accessibility

Frances West – Founder of Frances West Co.

Awaiting Quality Captions Frances West is a champion for the rights for persons with disabilities on a global scale.  Frances served as IBM’s first Chief Accessibility Officer, as well as the Director of the IBM Human Ability & Accessibility Center until June 2016. Since retiring from IBM, Frances founded FrancesWestCo, a company providing inclusive digital

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Rosemary Musachio – CPACC, Chief Accessibility Officer at Ruh Global Communications,

Awaiting Quality Captions When Rosemary was born on September 13, 1966 at an American naval hospital in Pozzuoli, Italy, the doctor asked her parents, “What will you do with her?”  Her parents looked at each other and thought he was crazy.  The ignorant physician asked because she had brain damage, which resulted in cerebral palsy. 

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Joe Devon – Co-Founder of GAAD (Global Accessibility Awareness Day)

Awaiting Quality Captions  Joe Devon is a serial entrepreneur and computer programmer with over 30 years of development experience. Joe has worked on projects spanning Search Engine technology, Performance Management, Investment Banks, Telcos & Media. In addition to starting several companies, Joe serves/d as an advisor at several startups,  leading industry conferences and nonprofits. Last but not least, Joe Co-Founded Global Accessibility Awareness

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Aurélien Levy – CEO of Temesis

Awaiting Quality Captions Aurélien is CEO of Temesis, a French company working on digital accessibility and quality. He works as a consultant and he is one of the main authors of the French government’s accessibility guidelines RGAA version 1 and 2. He is also and international speaker (CSUN, Funka accessibility days, A11y Québec, Confoo Montreal, etc)

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Jim Fruchterman – Founder and CEO of Benetech

Awaiting Quality Captions   Jim Fruchterman is the founder and CEO of Benetech, a Silicon Valley nonprofit that empowers communities in need by creating scalable technology solutions. Benetech’s work has transformed how over 400,000 people with disabilities read; made it safer for human rights defenders in over 50 countries to document human rights violations; and

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Sabine Lobnig – Deputy Director Communications & Regulations at The Mobile & Wireless Forum

  Awaiting Quality Captions Sabine Lobnig, Mobile & Wireless Forum (MWF, former Mobile Manufacturers Forum), Deputy Director Communications & Regulations Based in Vienna, Austria, Sabine is the MWF’s Deputy Director for Communications & Regulations and is responsible for the MWF’s internal and external communications.  Follow Sabine on Twitter | LinkedIn | Google+

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Kevin Carey Chairman of the RNIB

Awaiting Quality Captions Kevin Carey is chair of the RNIB Group. He is also chair of the Ofcom and DCMS community radio fund panel; and a board member of a Social Investment Business. He is a leading thinker on the relationship between government, business and the third sector and regularly features in the charity press. He

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Charlotte V. McClain-Nhlapo

Awaiting Quality Captions   Charlotte McClain-Nhlapo is the Global Disability Advisor for the World Bank Group. Her work at the Bank is focuses on disability inclusive development under its twin goals to end poverty and promote shared prosperity. As Disability Advisor, she supports operational teams across the institution to ensure that Bank policies, programs and

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Dr. David A. Bray – Senior Executive & CIO for the FCC, Eisenhower Fellow to Taiwan and Australia, Harvard Executive In-Residence

Awaiting Quality Captions Dr. David A. Bray began work in public service at age 15, later serving in the private sector before returning as IT Chief for the CDC’s Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Program during 9/11; volunteering to deploy to Afghanistan to “think differently” on military and humanitarian issues; and serving as a Senior Executive

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