Jul 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 8 mos

• As an Independent consultant, I provide support with accessibility audits and advice on strategy.

Mar 2022 – Jul 2022 · 4 mos

Nov 2019 – Mar 2022 · 2 yrs 4 mos

• As a Senior Accessibility Program Manager, I am responsible to oversee global accessibility program. Following is summary of my work:
• 1. Build and manage accessibility initiatives for Watermark
• 2. Perform accessibility audits for products and generate audit reports
• 3. Create and maintain Accessibility Conformance Reports (Also known as VPATs)
• 4. Create, conduct and manage accessibility training for existing and new employees
• 5. Work with Client facing teams to support customers on accessibility needs
• 6. Build and manage internal accessibility strategies to ensure accessibility is integrated as part of product development
• 7. Help company celebrate accessibility and disability related events
• 8. Represent as Watermark's Accessibility Leader for industry events related to accessibility

Jul 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 8 mos · India · Hybrid

• As a Director of Product Accessibility, I manage Accessibility initiatives at Freshworks for cross business units. My role includes:
• 1. Empower teams to build accessibility knowledge
• 2. Help teams build products that are accessible and inclusive as per International standards such as Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
• 3. Creae and manage Accessibility policy for the organization.
• 4. Create and manage Accessibility conformnce reports
• 5. Represent Freshworks in relevant accessibility and inclusion events.

Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 · 2 yrs

• Advises on accessibility related business.

Oct 2016 – Aug 2020 · 3 yrs 10 mos · Global

Oct 2016 – Dec 2016 · 2 mos · Global

• OpenAIR is a challenge organized by Knowbility to improve quality of websites of non-profit organizations as well to encourage main stread developers to build inclusive websites.

Apr 2016 – Nov 2019 · 3 yrs 7 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• At Informatica, I work on helping design, engineering and quality teams to build inclusive products and comply with global accessibility standards. I also work on towards educating required stakeholders in the area of accessibility.

Aug 2015 – Mar 2016 · 7 mos

• During this period, I have been actively involved in the Low Vision Task Force - a subset of WCAG Working Group to work specifically on needs of people with low vision.

Jun 2015 – Mar 2016 · 9 mos · Greater Hyderabad Area

• At Deque, I work on assessments as per Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, share knowledge with other team members, spend some time to work closely with W3C's WCAG Working Group and specific contributions to Low Vision Task Force. In addition, I'm also an active member of W3C's India Community Group.

Sep 2014 – Jun 2015 · 9 mos · Greater Hyderabad Area

• My role is to manage Accessibility team both at offshore and on-site, mentor the team, prepare business plans, work closely with both internal and external customers. Also, expanded role is to evangelize accessibility across the company and support diversity initiatives.

May 2013 – Jan 2019 · 5 yrs 8 mos · India

• 1. Posts weekly Accessibility round up
• 2. Post article related to Accessibility

Jun 2012 – Sep 2014 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Bangalore Area, India

• I am responsible to bring a strategic growth for Accessibility initiatives at PayPal. My assignment involves accessibility program management, evaluation, consultation and creating awareness. The objective is to ensure PayPal services are available to everyone regardless of all abilities or disabilities.

Apr 2012 – Jul 2022 · 10 yrs 3 mos · Bangalore

• Objective is to raise awareness about digital accessibility. To begin with, writes reviews of choicest portals and apps, write accessibility tips and examples.
• Initiated and promoting Bangalore Accessibility Meet-ups.

Apr 2012 – Jun 2012 · 2 mos · Bangaluru

• We are a store for all your accessibility needs including testing your products against Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), Section 508, Guidelines for Indian Government Websites (GIGW), accessibility training for your engineering teams, we conduct accessibility sensitization workshops to remove several misconceptions in your mind towards accessibility and we also offer accessibility consulting services including how you can make dynamic interfaces accessible using Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA) implementation.

Jun 2010 – Aug 2012 · 2 yrs 2 mos

• Being a board of Governing council of NAB Karnataka, I'm responsible to improve the quality of different activities of the organizations including training and employment services.

Mar 2010 – Apr 2013 · 3 yrs 1 mo

• Organized a day conference on Web Accessibility jointly by Yahoo! India R & D and W3C India.
• Creating awareness about accessibility. This group has been closed in the recent and a new community group has formed, which intends to run activities online.

