Derek Peschel is seeking a position to use his expertise in accessibility and compliance testing. He has over 2 years experience testing accessibility and legal compliance at Microsoft. His qualifications include strong communication skills, software testing experience, and familiarity with assistive technologies on various platforms. He is knowledgeable about accessibility standards and laws. His resume provides details of his work history and education.

1. Derek H. Peschel (206) 419–3002 derek.peschel@gmail.com
Objective
To use my expertise to make computer technology accessible to low-vision and blind users
Qualifications
 Outstanding written and oral communication skills; other soft skills
 Two years testing accessibility and legal compliance; more than 18 months other software testing
 14 months teaching and tutoring
 Familiar with Mac OS X and applications, iOS, VoiceOver, Android, TalkBack
 Familiar with MS Windows and applications, NVDA, Window-Eyes, Narrator
 Background knowledge of WCAG standards, Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, CVAA
Work History
05/13 – present Accessibility and Compliance Tester – Microsoft Corporation Redmond, WA
Common job duties on more than 30 projects:
 Find the unique requirements of each project, learn skills for future projects.
 Work as part of a team with coworkers, developers, managers.
 Communicate results in clear, actionable, reproducible form. Use best judgment but ask questions as needed.
Project highlights (most recent to least recent):
 Working directly with Windows 10 developer/manager teams, tested for usability with NVDA and Magnifier.
 When not meeting with teams, independently tested Windows 10 insider builds as they were released.
 Did structured and unstructured testing: followed scenarios, checked regressions, explored, found and reported new
bugs.
 Checked SQL Server Reporting Services, a complex Web application, for Section 508 compliance.
 Tested weekly Windows 10 builds for accessibility and usability.
 Tested same scenarios on Surface Pro 3, Windows Phone. Tested with Narrator, Magnifier, high contrast.
 Logged new bugs, regressions, noted bugs fixed. Reproduced difficult bugs for developers at weekly meetings.
04/10 – 03/11 Teaching assistant (volunteer) – Seattle Central Community College Seattle, WA
 Tutored three quarters of introductory JavaScript for two different instructors.
 Answered students’ e-mail questions about homework, guiding students to produce and understand results.
 Attended classes and did homework to improve my knowledge of the curriculum.
 Assisted instructor with class practice, answering questions from about 20 students at once.
05/09 – 08/09 Intern – Seattle Public Library Seattle, WA
 Adapted existing class handouts to create 12 handouts with 92 pages of large print.
 Paced lectures and designed demonstrations to tailor classes to novice low-vision students.
 Planned, set up for, and cleaned up after 27 class sessions.
 Thoroughly understood the introductory Word, Excel, e-mail, and Web skills I was teaching.
 Learned ZoomText and MAGic so that I could teach it to students.
 Taught a two-hour Excel lesson to one student, ending with the student creating and understanding a small spreadsheet.

2. Education
1999 B.S. in Computer Science – University of Washington