Headshot of Preety Kumar
axe-con presenter in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

Pronouns: She/Her

Preety is the CEO of Deque Systems and founded Deque in 1999 with the vision of unifying Web access, both from the user and the technology perspective. Under Preety’s leadership, Deque has grown to be a market leader in the field of information accessibility, serving corporate and government clients with the highest standards in information technology 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 foster information accessibility through mutual cooperation.

Sessions
Date and Time

A special presentation from Deque

Dylan Barrell, Preety Kumar, Keynote,
02/24/2026 at 10:00am US/Eastern
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