
Preety Kumar
Deque Systems / CEO, Founder & Board Member
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.
Read more about Preety’s talk here: “Update on The State of Accessibility”
Watch Preety’s 2022 talk: “The State of Accessibility and axe Updates” and “Testing for Accessibility in the Development Cycle.” Watch Preety’s 2021 talks here: “The State of Accessibility and axe Updates” and “axe DevTools Pro”