate accessibility professional with exceptional leadership and communication skills. A lifelong learner that loves to dig into the documentation to form technical-based conclusions and arguments. Expertise in WCAG implementation and assistive technologies in a wide range of virtual forms.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Accessibility Engineer
CVS Health
Cumberland, RI (Remote)
10.2022 - Current
- Increased defect count by 24% over average in 2023 and 56% in 2024
- Raised team productivity by 4% in 2023 and 14% in 2024
- Performed timely, detailed audits and design reviews to meet the deadlines of Scrum sprints, using Rally
Web Accessibility Specialist
MicroAssist
Austin, TX (Remote)
06.2021 - 10.2022
- Curated VPAT-based ACRs (Section 508, WCAG 2.1, EU, and INT)
- Performed audits with a strong understanding of W3C WCAG 2.0/2.1 Level A/AA standards both manually and automatically (WAVE, Axe DevTools, Siteimprove, IBM A11y Checker, etc.)
- Interpreted HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to form remediations for developers
Project Lead (Accessibility)
QualityLogic
Boise, ID (Remote)
12.2020 - 06.2021
- Produced detailed project status reports for clients and senior management
- Led and trained a team of both sighted and non-sighted testers
Accessibility Test Consultant
QualityLogic
Boise, ID (Remote)
03.2020 - 12.2020
- Vast experience with screen readers such as JAWS, NVDA, TalkBack, VoiceOver, and Microsoft Narrator on a wide variety of test cases (websites, apps, videos, PowerPoints, PDFs, etc.)
- Created and maintained detailed test plans via Google Sheets and Excel
Education
Certification - Full-stack Web Development
Coding Dojo
Boise, ID09.2019
Bachelor of Science - Philosophy
University of Idaho
Moscow, ID12.2017
Skills
- Expertise in WCAG standards and testing
- Extensive assistive technology usage
- Full-stack web development / WAI-ARIA
- Agile/Scrum via Jira, Confluence, Kanban, and Rally
Certification
- Web Accessibility Specialist (WAS), IAAP - Mar, 2023
- Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies (CPACC), IAAP - May, 2023
- Certified Professional in Web Accessibility (CPWA), IAAP - May, 2023
Timeline
Accessibility Engineer
CVS Health
10.2022 - Current
Web Accessibility Specialist
MicroAssist
06.2021 - 10.2022
Project Lead (Accessibility)
QualityLogic
12.2020 - 06.2021
Accessibility Test Consultant
QualityLogic
03.2020 - 12.2020
Certification - Full-stack Web Development
Coding Dojo
Bachelor of Science - Philosophy
University of Idaho
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