Brian DeConinck

Front-end designer, developer, and accessibility lead working in higher education. Committed to inclusive design practices emphasizing user empathy.

Experience

Web Solutions Implementation Specialist, NC State University

October 2014 to Present – Raleigh, NC & Chicago, IL

• Design, development, hosting, and content management consultant for campus units
• Senior developer and accessibility lead for central IT web consulting team
• Administrator/Super-Admin for campus single-site and multisite WordPress environments
• Project lead for central IT public-facing web properties
• Trainer for web content creation, content management, security, and accessibility
• For more details, see briandeconinck.com/ncsu

Content Specialist, WebAssign

October 2011 to October 2014 – Raleigh, NC

• Created math education content using HTML, Perl, and Mathematica
• Participated in rigorous code review, testing, and QA process
• Provided mathematics content support for student and faculty customers

Education & Certification

Bachelor of Arts, Northwestern University

September 2007 to June 2011 – Evanston, IL

• Mathematics (major)
• Science in Human Culture (adjunct major)

Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies, IAAP

March 2018

Professional Activites

Speaking & Presentations

See briandeconinck.com/speaking for recent presentations

WPCampus

• Host, WPCampus Podcast, profiling people and projects using WordPress in higher ed
• Project co-lead, Gutenberg accessibility audit
• Volunteer coordinator for WPCampus 2018, WPCampus Online 2019, and WPCampus 2019