Liam Ross
Co-Founder at Withe
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Top SchoolLiam Ross is a co-founder and software engineer with nine years of experience building real-time, embedded web apps—currently focused on bringing in-website 1:1 video calling to sales teams through Withe. Based in Vancouver, he blends hands-on engineering in WebRTC and real-time systems with product-driven startup leadership. His front-end work includes accessibility-focused contributions to the widely used Apryse WebViewer UI, improving keyboard navigation and ARIA semantics to make complex interfaces more usable. Liam’s background spans science studies at UBC and local colleges, and he has a knack for turning low-level real-time constraints into smooth, user-friendly web experiences.
9 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Bachelor of Science (BSc) at The University of British ColumbiaKwantlen University CollegeHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Elgin Park Secondary SchoolDouglas College
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Github Skills (11)
accessibility10
acessibility10
uid10
javascript10
acc10
front-end-development10
ui-design10
react10
accessibilityservice10
typescript6
react-hooks6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
ApryseSDK/webviewer-ui
Feb 2020 - Aug 2020
WebViewer UI built in React
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:22 commits, 28 PRs, 52 pushes in 5 months
Contributions summary:Liam primarily focused on enhancing the accessibility (a11y) of the WebViewer UI built in React. Their commits include adding aria-labels, keyboard navigation improvements, and refactoring the menu and dropdown components for better usability with assistive technologies. The user also addressed several UI-related issues, such as font adjustments and fixing display problems in the bookmark and notes panel components.
reactreact-pdfoffice-viewerwebviewerpdf-viewer
PDFTron/webviewer-react-toolkit-demo
Feb 2020 - May 2020
Contributions:18 commits, 23 pushes, 7 branches in 2 months
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