Jan 2010 – Mar 2021 · 11 yrs 2 mos · Raichur, Karnataka, India

• SuccessWorld is a non-profit organization to promote education and employment for people with vision impairment and low vision.

Dec 2009 – Apr 2013 · 3 yrs 4 mos

• Contributed to Accessible Work place - Hand book and contributed ideas to create awareness about Accessibility

Apr 2009 – Apr 2012 · 3 yrs

• Responsible to improve accessibility of more Yahoo! products, training and evangelizing both at Yahoo! and outside.
• Some of the conferences and topics I have presented are:
• Need for Web Accessibility in Developing Countries,Yahoo!Initiatives - CSUN, 2011 San Diego, USA & Techshare India 2010
• Role of Engineering Best Practices - CSUN 2011 San Diego, USA
• The Power of ARIA - Techshare India 2012
• Yahoo! Messenger & Accessibility - Techshare India 2012
• Web Accessibility and WCAG at The workshop organized by the W3C India and LNMIIT, Jaipur
• I was also played a key role on organizing Workshop on Web Accessibility in association with W3C India & Yahoo!.
• Also, I was instrumental in promoting the TEDx Golf Links Park organized by Yahoo! This event was a grand success. There were about 100 participants at the venue and about 1000+ unique visitors viewed the event live online. See the tweets with hashtag #TEDxGLP

Apr 2009 – Mar 2011 · 1 yr 11 mos

• Joined Yahoo! India R & D in early 2009. My first role at Yahoo! is to set up an Accessibility Lab which is similar to the lab we have at our Head quarters in Sunnyvale, the United States of America. The process involves, identifying necessary hardware, software including assistive technologies, negotiating with vendors and help teams in procurement.
• Once lab has been set up, I'm responsible to evaluate our products for accessibility using both automated and manual methods. I also evangelize accessibility across Yahoo! and help teams to learn and implement accessibility in both existing and new products. Negotiate with product owners to ensure that accessibility is included in release check list.
• I am specialized in Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0, HTML, CSS and ARIA.
• I represent Yahoo! in different accessibility and disability related conferences in India and abroad. Represent the company for the initiatives taken up by Government of India in the area of accessibility and welfare of persons with disabilities.
• I'm represent as a Member at National Advisory Board of World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) India and Disability Working Committee of NASSCOM Foundation.

Jan 2008 – Jan 2019 · 11 yrs

• Create awareness about assistive technologies for visually impaired and other career opportunities.

Nov 2007 – Apr 2009 · 1 yr 5 mos

• At BarrierBreak Technologies, I was responsible for:
• 1. Coordinating for the event Techshare India - India's 1st Accessibility and Assistive Technology Conference and Exhibition held at New Delhi on February 4th & 5th, 2008
• 2. Programme Coordinator for magazine a3 - ability, adaptability and accessibility
• 3. Representing the company to clients to suggest them the best assistive technologies
• 4. Representing company in the seminars and conference in the area of disability, accessibility and assistive technologies.

Nov 2005 – Nov 2007 · 2 yrs

• I started my career as an Accessibility Tester where I was responsible to test the products as per the guidelines of:
• 1. Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 1.0)
• 2. Section 508 of American Disability Act (ADA)
• Further, since my area of interest is to meet people, I moved to Marketing division where I was responsible for:
• 1. Coordinating to organize Accessibility Workshops
• 2. Create awareness about accessibility among the Government Sector, NGOs.

Jun 2004 – Jun 2005 · 1 yr

• I was instrumental in setting up Computer Training Programme for Visually Impaired under the Banner of Inforays Technologies. I have developped the course content and examination pattern. I was also counselling students and clients with disabilities to choose the right career.

Feb 2003 – Nov 2005 · 2 yrs 9 mos

• I was responsible for adminstration of School for the Blind, Vocational Training Centre and Manik Institute of Information Technology. Also, looks after Public Relation Department.

Apr 2001 – Jun 2003 · 2 yrs 2 mos

• Instrumental in setting up Braille Production Centre and Computer Training Centre for Visually impaired.
• Launced website for NAB Karnataka Branch

Jan 2000 – Jan 2001 · 1 yr

• Managed the institute for Mentally retarded. Coordinated for fund raising and bringing up the computer literacy