When Arran was aged 9 he was diagnosed with dyslexia. He uses the metaphor that dyslexia is like going to the dentist, well that’s how it was for him all the way until he was 14, this was the age when he realised that dyslexia is a difference not a disadvantage. During Arran’s working life […]
For the last fifteen years, Sheri Byrne-Haber has worked with individuals with disabilities to achieve equal access and reduce barriers to services. As VMware’s Head of Accessibility, Sheri works with the full-lifecycle of accessibility needs from product conception to obsolescence for a Fortune 200 company. Prior to VMware, Ms. Byrne-Haber implemented accessibility policies and programs
Shilpi Kapoor is a sociology graduate who started her career exporting silk furnishings. But she failed miserably at it. Later, she turned to technology, starting all over again as a remote-hacker for a US-based company. Shilpi recalls the day that transformed her life: I managed to trace the hacker before my mentor (who used to
As a business innovator, Alan Moore’s life mission is to make every business on the planet as beautiful as they can possibly be. He does this by changing the way people think about the world and how their businesses can succeed by being beautiful in everyway. By consciously designing better products, services, experiences: By creating
John R. Macko is director of the Center on Employment (NCE) at Rochester Institute of Technology’s (RIT) National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID). In this capacity, he is responsible for developing and enhancing employment opportunities for deaf and hard-of-hearing students and graduates of RIT. Mr. Macko is responsible for a staff of eight employees.