User:Jcolman

Jonathon D. Colman is the senior manager of digital marketing for The Nature Conservancy at their worldwide office in Arlington, Virginia, where he manages the development of the Conservancy's web site.

The Nature Conservancy is the leading conservation organization working to protect the most ecologically important lands and waters around the world for nature and people. The mission of The Nature Conservancy is to preserve the plants, animals and natural communities that represent the diversity of life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive.

For a decade, Jonathon has designed and developed web sites and applications for large corporate, educational, and non-profit organizations, including the Nature Conservancy, IBM, and Conservation International. His expertise lies in search engine optimization (SEO), search engine marketing (SEM), and blending visual information design with ease of use and robust accessibility, including (and surpassing) U.S. Section 508 compliance.

Previous to joining The Nature Conservancy, Jonathon worked for a variety of environmental non-profits and for-profit corporations. He worked as a web manger at Conservation International and as a webmaster/publications designer at the Great Lakes Commission. Jonathon was also a user interface architect for New Target Web Design and Development and a technical writer for IBM.

Jonathon was also a Peace Corps Volunter (1999-2000) in Burkina Faso, West Africa, where he served in a small village doing rural health development and education.

Jonathon graduated magna cum laude from the Scientific and Technical Communication (STC) program at Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan. He has also pursued post-graduate study in human-computer interaction (HCI) and user interface development at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York.

A runner, biker, and avid baker, Jon lives on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC with his fiancée, Marja. When he's not optimizing images or wrangling CSS code, Jonathon can be found in Lincoln Park with his canine friends.