Interview

Dr. Christopher Lee – Department Head and Director at AMAC Accessibility Solutions and Research Center at Georgia Tech

Awaiting Quality Captions Dr. Christopher Lee serves as Department Head of AMAC Accessibility Solutions and Research Center at the Georgia Institute of Technology. In this capacity, he oversees a wide range of educational initiatives, with emphasis on technology services, products and research. Dr. Lee has been an advocate and pioneer in promoting social justice and […]

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Lolly Daskal – Leadership Coach and CEO of Lead From Within

Awaiting Quality Captions Lolly Daskal is one of the most sought-after executive leadership coaches in the world. Her extensive cross-cultural expertise spans 14 countries, six languages and hundreds of companies. As founder and CEO of Lead From Within, her proprietary leadership program is engineered to be a catalyst for leaders who want to enhance performance and make

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Paul Smyth – Barclays

Awaiting Quality Captions Paul Smyth is the Head of IT Accessibility for Barclays, responsible for identifying, anticipating and addressing technological barriers faced by disabled and older customers and colleagues in doing business with or being employed by the bank. He has worked for Barclays for the past 13 years after joining as a Finance graduate,

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David Banes – Founder of David Banes Access and Inclusion

Awaiting Quality Captions David Banes is Director of his company David Banes Access and Inclusion Services and was formerly CEO, at Mada the Qatar Assistive Technology and Accessibility Center based in Doha where he worked for six years. Throughout his career, he has been responsible for developing services to ensure that people with a disability

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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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Jacqueline de Rojas – President of Tech UK & Advisory Board Member of the Digital Leaders Programme

Awaiting quality captions Advisory Board Member of the Digital Leaders Programme digileaders.com and President of TechUK, Jacqueline is a believer in smart partnering and tech that makes life easy. She dedicates much of her time to encouraging and empowering women in tech. Jacqueline was named Computer Weekly’s most influential women in UK IT 2015. Recent VP roles have included Citrix and Sage. Follow Jacqueline

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Nancy Doyle – Work and Organisational Psychologist, Neurodiversity Specialist, Social Entrepreneur, Founder of Genius Within CIC

Awaiting Quality Captions Nancy is a Consultant Occupational Psychologist based in the UK and the USA; a dual national.  Nancy has worked in organisational consultancy, neurodiversity and social inclusion, as overlapping specialisms until 2011 when she founded Genius Within CIC, a non-profit enterprise which now employs around 100 people.  Genius Within delivers positive assessments, coaching,

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Sarah Lee – Advocate, Writer, and Systems Administrator at Ruh Global Communications

 Awaiting Quality Captions Sarah Lee received her Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University. Her concentrations include history, political science, and anthropology. Unsure of what to do after completing her undergraduate coursework, Sarah worked as a cook. After backpacking through Alaska, Canada, Europe, and South Korea, Sarah decided to go back to school and

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Jake Abma – Accessibility Lead for ING Netherlands

 Awaiting Quality Captions Accessibility Lead for ING Netherlands For the last four years Jake has set up a raft of initiatives to make sure products and services are accessible to people with the widest range of capabilities. He’s a passionate promoter of accessibility both inside and outside the Bank. Product Owner ING has introduced different

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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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