Mary Gillen
508 Specialist/Web Developer
Mary has over 40 years of experience in freelance commercial/technical copywriting, graphic design, responsive website development and technical instruction design/presentation. She is an experienced 508/WCAG 2.1 accessibility compliance auditor/remediator, providing testing & correction of online information (websites, mobile apps, Adobe Acrobat & Office documents, and pre-recorded video) for federal government, state/local government and commercial businesses. Mary is also a technical instructor who has taught over 8,400 people since 1995 via both instructor-led and online classroom settings.
Expertise
- Responsive Web Development
- Accessibility Compliance Auditor/Remediator
- Assistive Testing Technologies: JAWS, NVDA, Window-Eyes, ZoomText, VoiceOver, NVDA, TalkBack
- PDF Accessibility Checker: PAC 3, PAC 2021, axesPDF
Fun Facts
- Mary is originally from New York City, but now lives west of Boston.
- She is a life-long Black Labrador Retriever fan. Current beloved BLR is named Gracie Anne.
- Mary has traveled through every U.S. state except Hawaii.
- Mary plays guitar and sings, having performed at many folk coffee houses and pubs in New England over the years.
- Mary will never be a vegetarian...ever! Bring on the steak, please...medium-rare!