Hire Me
Are you looking for a seasoned, well-rounded professional with years of real-world, enterprise accessibility experience? Are you looking to prepare for the impending impacts of the European Accessibility Act (EAA)? I am looking for opportunities to help! If you are even remotely interested in accessibility, just reach out. You'll get way more out of a quick conversation with me vs reading everything on this page.
What I bring
My main focus is on improving the lives of disabled people through digital products and services. I have a knack for cutting through the extraneous and focusing on efficient, high-impacting changes that people will feel.
I have hard-earned experience making something out of nothing. Over the years I have gained an understanding of the interdisciplinary nature of digital accessibility and can effectively bridge the gaps between HR, Legal, Marketing, Product, Design, Engineering and Quality Assurance teams.
Experience
Over the past decade, I've had the privilege of building and advising top-notch digital accessibility teams that have impacted millions of individuals worldwide. My professional experience ranges from supporting commercial financial applications responsible for transferring trillions of dollars globally, to enhancing accessibility on pre-Elon Twitter. Currently, I help drive the Atlassian Design System Accessibility Team where I get to collaborate with a group of exceptional designers and engineers to help enhance the accessibility of components used to build team productivity tools like Jira, Confluence, and Trello.
Speaking
Increasing awareness is embedded in everything that I do. I've been a regular speaker at various national and international conferences and organizations. Here is a sample of recent events:
- Advancing Accessibility, a11yTO Conf
- Accessibility: A Catalyst for Change, HearSay podcast
- Digital Inclusion: Know who you are working for, Workday Global Accessibility Awareness Day
Training
I currently publish accessibility courses on the Pluralsight learning platform, which are used to train people and organizations all over the world. Sharing is caring, and I never pass up an opportunity to scale out my learnings.
- Foundations of Accessible Web Design
- Introduction to Developing Custom Components with ARIA
- Accessibility: Testing and Screen Reader Use
- Meeting Web Accessibility Guidelines (Retired)
- A New Day: Making a Better Calendar
- ARIA Spec for the Uninitiated
What I'm looking for
I operate best when I can be a catalyst for change, igniting cultural transformation at both grassroots and executive levels. I can help with establishing new accessibility programs/teams or help lead existing teams centralize on a mission to achieve important milestones.
- Speaking
- Including keynote presentations, conferences, podcasts, team motivation, and GAAD (Global Accessibility Awareness Day) events.
- Consulting
- Including hiring, testing, remediation, prioritization, strategy, and purchasing.
- Training
- For Designers, Writers, Developers, Testers, Product Managers, and Disability Etiquette training.
Testimonials
If you are interested, please send me an email: