ANJALI KUMARI
Hyderabad
Summary
Dynamic Accessibility Consultant with proven expertise at Deque Systems, specializing in WCAG compliance and Section 508 standards. Adept at leading audits and providing actionable remediation guidance, leveraging strong skills in HTML5 and CSS3. Recognized for mentoring junior consultants and enhancing team collaboration to achieve accessible web solutions.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Accessibility Consultant
Deque Systems
02.2022 - Current
- Conduct rigorous accessibility audits on enterprise-level web applications and websites to ensure compliance with WCAG 2.0, 2.1, and the newly released WCAG 2.2.
- Perform specialized mobile app testing for iOS (VoiceOver) and Android (TalkBack), identifying touch target, gesture, and focus order violations.
- Validate compliance with Section 508 and EN 301 549 for government and international clients.
- Lead the planning phase of audit engagements, including defining scope, creating detailed test plans, and estimating timeline requirements.
- Orchestrate resource allocation, assigning specific user flows to team members based on expertise.
- Serve as the primary technical liaison for clients, walking stakeholders through audit reports and demonstrating the impact of barriers using assistive technology.
- Provide actionable remediation guidance to development teams, offering code-level suggestions (ARIA patterns vs. Native HTML) to fix violations.
- Review remediation fixes (re-testing) to certify compliance before product release.
- Utilize a hybrid testing approach: combining the speed of axe DevTools / axe-core for automated checks with deep manual inspection using NVDA, JAWs, Voiceover, and Talkback.
- Expertly analyze WAI-ARIA implementation patterns to ensure accessible names, roles, and states are correctly exposed to the accessibility tree.
- Mentor junior consultants and new hires, conducting peer reviews of audit results to ensure quality and consistency.
- Educating teams on the importance of Native Semantic HTML to reduce reliance on brittle ARIA implementations.
Database Administrator
Accenture
07.2012 - 01.2018
- Worked as a DBA specializing in Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS).
- SQL and PL/SQL
- Unix/Linux Shell Scripting
- Version Control Systems using Git and SVN.
Education
Master Of Computer Application -
Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIITS)
Bhubaneswar, India01.2012
Bachelor Of Science - Mathematics Hons.
Magadh University
Gaya, India01.2008
Skills
- Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 20, 21, 22
- Section 508 compliance
- EN 301 549 standards
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
- Screen reader proficiency (NVDA, JAWS, VoiceOver, TalkBack)
- Axe DevTools suite (Axe-core, Axe Auditor)
- Lighthouse performance testing
- Accessibility testing tools (ARC Toolkit)
- HTML5 and CSS3 expertise
- WAI-ARIA implementation
- JavaScript accessibility techniques
- iOS Accessibility API knowledge
- Android Accessibility Suite familiarity
- Touch target optimization
- Gesture recognition strategies
- Audit scoping and planning
- Test plan development
- JIRA project management
- Confluence documentation management
Professional Development And Community
- Active Member: IAAP India Chapter.
- Continuous Learning: Regularly attend axe-core technical talks and IAAP webinars to stay ahead of industry trends and changes in WCAG standards.
- Advocacy: Participate in community discussions regarding the practical application of WCAG 2.2 new success criteria.
Timeline
Accessibility Consultant
Deque Systems
02.2022 - Current
Database Administrator
Accenture
07.2012 - 01.2018
Master Of Computer Application -
Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIITS)
Bachelor Of Science - Mathematics Hons.
Magadh University