Sidney W
@sidneyw
Principal UI/UX Designer and Front‑End Lead specializing in accessible, enterprise-scale design systems.
What I'm looking for
I am a principal-level UI/UX designer and front-end lead with 15+ years delivering enterprise and federal digital platforms, focused on accessibility-first UX and scalable UI architecture.
I build and steward design systems, lead user research and iterative prototyping in Figma, and translate complex business rules into ADA-compliant, high-performance interfaces across SharePoint, Salesforce, Pega, Drupal, and AWS/Azure ecosystems.
I pair hands-on front-end development (HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Angular, React) with accessibility and compliance expertise (WCAG 2.1, Section 508) to increase usability, adoption, and operational efficiency for mission-critical, high-traffic applications.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
UI/UX Design Specialist
ZolonTech - USCIS (DHS)
Oct 2024 - Present (1 year 4 months)
Led human-centered redesigns of SharePoint and citizen-developer portals, improving task efficiency and intranet engagement while delivering responsive SPFx experiences and Lightning Web Components that streamlined case management workflows.
UI/UX Designer/Developer
NCFI (Secret Service)
Jan 2024 - Oct 2024 (9 months)
Established a federal-aligned style guide and front-end architecture using USWDS and SLDS, built reusable components and LWCs, and conducted usability research to improve portal consistency and performance.
UI/UX Designer
FedTec
May 2023 - Nov 2023 (6 months)
Designed role-specific UIs and style guides, built Angular 14 front-end components and AWS-backed environments, led qualitative and quantitative research, and defined Pega migration UI and Constellation components that cut development time by 30%.
UI/UX Developer
NRCS (USDA)
Mar 2021 - May 2023 (2 years 2 months)
Engineered client-side UI and integrations for Money ART using AngularJS, Pega, and C#, led UX research and A/B testing, founded a UI/UX Community of Practice, and ensured 508/WCAG 2.1 accessibility compliance across applications.
Graphic/Web Designer
Cisco
Oct 2020 - Jan 2021 (3 months)
Developed and optimized Cisco SharePoint portal pages and workflows, built a Power BI dashboard integrated with Power Apps, and improved portal navigation and visual consistency to boost internal engagement.
UI/UX Designer
GSA
Dec 2019 - Oct 2020 (10 months)
Designed wireframes and mobile-first prototypes for a Digital Experience platform, extended internal design system components, and implemented Angular front-end testing to improve responsiveness and stakeholder confidence.
Web Development Specialist
USAID - GlobalWaters.org
Feb 2018 - Dec 2019 (1 year 10 months)
Improved Drupal 7 site performance and accessibility, built custom modules and UI widgets, optimized front-end assets and CI/CD pipelines, and conducted UX research and journey mapping to strengthen user engagement.
Senior Front-End Developer
CGI
Jul 2015 - Feb 2018 (2 years 7 months)
Built responsive UI components for enterprise search and government sites, modernized Angular apps (server-side rendering), led accessibility remediations increasing accessibility by ~35%, and supported design-to-dev processes for high-traffic public platforms.
UI/UX Developer
Farm Service Agency (USDA)
Aug 2014 - Feb 2015 (6 months)
Developed content workflows, built ticketing forms, remediated 508 accessibility defects, and automated intranet build and deployment scripts to improve editorial efficiency and reduce support overhead.
UI/UX Designer
National Agricultural Library (USDA)
May 2014 - Jun 2014 (1 month)
Designed and implemented the PubAg search UI with responsive HTML5/CSS3/JS, conducted WCAG 2.1 audits and remediation, and produced reusable JSP templates to improve modularity and accessibility.
Front End Developer
Intersections — Identity Guard
Nov 2013 - Feb 2014 (3 months)
Led accessibility audits and responsive front-end development, produced personas and iterative wireframes, and implemented WCAG-aligned improvements across Identity Guard’s responsive product suite.
UI Designer
American Psychological Association
Jul 2013 - Sep 2013 (2 months)
Redesigned the SharePoint intranet for cloud deployment, created responsive prototypes and conducted usability testing to improve navigation, information retrieval, and deployment reliability.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
James Madison University
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Graphic Design
Completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design, focusing on visual communication and user-centered design principles.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
GitHub
Jenkins
Salesforce
MySQL
Gmail
InVision
Django
.NET
Web Components
Lightning Web Components
Google Analytics
Figma
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe XD
Chrome DevTools
Azure DevOps
Jira
Angular Material
Angular 2
jQuery
AngularJS
JavaScript
HTML5
Java
PHP
Linux
iOS
Windows
Windows Server
WordPress
UserTesting
Firefox
NGINX
Balsamiq
JAWS
Missions
Axure
Drush
Refine
Pega Platform
Ada
Enhance
Dynamic
Farm
Task
Availability
Location
Authorized to work in
Website
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