Lyssa Prince

About Lyssa Prince

I’ve always been drawn to technology and how it can be used to make things faster and easier. Very early in my life, I developed a knack for digging into systems and software to see how they worked. Along with that came a natural desire to share my excitement for technology with the people around me. Since then, these qualities have come together as a passion for helping people use technology in ways that are meaningful to them. I firmly believe that providing people with positive technology experiences will help them obtain the information and knowledge they need to live extraordinary lives, and it is my goal to positively influence the digital experiences of as many people as possible. Today, I am able to achieve this goal daily as I test websites and documents for accessibility and guide and teach individuals towards creating more accessible experiences.

Experience

1. Digital Accessibility Specialist

   Bixal

   Oct 2024 — Present · Norman, OK, US

   Serve as Section 508 advisor on the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) website, ensuring any content posted to the website is accessible to the over 34 million small businesses in the U.S.• Serve as the Section 508 advisor on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) DataConnect analytics platform, which empowers CMS employees to make informed decisions in serving over 160 million Americans.• Support DataConnect’s new public dashboard initiative by researching Power BI accessibility and creating novel user-facing documentation on accessible data visualizations made with Power BI. • Train staff at SBA, CMS, and internally at Bixal on digital accessibility, document accessibility, and legal compliance. • Work with SBA employees to improve the accessibility of their standard Microsoft Word templates, increasing efficiency and decreasing the time it takes to post time-sensitive documents.• Collaborate with developers, designers, content managers, and other teammates to embed accessibility into the earliest portions of projects.• Create internal and external documentation in Confluence and in Microsoft Word to ensure the creation of accessible content.• Consult on and write accessibility portions of business development proposals for new contract solicitations.• Work within two agile teams, participating in two-week sprints, daily standups, sprint planning, backlog refinement, and sprint retrospectives.• Remediate large, complex PDF documents.

Education

• University of Oklahoma

  Master of Library & Information Studies (MLIS)

  2013 — 2015

• University of Oklahoma

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Information Studies

  2008 — 2012

Skills

• Usability Testing
• Powerpoint
• Editing
• Accessibility
• Technical Writing
• Databases
• Html
• Lean Six Sigma
• Data Analysis
• Windows
• Process Improvement
• Microsoft Office
• Metadata
• Content Management
• Knowledge Management
• Visio
• Research
• Library Science
• Software Documentation
• Social Media
• Libraries
• Sharepoint
• Microsoft Word
• Problem Solving