Mike Gifford
Open Standards & Practices Lead at CivicActions
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolMike Gifford is an Open Standards & Practices Lead at CivicActions and a recognized thought leader in digital accessibility with 13 years of professional experience and deep roots in the Drupal community. As a W3C Invited Expert, IAAP-certified accessibility practitioner, and long-time Drupal Core Accessibility Maintainer, he has driven accessibility improvements in major open-source projects since 2008. He founded and led OpenConcept Consulting, a B Corporation that built open source solutions for the public sector and influenced government open-source strategy. Mike blends policy and technical expertise—serving on government advisory boards and boards like the Digital Services Coalition—while contributing to influential initiatives such as the Sustainable Web Manifesto. He pairs practical web engineering chops with a commitment to social and environmental impact, bringing an unusually broad perspective that ties accessibility, open standards, and sustainability together. Based in Ottawa, he frequently bridges government, non-profit, and open-source ecosystems to deliver inclusive, standards-driven digital services.
13 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
BA Political Science, BA Political Science at Carleton University
French
Stackoverflow
661reputation
292kreached
30answers
11questions
Github Skills (200)
drag10
swagger10
html-editor10
oas10
chat10
google-tag-manager10
serve10
openapi10
modular10
catalog10
snapcraft10
api10
swagger-ui10
screen-reader10
lighthouse10
Programming languages (34)
Github contributions (5)
mgifford/Personas
Feb 2018 - Jun 2022
Contributions:40 commits, 38 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 4 months
mgifford/purple-hats
Oct 2020 - Dec 2022
Automated accessibility testing tool for web applications.
Contributions:1 review, 20 PRs, 88 pushes in 2 years 2 months
web-applicationstestinga11yaccessibility-testingaxe
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