Alison Walden
Publicis Sapient / Senior Director of Technology and Accessibility Lead
Preferred Pronouns: She/Her
Alison is a Certified Professional in Web Accessibility Core Competency (CPWA), 2020 #FemaleFrontier honouree for Transforming Technology, @Makers2017 awardee.
She is a technologist with over 18 years of professional experience in the interactive domain and Experience Technology lead for the Publicis Sapient North region, Alison manages globally distributed teams of developers, providing oversight in the production of multichannel digital experiences that comprise not only creative excellence but also technical longevity.
Alison is a subject matter expert in the area of cross-domain adherence to accessibility standards and has presented internal and client-facing workshops on designing and developing for accessibility standard compliance in Canada, the US, India, and China.
Read more about Alison’s talk here: “Beauty is Not Enough: Institutionalizing Accessibility at one of the World’s Top 10 Largest Auto Makers“