Accessibility Architect & Principal Engineer
Palo Alto, Ca, Us
Accessibility Architect and Principal Engineer: Driving most of the technical, legislative, and standards work related to accessibility at the company (2008-2010) Wrote a 400 page grant proposal which was awarded €8.2m from European Commission, becoming the €12.6m AEGIS project (FP7-ICT224348) Led 50+ staff across 20 organizations in 15 countries delivering accessible platforms and solutions for desktop, web, and mobile environments Initiated JavaFX accessibility work, GNOME accessibility automated testing/regression project Co-chaired the OASIS Open Document Format Accessibility Subcommittee Consulted on accessibility for Java, GNOME, Solaris, OpenOffice.org, Firefox, ThunderbirdSenior Staff Engineer: Leading teams, standards, and policy work (2001-2008) Initiated the GNOME Accessibility Project both within Sun and the open source community – defining keyboard operation, theme support, and the GNOME Accessibility API Initiated the OpenOffice.org accessibility effort, with realizations on Windows, Mac, and GNOME Led the OASIS OpenDocument Format accessibility effort, co-chaired the Accessibility SC Organized company response when OpenOffice.org was attacked by Microsoft and by disability organizations in Massachusetts and Brussels – developed Sun public policy engagement Directed corporate messaging around Accessibility - including Corporate Social Responsibility textStaff Engineer: Accessibility engineering and project leadership (1996-2001) Designed Java Accessibility API and implemented it in Java/Swing toolkit, creating a model that served as the basis for most modern accessibility APIs Developed the Java Access Bridge for Windows, got multiple Windows AT vendors to use it Developed Jini's accessibility techniques, led creation of multi-modal Service UI demonstration Helped formulate Sun's positions and contributions to the original Section 508 advisory committee