Mat Harris
Sr Software Developer Engineer In Test at BECU
Portland, Oregon, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMat Harris is a Web Accessibility Lead with 11 years of tech experience who now shapes accessibility strategy for ITHAKA's product portfolio (including JSTOR) to expand global access to knowledge. He transitioned from front-end development—bringing deep HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, and CMS experience—to focused accessibility advocacy and audit work, authoring VPATs and training cross-functional teams on WCAG and Section 508 compliance. At Level Access he led accessibility programs for large financial clients and guided remediation prioritization across the software lifecycle, combining hands-on testing with strategic program leadership. With an academic background in Political Science and International Relations, Mat brings a systems-level perspective to inclusive design and is passionate about collaboration, open source, and practical accessibility that improves real user outcomes.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree of Social Science in Political Science, International and European Relations, Master's degree of Social Science in Political Science, International and European Relations at Linköping UniversityBachelor of Arts, Political Studies, Bachelor of Arts, Political Studies at University of Illinois Springfield
English, Swedish
Github Skills (11)
lit10
jstor10
lit-html9
lit-element9
web-components9
react8
beta-testing5
cms3
laravel3
vue1
ui-components1
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
sirrah-tam/matharris-astro
Dec 2024 - Jul 2026
Contributions:1 review, 37 PRs, 126 pushes in 1 year 7 months
sirrah-tam/pharos
Aug 2023 - Nov 2025
JSTOR's design system
Contributions:86 pushes, 15 branches in 2 years 3 months
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