A graduate of the University at Buffalo with an M.A. in Informatics and a B.S. in Business Administration, MIS concentration, Charlynda joined the Web Services team in 2003. Previously, she served as a Senior Interface Designer at a Buffalo web development firm, where she developed web and multimedia interfaces for a diverse array of local and national clients.
Charlynda is a member of the Information Architecture Institute and American Society for Information Science and Technology, and is currently teaching graduate level courses in Web Design and Information Architecture for the UB School of Informatics. Charlynda's professional and academic interests include information architecture, user-centered design, interaction design and web standards. In 2004, she was recognized with the "Digital Diva" award at the InfoTech Niagara Beta Awards.