Felix聽Zapata
Senior Front End Developer And Web Accessibility Consultant at GFT Technologies
Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
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Top SchoolFelix Zapata is a Senior Front End Developer and Web Accessibility Consultant with over 13 years crafting accessible, modern web experiences for agencies, banks (Bankia, Santander, BBVA, Bancomer) and startups. He has evolved with the web since 2001, moving from HTML/CSS/JS to frameworks like Angular, Vue and libraries such as Polymer and Lit, and has contributed accessibility fixes to notable repos like PolymerElements/app-layout. A repeat mentor and internship tutor, Felix blends hands-on implementation with accessibility audits, remediation, and public speaking to raise inclusive design standards. Based in Madrid, he founded the Madrid WordPress Meetup and brings a practical mix of long-term product experience and grassroots community leadership鈥攈e鈥檚 also an occasional pilot and ATC on VATSIM, which hints at a disciplined, systems-oriented mindset.
13 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Tecnico Superior Desarrollo Aplicaciones Inform谩ticas, Tecnico Superior Desarrollo Aplicaciones Inform谩ticas at I.E.S. PalomerasUniversidad NebrijaDesarrollo de aplicaciones para IOS, Desarrollo de aplicaciones para IOS at Universidad Nacional de Educaci贸n a Distancia - U.N.E.D.UOC (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya)
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Github Skills (12)
html10
accessibility10
css10
acessibility10
acc10
accessibilityservice10
polymer9
web-components9
user-interface9
nodejs6
javascript6
gruntjs6
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
PolymerElements/app-layout
Oct 2016 - Nov 2016
App layout elements
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer & Accessibility Specialist
Front-end Developer & Accessibility SpecialistContributions:8 commits, 6 PRs, 4 comments in 22 days
Contributions summary:Felix primarily focused on improving the accessibility of the app-layout repository's Shrine theme. Their contributions included fixing color contrast issues, adding headers, replacing image backgrounds with image elements, and ensuring each link and button had a clear purpose. The user also refactored code to replace `alt` attributes with `aria-label` attributes and made various other accessibility enhancements.
reactapp-layoutelementsjavascriptlayout
javascript-beer/javascript-beer.github.io
Feb 2021 - Feb 2022
Sitio web de JavaScript and Beers!
Contributions:2 reviews, 1 PR, 87 pushes in 1 year
beerssitiojsjavascriptsitio-web
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