HIRAL MEHTA

Summary:

51, Beresford Crescent, Brampton, ON L6P 2M1

Phone 905-965-0133
Email hiralmehta@mail.com

Graduated as Computer Programmer with 4.0 GPA - High Honors from Sheridan College
Worked as a part of web content team at Ministry of Transportation & Ministry of Energy
and worked externally for Ministry of Training Colleges and University
Worked as Peer Mentor and Peer Tutor in student leadership roles in college
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Technical Skillset:

Excellent hold on HTML5, XML, XHTML, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, jQuery mobile, Core Java,
J2EE including Java Server Pages, Java Servlet and Java Bean
Good understanding of Balsamiq mockups, Microsoft Visio, Visual Paradigm and other
wireframe software
Detailed knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite 2013 and Adobe Creative Suite 6
(Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)
Academic knowledge of Agile, Software Development Life Cycle approach and UML diagrams
for software design

Education:

Advance Diploma in Computer Programmer (4.0 GPA/High Honors), 2013 2015

Sheridan College, Brampton, ON

Academic Projects:

Created a web application for Pizza store including order using J2EE, JSP, HTML5 and CSS3
Created a web application of Toy library for toy exchange among members using ASP.NET,
HTML5, CSS3, and MySQL
Created technical report and presentation on effect of social medias
Developed a business case of small business for installing new IT system using SDLC

Work History:

Accessibility Consultant, AccessibilityPartners, Toronto, ON

(November 2015 December 2015)
Web & Creative Services assistant, Ontario Ministry of Energy, Toronto, ON
(January 2015 April 2015)
Peer Mentor, Sheridan College Library, Brampton, ON
(August 2014 December 2014)
Website Assistant, Ontario Ministry of Transportation, Toronto, ON
(May 2014 August 2014)
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Accessibility Consultant, AccessibilityPartners, Toronto, ON

(November 2015 Present)

Converted Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universitys PDFs and MS Office documents
into accessible version to meet AODA and other government legislation requirement

Followed standards and guidelines of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0) and
W3 guidelines along with Ontario government guidelines

Performed accessibility QA testing using Acrobat Reader, PAC 2.0 Accessibility Checker and
JAWS screen reader
Web & Creative Services assistant, Ontario Ministry of Energy, Toronto, ON
(January 2015 April 2015)

Monitored and Maintained existing public website which was based on WordPress using
HTML5/CSS3/jQuery/JavaScript/PHP and Adobe Dreamweaver according to Web 2.0
standards to meet needs of public and staff

Troubleshoot and customized WordPress 2012 theme, widget, plug-ins to get best result out
of WordPress theme

Created/Edited more than 10 web pages for intranet website using WordPress

Converted 75 pdf documents into accessible version to meet WCAG 2.0 level A and Ontario
government accessibility standards

Implemented Facebook and Twitter social media buttons on public website

Peer Mentor, Sheridan College Library, Brampton, ON
(August 2014 December 2014)

First point of contact for students to locate library material, solving technical issues with
computers/printers and other general inquiries

Maintained statistics on internal library website using Microsoft SharePoint 2010 regarding
student inquiries

Prepared materials for outreach events using Microsoft office (Word,PowerPoint) and
displayed it to promote library services available for students

Website Assistant, Ontario Ministry of Transportation, Toronto, ON

(May 2014 August 2014)

Created/Updated 110 webpages for new web content using HTML5/CSS3/JavaScript and
Adobe Dreamweaver according to Web 2.0 standards that resulted in on-time completion of
MTO 2.0 web project

Created and maintained intranet website pages using Microsoft SharePoint 2010

Performed cross-browser/cross-device and WCAG 2.0 Level A/AA QA testing and

documented problems for team review

Tracked and recorded Google Analytics results to see traffic of public website which helped
the web team to identify high/low traffic pages and do Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

Followed standards and guidelines of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0) and
OPS accessibility plan to meet Ontario Governments service standards for accessibility

Updated 50 webpages on existing live public website according to content managers

requests within deadlines and made content available for public in real-time
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