Kimberly Blessing

Resume

Located in the Philadelphia area
Email me at kimberly at this domain or connect with me on LinkedIn

• Summary of Qualifications
• Professional Experience
• Education
• Memberships and Activities
• Publishing Credits
• Speaking Engagements and Events

Summary of Qualifications

An energetic, self-motivated individual with a broad range of computing/IT knowledge and experience, in addition to an eagerness to learn. A creative thinker and effective communicator with superb leadership and organizational skills.

Professional Experience

Comcast Interactive Media – Philadelphia, PA

2010 to Present — Senior Software Architect

2009 to 2010 — Senior Manager, Web Development

Kimmie Corp. – West Chester, PA/Minot, ND

1997 to Present — President and Chief Consultant

Bryn Mawr College – Bryn Mawr, PA

Spring 2011 — Computer Science Instructor

Fall 2008 — Computer Science Instructor

PayPal, Inc. – San Jose, CA

2008 — Principal Front-End Architect, Web Development Platform Team

2006 to 2008 — Manager, Web Development Platform Team

America Online, Inc. – Dulles, VA

2004 to 2005 — Acting Director/Senior Manager, Studio Development

2002 to 2004 — Program Manager for Technical Standards and Strategy, Studio@AOL

2000 to 2002 — Senior Interactive Media Developer, Studio@AOL

1999 to 2000 — Interactive Media Developer, Creative Services

Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) – Philadelphia, PA

1998 to 1999 — Analyst, Network Solutions Group

Bryn Mawr College – Bryn Mawr, PA

1995 to 1998 — Software and Hardware Support Specialist, Department of Computing Services

1995 to 1998 — Web Developer, Office of Public Affairs

Westtown Consulting – Westtown, PA

1996 — Quality Assurance Engineer

Software Madhouse – Rosemont, PA

1994 to 1995 — Internet Trainer and Salesperson

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science

Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA
Bachelor of Arts awarded May 1997. Senior studies and research in artificial intelligence and autonomous robotic agents.

Master’s Degree in Computer Science

The George Washington University, Washington, DC
Master of Science awarded May 2003. Also completed requirements for the Computer Security and Information Assurance Graduate Certificate.

Executive Education Program Certificate

MIT Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, MA
Completed “Managing Technical Professionals and Organizations” in 2010.

Memberships and Activities

• Association for Computing Machinery, Senior Member (member since 2001).
• Bryn Mawr College Alumnae Association, Executive Board Representative for Electronic Services (2005-2008, 2008-2011) and Electronic Communications Committee Member (2002-2005).
• Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, Workshops, Panels, and Presentations Committee Member (2004), Webmaster (2006, 2007), and Web Volunteer (2008).
• IEEE and IEEE Computer Society, Member (since 2001).
• International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, Member (2007-Present).
• Web Standards Project, Member (2004-Present) and Group Co-Lead (2006-2008).
• World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Member of the Cascading Style Sheets Working Group (representing AOL, 2003-2005).

Publishing Credits

• Contributing author, HTML5 Cookbook (Autumn 2011, O’Reilly).
• Technical editor, The CSS Pocket Guide (October 2010, Peachpit) by Chris Casciano.
• Technical editor, HTML & CSS: The Good Parts (February 2010, O’Reilly) by Ben Henick.
• Co-author, Adapting to Web Standards: CSS and Ajax for Big Sites (December 2007, New Riders).
• Technical editor, CSS, DHTML, &Ajax (October 2006) by Jason Cranford Teague.
• Technical reviewer, Spring into HTML and CSS (April 2005) by Molly E. Holzschlag.
• Code author and technical reviewer, DHTML and CSS Advanced (December 2004) by Jason Cranford Teague.

Speaking Engagements and Events

• 2011:
  • The CSS Summit, online, July 2011: Troubleshooting CSS.
  • Standards.Next: Web Standards in the Enterprise, Philadelphia, PA, April 2011: “Realizing ‘One Web’ in the Enterprise” (keynote).
  • In Control Web Design Conference, Orlando, FL, February 2011: “In Control of HTML5″ (HTML5 workshop) (presentation and code).
• 2010:
  • BlogHer, New York, NY, August 2010: “Get and Stay Hired: Social Media and Technical Skills in Today’s Job Market” (audio and notes).
  • J.Boye, Philadelphia, PA, May 2010: “Beyond Web Standards” (presentation).
  • WebVisions Portland, OR, May 2010: “HTML5 and CSS3 Workshop” with Christopher Schmitt (slides), “Designing Our Way Through HTML5 Forms” with Christopher Schmitt (slides and code), “Speed Interviews” (slides).
• 2009:
  • The CSS Summit, online, July 2009: CSS and Troubleshooting IE6.
  • In Control 2009 Web Design Conference, Cincinnati, OH, June 2009: Web Style Guide Workshop.
  • WebVisions Portland, OR, May 2009: “Designing Our Way Through Web Forms” (code).
  • SXSW Interactive Festival, Austin, TX, March 2009: “Designing Our Way Through Web Forms” (code).
• 2008:
  • <head> Web Conference, online, October 2008: “Beyond Web Standards: Crafting Design and Development Standards”.
  • Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, Keystone, CO, October 2008: “Online Social Networks”.
  • An Event Apart, Boston, MA, June 2008: “Standards in the Enterprise”.
  • Voices that Matter: Web Design, Nashville, TN, June 2008: Beyond Web Standards: Crafting Design and Development Standards.
  • WebVisions, Portland, OR, May 2008: Optimize Your Site in 7 Easy Ways.
  • SXSW Interactive Festival, Austin, Texas, March 2008: “WaSP Annual Meeting: Don’t Break the Web”.
• 2007:
  • An Event Apart, San Francisco, CA, October 2007: “Standards in the Enterprise”.
  • Penn State Web Conference, State College, PA, June 2007: “Managing Standards through Process” (closing keynote).
  • WebVisions, Portland, OR, June 2007: “Managing Standards through Process”.
  • SXSW Interactive Festival, Austin, TX, March 2007: “WaSP Annual Meeting: Takin’ it to the Street”.
• 2006:
  • SXSW Interactive Festival, Austin, TX, March 2006: How to Convince Your Company to Embrace Standards and “WTF: WaSP Task Force Panel: Getting the Job Done Right”.
• 2004:
  • Web Managers Roundtable, Washington, DC, May 2004: “Web Standards in the Real World”.
  • SXSW Interactive Festival, Austin, TX, March 2004: CSS: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.