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Hi there, I’m Aaron and I work on the Web. |
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Every day I strive to make the web (and world) more accessible, open, and equitable place for people to live, play, and work.
Over the last {{ helpers.currentYear() - 1996 }} years, I’ve written {{ collections.books | filterTo("type", "authored") | length }} books (contributing to {{ ( collections.books | length ) - ( collections.books | filterTo("type", "authored") | length ) }} more) and {{ collections.articles | length }} articles with that focus. I’ve also presented on these and related topics at over {{ speaking_engagements | length }} events in {{ ( cities | length ) - 1 }} cities across the globe.
I’m a Principal Accessibility Innovation Strategist at Microsoft, where I run the $25M Accessibility Innovation grant program and lead the charge on accessibility innovation across the company. In my prior role on the Edge browser team, I steered our investments in Progressive Web Apps (PWAs).
I’m also deeply involved in culture work within Microsoft, providing allyship and related training across a broad swath of Microsoft product teams.
I’m a spec editor at the W3C, a former manager of the Web Standards Project, Editor-in-chief of A List Apart, and the creator of the Web We Want.
If you’re interested in learning more about what I’m up to, check out what I’m working on right now.