Convinced that talent has no boundaries, Karine has dedicated her career to developing people and pushing the diversity and inclusion agenda forward. In her 25+ year career, she notably served as global talent lead for Capgemini Invent, where she was a strong advocate of gender parity and promoting women’s programs. As Head of D&I for […]
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Ileana Rodriguez Ileana was born and raised in Matanzas, Cuba where she was diagnosed at the age of 13 with a malformation of the spine that left her paralyzed from the waist down. In the year 2000 she moved to United States with her family looking for better medical treatments than those offered on her
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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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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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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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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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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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+
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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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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