SVP, Global Programs and Regulatory Affairs; European Partnerships
Matthew Luken
Matthew Luken is SVP, Global Programs & Regulatory Affairs; European Partnerships at Deque, consulting with companies of all sizes, markets, and industries to grow their digital accessibility programs. Matthew also provides thought leadership to advance the profession and practice of digital accessibility and mature and maximize operations, processes, and outcomes.
Matthew’s bio
Prior to Deque, Matthew built and ran U.S. Bank’s digital accessibility program, providing accessibility design reviews, compliance testing services, defect remediation consulting, and more. The program leveraged over 1,500 implementations of Deque’s Axe Auditor and nearly 4,000 implementations of Axe DevTools and Deque University.
Matthew also served as Head of UXDesign’s Accessibility Center of Practice, where he was responsible for supporting the digital accessibility team’s mission. As a digital accessibility, user experience, and service design expert, Matthew has worked with over 500 brands, covering every vertical and market. He also actively mentors digital designers and accessibility professionals.
Posts from Matthew
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New Accessibility Guildelines in the WordPress User Manual
WordPress has just posted guidelines for Accessibility on WordPress. They cover the basics – headings, alt text on images, descriptive links – as well as…
Read Article#a11ychat – Making Video and Audio Accessible to All
Welcome to the second web accessibility chat, AKA #a11ychat! The “Accessibility Avengers” @nethermind and @goodwitch will be your high energy hosts and moderators for this…
Read ArticleStoked about Sports!
Folks who are blind have long listened to sports on the radio for a better description than those offered on television. However, if one travels,…
Read ArticleAccessible Client-side Form Validation with HTML5, WAI-ARIA, & the jQuery Validation Plugin
Old browsers? Old AT? JavaScript to the rescue! In the last part of our series on accessible form validation and usability enhancements we’re adding the…
Read ArticleAccessible Client-side Form Validation with HTML5
Connecting labels to inputs is easy! But what about required fields, error messages, and keyboard focus? In this three part blog series we’ll learn to make…
Read ArticleAccessibility Around the Web
Every week we come across interesting articles related to the disability and accessibility world. They can be informative, funny, interesting, and even sad. Here are…
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