Higher-ed web strategy Accessibility governance Cost-conscious digital systems

Strategic digital leadership for higher-ed web ecosystems

I help colleges turn complicated digital systems into clearer, more accessible, less expensive, and easier-to-manage experiences.

Most of my work starts with a messy institutional problem: scattered content, unclear ownership, aging platforms, accessibility risk, or a system people have stopped trusting. I help turn that into something practical that small teams can maintain.

Digital strategy between institutional need and technical reality

My work sits between institutional strategy and technical execution: making public-facing digital systems clearer, more accessible, more governable, and easier for people to maintain.

I'm a higher-education web and digital strategy leader with more than 25 years of experience in UX, accessibility, CMS architecture, analytics, and content systems. My work focuses on turning complex web environments into clearer, more accessible, and more governable systems.

As Director of Web Strategy and Digital Experience at Kankakee Community College, I oversee public-facing web strategy, accessibility governance, CMS architecture, analytics strategy, content standards, and AI-readiness initiatives. My role helps digital systems serve users, reduce risk, and remain manageable over time.

Across roles — from web designer and developer to accessibility advocate, CMS architect, mentor, and digital strategy leader — I've guided redesigns, platform transitions, governance improvements, and accessibility compliance work. I prioritize practical systems that people can actually maintain.

A practical framework for making web systems easier to govern

The work is not just redesign. It is a repeatable operating model for aligning content, accessibility, CMS workflows, analytics, vendors, and institutional accountability.

Assess

Inventory content, systems, templates, third-party tools, accessibility risk, analytics signals, and ownership gaps.

Prioritize

Use risk, usage, visibility, legal exposure, and user impact to decide what matters first.

Govern

Define intake, standards, review paths, documentation, remediation workflows, and vendor evidence.

Measure

Connect GA4, Search Console, accessibility findings, content performance, and governance outcomes.

Practical leadership across higher-ed digital ecosystems

These are the areas where I bring deep experience across strategy, accessibility, content systems, and implementation.

Governance & Strategy

Aligning digital platforms with institutional structure, policy frameworks, legal compliance, and long-term organizational goals.

CMS & Content Architecture

WordPress, SharePoint, CloudCannon, Git-based workflows, and sustainable content governance models.

Web Platform Architecture

HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, Node.js, responsive frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, and structured data implementation.

Analytics, Search & Performance

DNS resilience, uptime strategy, performance optimization, and search visibility.

AI & Automation Readiness

Ethical adoption of AI tools to support accessibility, governance, and operational efficiency.

Proof through systems, not slogans

A selection of institutional digital initiatives where I have led accessibility governance, cost-saving platform decisions, public web architecture, intranet recovery, workflow automation, and practical digital systems work.

Governance / Compliance Readiness

Institutional Accessibility Program Mobilization

Built a governance-first accessibility program around DOJ Title II / WCAG 2.1 AA readiness, risk-based remediation, intake workflows, training, vendor evidence, and system-level improvement across KCC’s public digital ecosystem.

Shows institutional governance, risk reduction, documentation, and cross-functional coordination.

Accessibility Governance WCAG 2.1 AA Risk-Based Remediation Vendor Evidence Higher Education
Accessible Product / Cost Avoidance

Accessible Campus Wayfinding Bridge

Built an internal React-based wayfinding system to reduce reliance on inaccessible PDF maps, avoid an estimated $25K first-year vendor platform cost, and support WCAG-informed multi-campus navigation as a bridge ahead of future physical signage improvements.

Shows how internal web strategy can reduce accessibility risk and avoid unnecessary vendor cost.

React WCAG 2.1 AA Cost Avoidance Wayfinding Accessible UX
Public Web Architecture

KCC Public Website Redesign & Content Governance

Helped lead KCC’s public website redesign and migration into a flexible static-site architecture, then took over completion after the original consultant engagement ended during COVID. The new model reduced platform costs, improved content governance, and allowed a small web team to manage most public-site updates centrally instead of relying on a scattered decentralized model.

Shows platform flexibility, lower operating cost, centralized governance, and long-term maintainability.

Static Site Architecture Cost Reduction Content Governance CMS Workflow Remote Team Leadership
Internal Platform Recovery

KCC Intranet Recovery & Workflow Modernization

Managed a cross-department intranet recovery and platform transition as KCC moved from a retiring Microsoft/SharePoint environment to SharePoint Online and Ellucian Experience. Migrated critical content, built Power Automate workflows, supported new publishing sites, trained users, and delivered before the legacy system disappeared.

Shows project management, technical adaptation, workflow automation, and deadline delivery.

SharePoint Online Ellucian Experience Power Automate Content Migration Project Management

Earlier work, same operating principles

Earlier projects across local government, regional development, nonprofit, and small-business contexts shaped the same patterns I use today: clearer architecture, maintainable CMS workflows, accessibility-minded structure, analytics visibility, and practical content organization.

Earlier Digital Systems Work

Economic Alliance CMS Rearchitecture

Rearchitected an earlier regional economic development website from a difficult legacy CMS setup into a more maintainable WordPress structure, improving navigation, content organization, analytics readiness, and accessibility-minded publishing practices.

WordPress CMS Migration Information Architecture Local Government Analytics

Reflections from collaborators and partners

A few notes from past digital strategy and development work.

Lisa M. Wogan

Economic Development Professional

Roger's methodical approach and proactive attitude helped produce a website that exceeded our needs.

Febin Mootheril

Strategist | Digital & Hybrid Manufacturing | President & CEO

Roger's creativity and attention to detail made him a pleasure to work with.

Ron Sattar

Business and IT Consultant / Sattar Group

Highly skilled and strategic. Roger managed our project from start to finish with clarity and care.
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