W3C Freelance
November 2006 – Present
- Active Contributor to W3C Working Groups and Standards Development
- On-going contributions to the development of WCAG 2.1, WCAG 2.2, and emergent work for WCAG 3.0; co-author/contributor to the Media Accessibility User Requirements (MAUR); contributor to the emergent Personalization & Pronunciation specifications; active participant in the Application Platform Accessibility Working Group.
- Previous participant and contributor to:
- W3C HTML 5 specification
- Media/Timed-Text specification
- Television on the Web Interest Group
- ARIA Working Group
- Cognitive Disabilities Task Force
Deque Systems, Inc – Principal Accessibility Strategist
March 2015 – October 2020
- Joined Deque Systems in the spring of 2015 as a Principal Accessibility Consultant.
- Provided strategic technical and program consultation to Deque’s clients and internal projects as a Subject Matter Expert.
- Senior Accessibility trainer and course developer.
- Deque’s W3C Advisory Council representative, where he was the official spokesperson for the company.
JPMorgan Chase – Web Accessibility Specialist
January 2012 – February 2015
- Joined the Electronic Communications Accessibility Team (eCAT) as a Senior Web Accessibility Specialist.
- Lead Accessibility Trainer to the various web development teams across the firm.
- Instrumental in establishing their internal accessibility training initiative.
- Led the development and creation of JMPC’s 1st Generation Digital Accessibility training materials.
Open Web Camp – Co-Founder
2008 – 2015
- Co-Founder of Open Web Camp, which provided a free, day-long web developer’s conference in the Bay Area (California) for 7 years, with an emphasis on digital accessibility.
Stanford University – Manager, Stanford Online Accessibility Program
July 2006 – December 2011
- Established and ran the Stanford Online Accessibility Program.
- Worked with multiple stakeholders across the numerous Schools and Centers across campus to achieve digital accessibility compliance.
- Reported to the University Registrar’s office, and provided consultation to the University’s General Council office, ADA compliance office and other senior stakeholders.
WATS.ca – Co-founder
April 2003 – July 2006
- Worked with both public and private sector clients to create web sites that were universally accessible, fast, focused and easy to use.
- Provided consulting, development, training services to numerous organizations, including:
- The Supreme Court of Canada,
- Canadian Space Agency,
- National Research Council,
- The City of Ottawa,
- Queens University
…and numerous departments within Human Resources and Development Canada, Industry Canada, and others.
bytown internet
January 1998 – July 2006
- Consultant, web site developer, and corporate trainer, John has created and managed web content professionally since the late ’90s.
- Developed and managed commercial web sites for a variety of small to medium sized businesses, delivered seminars and other training opportunities and spoke regularly at conferences and technology meet-ups.
- Clients included:
- Canadian School for Public Service
- The Canadian Passport Office
- Treasury Board of Canada
- (Former) Ottawa City councilor Doug Thompson
- Zaphod Beeblebrox Nightclub
- The All Seasons Church of Canada
- The Prescott-Russell Tourism Association
…and more.
- For 2 years John also consulted as a member of the Treasury Board Secretariat’s Web Accessibility testing team, advising and recommending government departments on issues of web accessibility.
entrust.net – Customer Experience Prime
2000 – 2001
- Provided customized Front-end user interfaces for entrust.net’s client base of digital certificate re-sellers.
- Experienced in internationalization and Cold Fusion development, John worked with a team of 8 application developers, QA testers, etc.