CEO, Gründer und Vorstandsmitglied
Preety Kumar
Preety Kumar is the CEO and founder of Deque Systems. She invented the category of automated digital accessibility testing over two decades ago and established the vision of unifying Web access, both from the user and the technology perspective. Preety is a visionary leader and she attracted numerous luminaries as she built a mission-driven company.
Preety’s bio
Today, Deque is a recognized market leader in the field of digital accessibility with a breadth and depth of innovative products serving enterprise and government clients 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 fosters information accessibility through mutual cooperation.
Preety was a developer, test manager and engineering manager for companies like Verizon and holds a Masters in Computer Science from George Washington University. She has served on boards like Disabiity:In and Yes I Can. Preety is a digital nomad and when she is not on a plane, she loves to surf, climb mountains and fly planes.
Posts from Preety
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Warum falsche Behauptungen und Fehlalarme Programme zur digitalen Barrierefreiheit zunichte machen
Development teams are at the front lines of digital accessibility. Through the skills they bring, the tools they use, and the processes they embrace, we’re…
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Axe-core 3 Milliarden: Ein Meilenstein in der Bewegung für digitale Barrierefreiheit
Deque has been in business for over 20 years, continuously serving the cause of digital accessibility. In that time, we’ve enjoyed some pretty remarkable milestones.…
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The EAA and the new era of digital accessibility
I’ve been working to advance digital accessibility for over twenty years. In that time, I’ve seen both successes and setbacks. But like everyone committed to…
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Digitale Barrierefreiheit von einer Option zu einer unverzichtbaren Voraussetzung machen
Wir leben in einer Zeit rascher Veränderungen, die durch transformative Technologien vorangetrieben werden. In nahezu allen Bereichen – rechtlich, finanziell, politisch, ethisch – sind die Auswirkungen tiefgreifend. Und…
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Ein ganzheitlicher Ansatz für digitale Barrierefreiheit
Überall auf der Welt gewinnen Maßnahmen zur digitalen Barrierefreiheit zunehmend an Dynamik. Doch obwohl die Notwendigkeit der Barrierefreiheit klar ist, herrscht nach wie vor Unsicherheit darüber, wie…
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Der Weg zu einem barrierefreieren Internet
Die digitale Barrierefreiheit hat große Fortschritte gemacht. Allerdings ist die Kluft zwischen dem, was wir in Zukunft erreichen wollen, und dem, wo wir heute stehen, …
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