Michael Curran Email & Phone Number

Brisbane City, Qld, Au

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

• To assist the Executive team in understanding technical concepts relevant to NVDA and its related infrastructure, and where NV access fits into the wider blindness community.• To Provide The Product and Engineering teams with historic and technical knowledge on NVDA and related infrastructure, accessibility APIs and standards, and user experience best practices for blind and vision impaired people.• To assist the Product and Engineering teams with triaging, debugging and deep… Show more • To assist the Executive team in understanding technical concepts relevant to NVDA and its related infrastructure, and where NV access fits into the wider blindness community.• To Provide The Product and Engineering teams with historic and technical knowledge on NVDA and related infrastructure, accessibility APIs and standards, and user experience best practices for blind and vision impaired people.• To assist the Product and Engineering teams with triaging, debugging and deep technical investigation of issues with NVDA and its related products.• To Assist the Product and Engineering teams in brainstorming and prototyping new ideas to further accessibility for blind and vision impaired people.• To provide technical consulting to external partners, including assisting them with understanding the interaction between NVDA and their products, assisting with investigation and debugging of related issues, and to assist in prototyping new ideas and fixes. Show less

Queensland, Australia

• Planned, reviewed, and executed NV Access's corporate strategy and direction to optimise positive impacts on the lives of blind and vision impaired people globally. • Represented NV Access on Technical standards working groups for IAccessible2, UI Automation, Open Accessibility, and PDFUA• Participated in public conversation and debate within the accessibility industry on the topic of web accessibility standards and usability• Ongoing core development and maintenance of the NVDA… Show more • Planned, reviewed, and executed NV Access's corporate strategy and direction to optimise positive impacts on the lives of blind and vision impaired people globally. • Represented NV Access on Technical standards working groups for IAccessible2, UI Automation, Open Accessibility, and PDFUA• Participated in public conversation and debate within the accessibility industry on the topic of web accessibility standards and usability• Ongoing core development and maintenance of the NVDA screen reading software.• Coded solutions in Python and C++ languages, and tracked, verified, prioritised, and resolved technical issues.• Effectively managed a repository of a ~100,000 line code base via Github.• Performed code reviews for staff internally, and for community contributors externally.• Developed coding interactions with various accessibility APIs such as MSAA, IAccessible2, UI Automation, Java Access Bridge, alongside general software APIs such as win32, and MS Office Object models.• Tested the accessibility of accessible software for blind and vision impaired people.• Provided expertise, advice, and recommendations on how to implement or improve accessibility of software through appropriate UX development, best practices accessibility procedures, and best use of software accessibility APIs.• Established, nurtured, and maintained robust professional relationships with major philanthropic and corporate partners.• Represented NV Access and NVDA at various conferences, exhibitions, and in the media.• Assisted Microsoft, Google, Adobe and other global tech companies on the design and implementation of accessibility in their core products. Show less

*Chaired committee and general meetings.*Organized and chaired various member information sessions including topics of Braille, moving out of home, overseas travel.*Organized and participated in various member recreational activities such as indoor rock climbing, bush walking.*Instrumental in raising funds which allowed for member attendance at a Blind Citizens Australia Victorian state convention, and providing spending money for the Sotherncross Games Victorian Team.

Participated in policy and decision making, represented Victorian members of Blind Citizens Australia

Victorian Certificate Of Education, English, Business Management, Information Technology

Activities and Societies: *1997 theatre production of the Pirates of Penzants (Chorus) *1998 Theatre production of The Pajama Game.

Vet Certificate 3 In Information Technology

Was in top 10% of the state of victoria for main Information Technology module