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Naveen Kumar D

Naveen Kumar D

Bengaluru

Summary

6+ Years of experience as an Accessibility Tester

Professional experience in testing accessibility from general HTML, CSS, web applications to advanced applications such as Java Script, AJAX, JQuery, Dojo, Angular, Bootstrap, Polymer, and React.

Specialist in WCAG 2.1, Section 508 & ARIA

Good experience in Educating Clients, Designers, and Developers about Accessibility.

Involved in the Sprint planning, tested a11y user stories, and logged bug tickets.

Assigned bug priorities, validated fixed bugs, and closed a11y stories once all priority bugs are resolved.

Tested UI common components and provided recommendations.

Good experience in document (PDF & MS-office) accessibility

Good experience in Assistive Technologies (NVDA, JAWS, Voice over, Tailback, and magnification tools)

Good knowledge in Accessibility compliances such as WCAG, Section-508, GIGW and other disability legislations & standards.

Good experience in working with Automatic Accessibility Testing and Evaluation tools

Excellent at mentoring Teams

Dedication in maintaining high quality accessible products/apps...

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Sr Accessibility Analyst

Target Corporation
06.2021 - Current

1. Roundel (Health & Beauty)

Compliance: WCAG 2.0 Level AA and Section 508

Role: Sr Accessibility Tester

Duration: June 2021 to Till

Description:

Roundel previously known as Target Media Network redefines the digital advertising in Target. Roundel will leverage Target's shopper insights to create personalized ad campaigns that can run on Target.com or elsewhere across 150 brand-safe channels, like Pinterest, Pop Sugar, NBCU and others. These channels may also be web, mobile or social sites.

Roundel and App refresh related PDF Remediation is the process of "tagging" digital elements of PDF documents so that they can be read using assistive technology.
Again, these “tags” identify the elements and inform the assistive technology about the order in which they are meant to be read

Roles and Responsibilities.

a Purely guest facing and validating the ads and brand pages with respect to accessibility

a Pdf Remediation for brand page previews

a Video validation (verifying video assets in terms of accessibility)

a Validating Preview links prior to the launch

a Feedback will be logged in slingshot tool and following up the issues until they get fixed

2. Roundel (Refresh APP)

Compliance: WCAG 2.0 Level AA and Section 508

Role: Sr Accessibility Tester

Duration: June 2021 to Till

Description:

Validating each component on web preview link against accessibility standards using screen reader, color contrast analyzer, keyboard etc. and raise feedbacks on slingshot tool. A set of web components refreshing every day on target.com pages must be reviewed by functional, accessibility and design teams a week before for any changes/feedbacks..

Roles and Responsibilities

a Purely guest facing and validating the ads and brand pages with respect to accessibility

a Pdf Remediation for brand page previews

a Video validation (verifying video assets in terms of accessibility)

a Validating Preview links prior to the launch

a Feedback will be logged in slingshot tool and following up the issues until they get fixed

3. My Time

Compliance: WCAG 2.0 Level AA and Section 508

Role: Sr Accessibility Tester

Duration: June 2021 to Till

Description:

My time for Target is a time and attendance app that is used by Target Stores and Distribution Centers. It allows Team Members to view their schedule, indicate availability preferences, request to cover shifts and pick up shifts etc.

Roles and Responsibilities

a Validating the myTime App on iOS and Android against the accessibility standards by checking with screen reader, Color contrast analyzer etc.Roundel previously known as Target Media Network redefines the digital advertising in Target. Roundel will leverage Target's shopper insights to create personalized ad campaigns that can run on Target.com or elsewhere across 150 brand-safe channels, like Pinterest, Pop Sugar, NBCU and others. These channels may also be web, mobile or social sites.

