CEO, Founder and Board Member
Preety Kumar
Preety Kumar is the CEO and founder of Deque Systems. She invented the category of automated digital accessibility testing over two decades ago and established the vision of unifying Web access, both from the user and the technology perspective. Preety is a visionary leader and she attracted numerous luminaries as she built a mission-driven company.
Preety’s bio
Today, Deque is a recognized market leader in the field of digital accessibility with a breadth and depth of innovative products serving enterprise and government clients such as Veteran Affairs, Department of Education, Humana, Intuit, HSBC, Target, and others. She collaborated with the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative and is a nominated member of the Accessibility Forum’s Strategic Management Council: a GSA sponsored group with representatives from the IT industry, academia, Government Agencies, and disabled user groups that fosters information accessibility through mutual cooperation.
Preety was a developer, test manager and engineering manager for companies like Verizon and holds a Masters in Computer Science from George Washington University. She has served on boards like Disabiity:In and Yes I Can. Preety is a digital nomad and when she is not on a plane, she loves to surf, climb mountains and fly planes.
Posts from Preety
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For your business to thrive in the agentic AI era, treat accessibility as foundational to your AI strategy
You need to build accessibility into how AI writes code from the first prompt, not fix it after the fact. And because the disability community has been perfecting human-computer interaction for different input and output modalities for decades, their expertise isn't just morally important; it's technically essential for building robust, reliable AI that actually works.
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Why false claims and false positives ruin digital accessibility programs
Development teams are at the front lines of digital accessibility. Through the skills they bring, the tools they use, and the processes they embrace, we’re…
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Axe-core at 3 billion: A milestone in the movement for digital accessibility
Deque has been in business for over 20 years, continuously serving the cause of digital accessibility. In that time, we’ve enjoyed some pretty remarkable milestones.…
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The EAA and the new era of digital accessibility
I’ve been working to advance digital accessibility for over twenty years. In that time, I’ve seen both successes and setbacks. But like everyone committed to…
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Elevating digital accessibility from optional to essential
We are living in a time of accelerated change powered by transformational technologies. Across virtually every landscape—legal, financial, political, ethical—the impact has been profound. And…
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A holistic approach to digital accessibility
Everywhere across the globe, we are seeing momentum for digital accessibility. Yet, while the need for accessibility is clear, there is still uncertainty about how…
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