Erik Kroes
Co-Founder at VodafoneZiggo
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolErik Kroes is an accessibility-driven engineer and entrepreneur with 10+ years turning messy problems into structured, inclusive products; he co-founded inklusivo and advises major brands like ING, IKEA and VodafoneZiggo on digital accessibility and design systems. A certified Product Owner and former Head of Accessibility, he blends hands-on front-end development with product leadership—having led ING’s design system work and contributed accessibility fixes to the popular open-source Lion component library. Based in Amsterdam, he pairs technical depth (browser compatibility, ARIA, component architecture) with community building as an organizer of IDEA11Y meetups and volunteer educator. Outside product work he brings a creative coder’s eye from a photography and arts background, which informs pragmatic, human-centered solutions.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Industrial Design, Industrial Design at University of TwenteBA Photography (Design), BA Photography (Design) at AKV|St.JoostBA Photography (Design), BA Photography (Design) at Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences
Dutch, English
Github Skills (14)
html10
accessibility10
compatibility10
lit-element10
acessibility10
compatible10
javascript10
web-components10
backward-compatibility10
acc10
tooltips10
tooltip10
accessibilityservice10
css8
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
ing-bank/lion
Jul 2019 - Dec 2021
Fundamental white label web component features for your design system.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:3 reviews, 27 commits, 29 PRs in 2 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Erik primarily contributed to improving the accessibility and functionality of web components within the `lion` repository, focusing on web component features for a design system. They fixed issues related to button behavior in Internet Explorer 11, implemented ARIA roles for tooltips, and made tooltips hoverable. The user also addressed DOM order issues in demo examples and improved the input-range component by creating one. The contributions demonstrate a focus on accessibility, browser compatibility, and user experience.
web-componentslionlit-htmljavascriptmodern-web
erikkroes/solidStart
Jul 2020 - Jun 2021
A page that people can point to when they are looking for a solid start. All four tips are testable, fixable and they improve usability for everybody.
Contributions:27 commits, 2 PRs, 18 pushes in 11 months
solid-start
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