axe-con 2024 Speakers

Dr. Rumman Chowdhury

Responsible AI Fellow, Harvard University, co-Founder and CEO of the nonprofit Human Intelligence, and former Director of AI Ethics, Twitter

Jonah Berger

International Bestselling Author, Wharton School Marketing Professor

Squirmy and Grubs

Interabled YouTube Couple (Shane and Hannah Burcaw) and Disability Rights Advocates

Dylan Barrell

CTO and Author
Deque Systems

Preety Kumar

CEO, Founder & Board Member
Deque Systems

Giselle Mota

Chief of Product Inclusion
ADP

David Dylan Thomas

author of Design for Cognitive Bias
David Dylan Thomas, LLC

Heydon Pickering

Freelance Inclusive Design Consultant

Kelsey Hall

Head of Accessibility
ADP

Kathy Martinez

VP, Global Disability Inclusion
Expedia Group

Mali M Fernando, MBE

Group Head of Digital Experience and Accessibility
HSBC UK

Lainey Feingold

Disability Rights Lawyer, Author
Law Office of Lainey Feingold

Ed Summers

Head of Accessibility
GitHub

Matthew Luken

Vice President & Principal Strategy Consultant
Deque Systems

Glenda Sims

Chief Information Accessibility Officer
Deque Systems

Gurpreet Kaur

Vice President Accessibility, Inclusive Design
Mastercard

Mike Shebanek

Head of Accessibility
Meta

Greg Williams

Vice President & Chief Program Architect
Deque Systems

Rachael Yomtoob

Developer Advocate
Deque Systems, Inc.

Chas Steinmetz

SVP, Digital Accessibility
PNC

Paul Gallagher

Global Accessibility Lead
Procter & Gamble

Aliyu Yisa

CEO
Fezzant

Shivaji Kumar

Accessibility Manager
U.S. Bank

Soren Hamby

Senior Manager of UX and Digital Design

Lindsey Wild

Senior Software Engineer, Accessibility
GitHub

Mary Ann Jawili

Accessibility Product Manager
Adobe

Stuart Trevithick

Global Head of Digital Standards and Practice
Fidelity International

Erik Gustafsson Spagnoli

A11y Grinch
Axess Lab

Alexis Lucio

Senior Accessibility Designer
GitHub

Kathryn Weber-Hottleman

Senior Accessibility Lead
Travelers

Jesse Dugas

Senior Accessibility Program Manager
GitHub

Taniya Bhosale

Interaction Designer
Adobe

Noé Barrell

Machine Learning Engineer
Deque Systems

Laila Coulton

Head of Digital Accessibility
Xero

Andrea Skeries

Manager, Digital Accessibility
Hilton

Megan Pletzer

Senior Product Manager - Mobile
Deque Systems, Inc.

Noorul Ameen

Director of Design
Mitratech Holdings Inc.

Jared Smith

Associate Director
WebAIM

Harris Schneiderman

Senior Product Manager
Deque Systems

Wilfred Ilagan

Sr. Accessibility Analyst
Hilton

Nicole Bergstrom

Senior Director Digital Accessibility
Hilton

David Brunow

Principal Platform Architect iOS
Hilton

Ray Dahl, PhD

UX Manager
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Miloš Jovanović

Python Developer and QA Automation Engineer
ALAS doo

Dylan Sheffer

AI Accessibility Engineer
Deque Systems, Inc.

Daniel Devesa Derksen-Staats

iOS Engineer - Accessibility
#365DaysIOSAccessibility

Paul Bohman, PhD

Director of Training
Deque Systems, Inc.

Niki Ramesh

Digital Accessibility Lead
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)

Zoe Portlock

Accessibility Lead
Hargreaves Lansdown (HL)

Morgan Baker

Accessibility Lead
Electronic Arts

Laurie Cameron-Back

Lead Content Designer
Hilton

Catharine McNally

Sr. Program Manager, Accessibility
GitHub

Colin Wong

Accessibility Consultant
gotomedia

Kelly Goto

Principal/CEO
gotomedia

Matthew Johnston

Global Head of Disability Inclusion
Thoughtworks

Gregg Vanderheiden

Professor
Raising the Floor

Emily Kund

Dataviz & Tableau COE Leader & Consultant

Sachin Gupta

Vice President of Product Management
Deque Systems, Inc.

Samantha Evans

Certification Manager
IAAP

Willa Armstrong

Digital Accessibility Specialist
Library of Congress

Elizabeth (Liz) Bottner

Assistive Technology Specialist
Library of Congress

KJ Schmidt

Lead Accessibility Designer
ADP

James Sullivan

Product Designer
Willowtree

Dr. Rachael Bradley Montgomery

Founder and Executive Director
Accessible Community

Patrick Sturdivant

Vice President and Principal Strategy Consultant
Deque Systems, Inc.

Amanda Hennel

Engineer IV DO
Signet Jewelers

Damian Sian

Accessibility Product Manager
Adobe

Andrea Sutyak

Senior Manager, User Research
Peloton

Elodie Fichet, Ph.D.

Head of Brand Accessibility, Amazon Devices & Services
Amazon

Cintia Pereira Romero Garcia

Sr. Product Designer, Design Systems
Pinterest

Emily Kiehl

Digital Accessibility Engineer
Fezzant

Emma Torres

User Researcher
Peloton

Justin Merhoff

Director of Security
Deque Systems, Inc.

Wilco Fiers

Senior Accessibility Engineer
Deque Systems

David Tisserand

Director of Accessibility
Ubisoft

Lauren Race

Accessibility Designer & Researcher
NYU Ability Project

Sheri Byrne-Haber

Head of Accessibility
VMware

Lauren Ludovicy

Senior UX Designer
Hilton

Carie Fisher

Senior Accessibility Program Manager
GitHub

Rachele DiTullio

Senior Software Engineer
Citizens

Mystery Speaker

It's a secret
TBD

Devanshu Chandra

Android Developer
Deque Systems