Lola O
Web Standards Technologist at W3C
United Kingdom
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Top SchoolLola O is a web standards technologist and strategist with 11 years of experience shaping browser behavior, privacy, and accessibility across industry and standards bodies. As an elected member and Co-Chair of W3C’s Technical Architecture Group and leader of Lola’s Lab consultancy, she bridges browsers, specs, and developer communities through technical leadership, writing, and education. She has driven adoption of accessibility and interoperability work—running the Accessibility Compat Data program, contributing to ARIA and WebDriver BiDi efforts, and influencing browser privacy at Samsung Internet. A founder of blackgirl.tech and host of the What the Spec?! podcast, she pairs community-driven initiatives with hands-on curriculum and documentation work. Trained in computer science and creative arts, she brings a rare mix of technical rigor, clear communication, and cultural advocacy that surfaces often-overlooked user needs.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), English Literature and Creative Writing, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), English Literature and Creative Writing at Kingston UniversityBachelors, Creative Arts, Bachelors, Creative Arts at Open College of the ArtsMaster of Science - MS, Computer Science, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science at Birkbeck, University of London
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Github Skills (169)
android-animation10
testing10
http10
reporter10
heroku10
web-development10
fundamentals10
javascript10
web-platform10
safari10
browser10
webkit10
microsoft-edge10
bidirectional10
firefox10
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
lostinthesource/lits-blog
Jun 2019 - Sep 2019
Contributions:18 PRs, 115 pushes, 15 branches in 3 months
lolaodelola/lolaodelola.dev
Apr 2019 - Jan 2025
Contributions:4 PRs, 29 pushes, 4 branches in 5 years 9 months
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