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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Beyond compliance: Building design systems for inclusivity
Design systems provide the framework for how digital products are built and experienced. However, not all design systems are created equal. Traditional systems often prioritize…
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The Unruh Act: Understand the lawsuits and how state and federal regulations could combine to create blockbuster settlements
For over a decade, I’ve been monitoring and analyzing federal and state lawsuits related to digital accessibility. One thing I can say about this space…
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Vibe fixing: How to validate AI-generated code and achieve accessibility at the speed of AI
The term “vibe coding” didn’t even exist before 2025, but this AI-powered approach to generating code has already become the new normal, because it enables…
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Digital accessibility in a post-EAA deadline world: Actionable advice for developments in the Netherlands and France
The European Accessibility Act (EAA) deadline was June 28, 2025, and we are now in a post-deadline world. For any business based in or selling…
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How to make the leap to paid accessibility tools when you need to accelerate progress
As developers, we like free tools. We use them all the time. And when we go into a new project, one of the first things…
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A closer look at axe MCP Server
In our recent webinar, Axe MCP Server: Digital accessibility expertise right in your AI agent, Glenda Sims and I explored how Deque is transforming digital…
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