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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Pragmatica11y: On critical thinking and being acc-sexy-ble

Denis Boudreau
March 5, 2013 By Denis Boudreau

I want to tell you a story about a community of passionate individuals, fueled by the desire to make the Web a more accessible place…

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Accessibility Round-Up – February 22, 2013

Caitlin Cashin
February 22, 2013 By Caitlin Cashin

Here are some notable accessibility links from around the web this week: “Accessible content writing starter kit” – Access iQ(Featuring Deque’s free accessibility testing plug-in,…

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Is your Banking Website at Risk?

Caitlin Cashin
February 11, 2013 By Caitlin Cashin

The Financial Brand posted a very interesting article on Friday about the importance of making sure your website is ADA compliant: “Could Your Banking Website…

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Welcome to “Pragmatica11y”

Denis Boudreau
February 5, 2013 By Denis Boudreau

I like to think of myself as being a pragmatic. I’m also very passionate about what we affectionately call “a11y”, or accessibility. So it should…

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Putting It All Together: Deque’s 360 Degree Accessibility Testing Methodology in Action

Glenda Sims headshot, smiling
January 7, 2013 By Glenda Sims

360-Degree Web Testing: Post 4 of 4 So far, we’ve talked about the two main methodologies that Deque uses to perform accessibility testing.  We presented…

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Manual Accessibility Testing as Part of Your 360-Degree Approach to Web Testing

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December 19, 2012 By Glenda Sims

360-Degree Web Testing: Post 3 of 4 Automated accessibility testing is an integral part of your 360-degree approach to accessibility testing, but there are some…

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