Marisa DeMeglio

marisa.demeglio@gmail.com

Software developer with 10 years of experience writing applications related to accessibility and multimedia. Fluent in desktop and web technologies. Emphasis on open standards and open source, internationalization, and meeting the requirements of users with special needs. Demonstrated ability to organize and implement projects, from analyzing user requirements to designing a software model to creating the software in a remote team environment. Actively involved in web and e-book standards organizations.

Skills

Software architecture, accessibility, multimedia, internationalization, project planning and coordination.

C++, Python, Javascript, XML, C#, .NET, WPF, SMIL, DAISY, HTML, CSS, MySQL, Browser APIs

Education

B.S., Computer Science, May 2000
Penn State University, State College, PA, USA

Experience

Software Developer

The DAISY Consortium
May 2003 – Present

Project lead for the AMIS DAISY multimedia book player, a Windows desktop application written in C++. Responsible for design, coding, and user support.
Managed AMIS translations, working with volunteer contributors and covering approximately 30 languages.
Project lead for a web-based localization framework, the DAISY Lion, written in Python, for remote use by translators. Designed, created, deployed, and maintained it.
Developer (with other members of a small team) for an integrated suite of multimedia book authoring tools (Urakawa SDK, Obi, Tobi), written in C# using .NET/WPF.
Ran on-site workshops in Bangkok and New Delhi as part of the DAISY-for-All project. Topics were related to open source software and localization, with emphasis on Southeast Asian languages.
Involved in standards activities: the ANSI/NISO z39.86 (digital talking books) advisory committee, and the W3C's SYMM (synchronized multimedia) working group.
Designed and developed a prototype called Parrot in Javascript for an HTML5 browser-based multimedia book player, reflecting standards activities.

Software Engineer

Japanese Society for Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities (JSRPD)
September 2001 – April 2003

Upgraded legacy Visual Basic talking web browser and created a Japanese version.
Developed prototype in Visual Basic for kiosk-style talking book playback system with alternate interface plug-in system.
Spent a combined total of 3 months working on-site at the JSRPD Information Center in Tokyo.
Participated in conferences and symposiums related to accessibility and multimedia.

Software Engineer

isSound Corporation
July 2000 – May 2001

Wrote a Visual Basic application used to voice HTML pages for visually-impaired users.
Developer (with other members of a small team) for a VoiceXML application for delivery of Word documents via telephone.

Never lose a sale because of a format, O'Reilly Tools of Change Conference
Presented as part of the tutorial session XML in Practice: Formats, Tools, and Techniques
February 2009, New York, USA

Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL 3.0) W3C Recommendation 01 December 2008.
Dick Bulterman, Jack Jansen, Pablo Cesar, Sjoerd Mullender, Eric Hyche, Marisa DeMeglio, Julien Quint, Hiroshi Kawamura, Daniel Weck, Xabiel García Pañeda, David Melendi, Samuel Cruz-Lara, Marcin Hanclik, Daniel F. Zucker, Thierry Michel, ed.

DAISY Software Player Showcase [link to conference program. see page 10], Techshare 2007
October 2007, London, U.K.

The Urakawa Project, International Conference on Tsunami Preparedness of Persons with Disabilities
January 2007, Phuket, Thailand

Open Source Software: AMIS and the Urakawa Project, International Workshop on Disaster Preparedness of Persons with Disabilities,
January 2006, Tokyo, Japan

AMIS Open Source Development, DINF Seminar on Development of DAISY,
September 2004, Tokyo, Japan

DAISY for All Project Hakkinen, Manocha, Buntan, DeMeglio, Azuma, Global Forum on Disability in the Information Society
December 2003, Geneva, Switzerland

AMIS: The Open Source Adaptive Multimedia Information System, DeMeglio. DAISY Conference for 2003
May 2003, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

AMIS: The Open Source Adaptive Multimedia Information System, Kawamura, Hakkinen, DeMeglio. CSUN Technology And Persons With Disabilities Conference
March 2003, Los Angeles, USA

Accessible Interface Design: Adaptive Multimedia Information System (AMIS) DeMeglio, Hakkinen, Kawamura. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 2398 / 2002: Computer Helping People with Special Needs : 8th International Conference, ICCHP 2002, Linz, Austria, July 15-20, 2002 Proceedings.

The Penn State Abington Fire-Fighting Mobile Robot, Avanzato, Chan, DeMeglio. ASEE 1998.

Marisa DeMeglio

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