John Lee
Accessibility Strategy Leader | Inclusive Design Advocate | Driving Innovation & Equity in Digital Experiences
- Role
- Accessibility Design & Research Consultant, Inclusive Product Design Office at Lenovo
- Location
- Durham, NC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About John Lee
As a seasoned Accessibility Design & Research Consultant, I specialize in crafting…
Experience
Accessibility Design & Research Consultant, Inclusive Product Design Office
Feb 2022 — Present · Morrisville, NC, US
Integrate accessibility into Lenovo’s products and processes. • Bring the voice of our customers with disabilities into the design process.• Integrate accessibility into Lenovo’s software and hardware products- so they are usable by people with disabilities. • Evaluate software for conformance to WCAG 2.1, analyze the functionality of assistive technologies for visual, mobility, hearing, cognitive, and speech impairments. • Drive improvements by communicating accessibility research findings to technical and non-technical audiences including product management, design, and development. The scope of this role will be across Lenovo’s business’s and will include our PC, Smartphone, and Data Center products.• Collaborate closely with the Executive Director, Program and Project Manager, User Experience Designers, User Researchers, Data Scientists, Product Developers, Product Managers, and Executives to review designs/concepts in the development process and provide accessibility feedback during the development of new products.• Systematize accessibility as a part of the Diversity by Design process across Lenovo. • Promote accessibility within the organization; advocate for considering accessibility as a vital part of the customer experience.• Support accessibility testing.• Plan and perform web accessibility testing with assistive technologies such as JAWS, VoiceOver, and ZoomText, with the understanding of their interactions with multiple browsers and platforms.• Educate and inform project teams on the proper methods for implementing digital accessibility in a variety of web, mobile, hardware and document systems.• Lead and present accessibility training sessions to internal and external audiences.• Work collaboratively with cross-functional project team members and business peers to propose the best experience for the end user.•
Education
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Bachelor's degree, Education
1986 — 1991
Project Management Academy, West Lafayette , Indiana
35 hours of Professional Development Training
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
General Studies
1985 — 1986
Middlebury College, Vermont
Certification Fluency in German
1989
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