Roundel and App refresh related PDF Remediation is the process of "tagging" digital elements of PDF documents so that they can be read using assistive technology.
Again, these “tags” identify the elements and inform the assistive technology about the order in which they are meant to be read

Roles and Responsibilities.

a Purely guest facing and validating the ads and brand pages with respect to accessibility

a Pdf Remediation for brand page previews

a Video validation (verifying video assets in terms of accessibility)

a Validating Preview links prior to the launch

a Feedback will be logged in slingshot tool and following up the issues until they get fixed

4. Roundel (Refresh APP)

Compliance: WCAG 2.0 Level AA and Section 508

Role: Sr Accessibility Tester

Duration: June 2021 to Till

Description:

Validating each component on web preview link against accessibility standards using screen reader, color contrast analyzer, keyboard etc. and raise feedbacks on slingshot tool. A set of web components refreshing every day on target.com pages must be reviewed by functional, accessibility and design teams a week before for any changes/feedbacks..

Roles and Responsibilities

a Purely guest facing and validating the ads and brand pages with respect to accessibility

a Pdf Remediation for brand page previews

a Video validation (verifying video assets in terms of accessibility)

a Validating Preview links prior to the launch

a Feedback will be logged in slingshot tool and following up the issues until they get fixed

4. My Time

Compliance: WCAG 2.0 Level AA and Section 508

Role: Sr Accessibility Tester

Duration: June 2021 to Till

Description:

My time for Target is a time and attendance app that is used by Target Stores and Distribution Centers. It allows Team Members to view their schedule, indicate availability preferences, request to cover shifts and pick up shifts etc.

Roles and Responsibilities

a Validating the myTime App on iOS and Android against the accessibility standards by checking with screen reader, Color contrast analyzer etc.

Accessibility Tester

EdgeVerve
06.2018 - 05.2021

1. Finacle

Compliance: WCAG 2.0 Level AA and Section 508

Role: Accessibility Tester

Duration: Jun 2018 to May 2021

Description:

Finacle partners with banks to ‘simplify’ banking and arms them with accelerated innovation to build tomorrow’s bank, today. Today Finacle is the choice of 183 clients across 84 countries and serves 14 percent of the world’s banked population. Finacle solutions address the core banking, e-banking, mobile banking, CRM, payments, treasury, origination, liquidity management, wealth management and Islamic banking requirements of retail, corporate and universal banks worldwide. The solution’s componentized structure and enterprise-class capabilities help banks enhance the agility and efficiency of their operations significantly as well as improve customer experience across channels.

Being a largest Universal Banking System Finacle aims to make its applications widely usable and accessible regardless of abilities and disabilities.

Roles and Responsibilities

a Worked on core banking, corporate and retail banking products

a Created A11y RFP templates, FAQ which helps marketing and pre-sales folks in finacle to answer our customer queries.

a Prepared Accessibility Test checklist and Trained QA teams

a Provided a11y audit for the common UI components built on Dojo, Polymer (OE Cloud) and Angular frame works and made them better accessible.

a Performed a11y testing for direct, corporate and retail banking applications on web, android and IOS platforms.

a Participated in sprint planning, Tested a11y user stories or features.

a Re-validated the a11y bugs fixed by Engg team, closed user stories once all priority a11y bugs are closed.

Involved in the accessibility study of Finacle Core banking and ebanking applications

Education

MBA -

Sri Venkateswara Univerity
Tirupati, India

Skills

  • Expertise using Assistive Technology
  • JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver
  • WCAG 20 & 21
  • Section 508
  • ADA
  • HTML, CSS, ARIA
  • JIRA
  • PDF Remediation
  • Video Caption generation
  • WAVE Accessibility Tool bar – Fire fox Extension
  • WCAG Contrast Checker
  • AXE Accessibility tool bar – Chrome/Firefox Extension

Timeline

Sr Accessibility Analyst

Target Corporation
06.2021 - Current

Accessibility Tester

EdgeVerve
06.2018 - 05.2021

MBA -

Sri Venkateswara Univerity
Naveen Kumar D