1/2006 - Present Appointed Morris Township Board Member on the Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance Committee
• Confirm if all of Morris township’s public buildings and sidewalks are in compliance with legal and architectural standards and requirements with in the ADA
• Ensure if the public schools’ policies regarding access and accommodations, and public policies concerning access and accommodations have been met both the letter and spirit of the ADA
7/2006 – 2/2007 Movement for a Better America, Inc., Mount Freedom, New Jersey. National Disabilities Spokeswoman & Contributing Writer for the organization
• Public speaking
• Contributing articles for the Movement for a Better America’s website
1/2001- 12/2003 Appointed Board Member of the Planning Committee
• Planning the Annual Images Conference
• Public speaking
• Fundraising for this committee
1/2001 - 12/2003 Appointed Morris County Board Member on the Aging, Disabilities & Veterans
• Over saw the operations of programs for the aging, veterans and disabled from the Morris Township
• Wrote reviews on the programs’ inner workings
• Took care of distributing the funds for the county’s programs
6/2001-12/2001 Network Design Tools, Inc., Eatontown, NJ. Telecommunications Network Software Tester
• Wrote and executed test plans for graphical user interface (GUI) testing of a state-of-the-art telecommunications network optimization tool.
• Performed both manual and automated testing of the GUI using self-designed scripts, WinRunner and Test Director Tools
• Documented the testing results and made recommendations to the software developers to improve the quality of the software product
• Researched and then organized demos with other companies to find the right automated testing tools for this company
1/2001 - 12/2003 Appointed Morris County Board Member on the Aging, Disabilities & Veterans
• Over saw the operations of programs for the aging, veterans and disabled from the Morris Township
• Wrote reviews on the programs’ inner workings
• Took care of distributing the funds for the county’s programs
6/1999 - 7/2000 Ms. Wheelchair NJ 1999
• Public speaking
• Used communication skills at public appearances
• 7/2000 – Co-chairwoman for the Ms. Wheelchair New Jersey 2000 Pageant
• 11/1999 – Honored by the Township of Morris as a Citizen Extraordinaire
• 8/1999 – Competed in the Ms. Wheelchair America 2000 Pageant in Akron Ohio and won the Special Achievement Award
11/1997 - 11/1999 Artios Office Technologies Inc., Landing NJ. Free lance software application and development consultant
• Developed proprietary software applications based on client requirements using Microsoft Access 97
• Applications included inventory control, parking lot control, and accounting functions
6/1997 - 8/1997 IBM, Rochester, Minnesota. Pre-Professional Software Engineer
• Employee programmer performing general testing as well as GUI testing and software tool development
University of Notre Dame 1995-1997, Research Assistant to Dr. Peter Beery
• Assisted in the design and development and functioned as the principal tester of a joystick mouse with application potential for many disabled computer users
6/1991-8/1991 Frigidaire Company, Home Comfort Products, Edison, NJ. Consultant in the area of compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act
• Developed specifications to bring a 1.2M sq. ft. manufacturing facility, employing 1.5K employees into compliance with this landmark legislation
• Recommendations and implementations included policy, access, accommodation and physical renovation
• Recommendations based on federal regulations were developed to assure compliance with legal and architectural standards and requirements
• Suggested accommodations were challenged in court and were ruled to have met both the letter and spirit of the law