United States

UI/ Visual Design

Front-end

Year abroad

Tom Babinszki

Accessibility consultant

Accessibility

WordPress

• Defining accessibility strategy
• Building and maintaining accessibility test library
• Providing accessibility evaluation quality assurance
• Providing accessibility guidance to all departments
• Simplifying and enhancing customer experience

• Consulting with product teams to enhance mobile accessibility
• Providing accessibility training
• Developing accessibility best practices
• Promoting the use of accessible conversational ux design

•	Managing accessibility training delivery, reinventing training using just-in-time approach, less time, more education
•	Administering an onsite accessibility education program. 6000 participants in 10 countries, 0.75 Net Promoter Score on surveys.
•	Mobile accessibility lead: under the Apple IBM partnership, responsible for the accessibility of over 100 applications, used by millions of people; Ensuring corporate wide mobile accessibility
•	Section 508 support: consulting on Section 508 to maximize sales value, preparing sales team for Section 508 refresh, increasing product sales value, risk mitigation
•	Monitoring and implementing international accessibility standards
•	Representing company at industry facing conferences and 
meetings
•	Understand and advise on legal and technological implications of platform accessibility: Windows, OS X, Linux, Windows Mobile, iOS, Watch OS, Fire OS

•	Building and managing the Center for Entrepreneurship for blind and visually impaired entrepreneurs from concept to completion. 
•	Designing curriculum
•	Identifying growth opportunities
•	Promoting the program
•	Tracking program development
•	Overseeing advisory board
•	Cultivating relationship with donors
•	Enrolling over 500 students
•	Heading technology working group

Providing Section 508, Section 504, WCAG, and accessibility consulting services to make information accessible to people with disabilities.
- Section 508 consulting/auditing/training
- Section 504 consulting
- WCAG consulting/auditing/training
- Web accessibility testing and auditing
- Document accessibility remediation
- Audio transcription services
- Captioning
- Braille transcription
- Accessible web design
- Disability awareness training

Some of our recent clients:

Dell
Ernst & Young
KPMG
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Health and Human Services
Overbrook School for the Blind
National Industries for the Blind

Provided Section 508 and accessibility related consulting and auditing services at different U.S. government agencies, such as USPTO, DOE, FAA, EPA.

Headed the Section 508 technical team at the US Patent and Trademark Office, where I delivered cost saving solutions for web site and software implementation, and trained over 4000 developers on Section 508 compliance.

Provided assistance with assistive technologies, such as screen readers, voice recognition systems and Braille embossing

Built and successfully operated a translation agency with 30 translators.

Provided numerous accessibility and assistive technology related services to corporate and government clients.

- Section 508 consulting and training
- Accessibility audits
- JAWS scripting and training
- Training other assistive technologies, such as screen readers, screen magnification systems, Braille embossers, notetakers

Tom Babinszki🇺🇸