Andrew Kirkpatrick

VP of Technology Services at Evinced

Role: Senior Fellow at G3ict - The Global Initiative For Inclusive Icts
Location: Concord, MA, US
LinkedIn followers: 500 followers

About Andrew Kirkpatrick

I\'m an experienced accessibility leader who loves helping organizations understand, innovate, and improve digital experiences for people with disabilities and all users in general. Former Head of Accessibility at Adobe and co-chair of the W3C’s Accessibility Guidelines Working Group, as well as co-editor for the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 and 2.2 standards.

Experience

Senior Fellow
G3ict - The Global Initiative For Inclusive Icts
Mar 2024 — Present
In this role I will help G3ict promote the inclusion of digital accessibility policies and standards in the context of the upcoming United Nations Pact for the Future and Global Digital Compact in collaboration with the technology industry, organizations of persons with disabilities and policy experts involved in the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its transposition into laws, regulations and programs.

Education

Williams College
BA, Biology
Brown University
MAT, Biology

Skills

Open Source
Wcag
User-Centered Design
Xhtml
User Experience
Web Standards
Program Management
Css
Software Design
Section 508
Software Development
User Interface Design
Web 2.0
Html
Accessibility
Mobile Applications
Agile Methodologies
W3c Accessibility
Xml
Web Development
Wcag 2.0
Information Architecture
Product Management
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (Wcag)
Usability
Partnerships
Html5
Usability Testing
Javascript
Html 5
Web Applications
User Interface

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Current company

G3ict - The Global Initiative For Inclusive Icts

Non-Profit Organizations · 45 employees · Founded 2006 · Atlanta, Georgia, United States

WHAT G3ict – the Global Initiative for Inclusive Information and Communication Technologies – is an advocacy initiative launched in December 2006 by the United Nations Global Alliance for ICT and Development, in cooperation with the Secretariat for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at UN DESA. Its mission is to facilitate and support the implementation of the dispositions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on the accessibility of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) and assistive technologies. WHY The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is one of the fastest ever negotiated Human Rights treaties: adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in December 2006, the Convention - and more specifically its Article 9 - creates the first universal framework addressing the accessibility of Information and Communication Technologies and assistive technologies. These dispositions benefit an estimated one billion persons living with disabilities worldwide, making accessible and assistive ICT solutions a priority for industry, users, and policy makers and representing both a major Human Rights milestone and a considerable market driver for Assistive and Accessible ICTs.

g3ict.org

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About Andrew Kirkpatrick

Experience

Senior Fellow

Education

Williams College

Brown University

Skills

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