Lisa Seeman-horwitz
Israel
Summary
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RockstarLisa Seeman-horwitz is an internationally recognized expert in web accessibility, interoperability, and the Semantic Web, with over a decade of hands-on experience shaping global standards such as the initial ARIA drafts. She has led international research teams and consulted for Fortune 500 firms and the European Commission, translating accessibility science into practical enterprise solutions. As founder and former CEO of UB Access she closed early investment and exit milestones, and later contributed accessibility research at IBM and Deque. Her GitHub contributions include clarifying WCAG 2.1 success criteria—demonstrating a rare blend of standards-making, research rigor, and practical guideline refinement. Based in Israel, she combines inventive thinking with proven business outcomes to turn complex web accessibility challenges into interoperable, scalable solutions.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Stackoverflow
1reputation
0reached
1answer
0questions
Github Skills (4)
html10
accessibility10
wcag10
javascript6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
w3c/wcag
Mar 2017 - Dec 2017
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
Role in this project:
Accessibility Specialist
Accessibility SpecialistContributions:64 commits, 1 push, 5 comments in 8 months
Contributions summary:Lisa primarily contributed to the improvement and refinement of accessibility guidelines within the repository. Their commits involved updating and creating HTML files related to WCAG 2.1 success criteria, specifically addressing topics such as timeouts, authentication, and personalization. The modifications focused on clarifying language, refining definitions, and providing more detailed information to ensure the guidelines are clear and effective.
a11yattributionaxeguidelineswcag
ayelet-seeman/coga.personalisation
Jul 2015 - Feb 2017
Contributions:93 commits, 5 PRs, 91 pushes in 1 year 7 months
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