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 Luken

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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Requirements for an Accessible PDF: Part 2 – Common Accessibility Barriers

Denis Boudreau
March 27, 2013 By Denis Boudreau

In the first post of this series, we covered why integrating accessibility at the very first steps of a project can be beneficial to the…

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Requirements for an Accessible PDF: Part 1

Denis Boudreau
March 20, 2013 By Denis Boudreau

When asked what the most important PDF accessibility requirements are, most people will tell you that in order to be considered accessible, PDF documents need…

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Breaking News: Bank of America Settlement Announced

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March 19, 2013 By Deque Systems

Bank of America announced today that they have entered into a structured settlement to make its mobile and security applications accessible and ADA compliant. From…

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What is Assistive Technology?

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March 8, 2013 By Deque Systems

You may have heard the term before, or you may be able to figure out what it means just by breaking down the phrase. Assistive…

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A breakdown of Deque’s web accessibility testing process…

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March 7, 2013 By Glenda Sims

At Deque, one of the services we offer is a “full-package” evaluation of individual web pages for accessibility. This kind of evaluation can be broken…

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Deque Employee Profile: Paul Bohman

Caitlin Cashin
March 7, 2013 By Caitlin Cashin

What do you do at Deque and how long have you been here? I’m the Director of Training at Deque, and I have been here…

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