Senior Vice President and Chief Architect
Matthew Luken
Matthew Luken is a Senior Vice President and Chief Architect at Deque, consulting with companies of all sizes, markets, and industries to grow their digital accessibility programs. Matthew also provides thought leadership to advance the profession and practice of digital accessibility and mature and maximize operations, processes, and outcomes.
Matthew’s bio
Prior to Deque, Matthew built and ran U.S. Bank’s digital accessibility program, providing accessibility design reviews, compliance testing services, defect remediation consulting, and more. The program leveraged over 1,500 implementations of Deque’s axe Auditor and nearly 4,000 implementations of axe DevTools and Deque University.
Matthew also served as Head of UXDesign’s Accessibility Center of Practice, where he was responsible for supporting the digital accessibility team’s mission. As a digital accessibility, user experience, and service design expert, Matthew has worked with over 400 brands, covering every vertical and market. He also actively mentors digital designers and accessibility professionals.
Posts from Matthew
Understanding compliance and conformance in the EAA era
The global digital accessibility landscape is complex. Directives, transpositions, regulations, standards—what are they, how do they differ, and how do they fit into the bigger…
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Digital accessibility in a post-EAA deadline world: Actionable advice for developments in the Netherlands and France
The European Accessibility Act (EAA) deadline was June 28, 2025, and we are now in a post-deadline world. For any business based in or selling…
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European Accessibility Act (EAA): Top 20 key questions answered
The European Accessibility Act is now in effect in all 27 EU countries, and it applies to any business selling into or within the EU—regardless…
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A tailored digital accessibility plan for your organization—in minutes.
Developing a strategic plan for digital accessibility is one of the most impactful efforts your organization can undertake to create more effective and inclusive customer…
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No budget, no program, and the EAA deadline looming.
Field notes from a real-world client story. With this post, I’m embarking on a new series of articles focused on my client experiences in the…
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Accessibility reads: Thursday, May 29
Welcome to this month’s edition of Accessibility reads, where we cover the most important accessibility-related news happening across the globe! In my short video below,…
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