Andrew Normand
Digital Accessibility Lead at University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolAndrew Normand is a Digital Accessibility Lead with 12 years’ experience driving web accessibility strategy, policy and practical outcomes at major Australian universities. Based in Melbourne, he has built organisation-wide programs—developing accessible branding, templates, procurement requirements and annual accessibility reporting—while embedding user testing by employing over 40 students with diverse disabilities to shape real-world solutions. He combines deep technical knowledge of WCAG compliance and testing with project management, contract drafting and disability-law informed practice to turn compliance into usable services. A former web manager and award-winning designer, Andrew blends usability, policy and hands-on implementation to make IT services genuinely inclusive.
12 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma de español como lengua extranjera DELE, Spanish, B2, Diploma de español como lengua extranjera DELE, Spanish, B2 at Instituto CervantesThe University of MelbourneProfessional Certificate in Web Accessibility Compliance, Professional Certificate in Web Accessibility Compliance at University of South AustraliaGrad Dip, IT, Grad Dip, IT at Swinburne University of TechnologyLLB, BA, LLB, BA at Monash University
Spanish
Github Skills (13)
accessibility8
pattern7
digital-design6
react6
typescript3
tooltips2
earth1
maturity1
machine-learning1
axe1
wcag1
voiceover1
traffic1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
anormand/unimelb-design-system
Feb 2015 - Feb 2015
Contributions:4 PRs, 32 pushes, 2 branches in 4 days
design-systemsreactdesign-systemmelbourne
unimelb/pattern-lib
Jan 2019 - Jan 2022
Pattern library for the 2017 Melbourne University digital design system
Contributions:4 reviews, 30 comments, 1 issue in 3 years 1 month
digital-designmelbournedigital-system-designdesign-systempattern-library
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