Paul Grenier
UX Accessibility Lead at FactSet
Bristol, Connecticut, United States
Summary
🤩
Rockstar🎓
Top SchoolPaul Grenier is a UX Accessibility Lead with 14 years of experience building inclusive web experiences, currently shaping accessibility policy, training, and audits at FactSet. He blends hands-on front- and back-end engineering with product and design leadership, having managed engineering teams, led pattern library and charting efforts, and mentored cross-functional groups. A frequent trainer and coach—delivering in-person sessions to 50+ and asynchronous courses to 800+—he translates accessibility standards into practical developer workflows. Paul contributes to prominent open-source accessibility tooling like axe-core, improving ARIA handling and screen reader behavior under complex DOM scenarios. His background spans enterprise and startup environments where he’s implemented automated accessibility tests, Node.js services, and framework-less UIs, showing a pragmatic focus on testability and real-world compatibility. Based in Bristol, Connecticut, he pairs a developer’s attention to detail with strategic leadership to make large codebases more usable for everyone.
14 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Political Science, BA, Political Science at University of South Florida
Stackoverflow
1,444reputation
274kreached
86answers
0questions
javascript
top-5%
gulp
top-5%
Github Skills (19)
accessibility10
javascript10
wai-aria10
testing10
ria10
jscript10
ax10
gulp9
html9
css8
internet-explorer6
google-chrome-extension6
php6
dom6
settimeout6
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
dequelabs/axe-core
Oct 2017 - Nov 2019
Accessibility engine for automated Web UI testing
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer & Accessibility Specialist
Front-end Developer & Accessibility SpecialistContributions:17 commits, 17 PRs, 43 pushes in 2 years
Contributions summary:Paul primarily focused on improving the accessibility of the `axe-core` project. They implemented changes to the aria-errormessage feature, including related test cases and validation logic. They also addressed issues related to multiple labels and shadow DOM elements, ensuring correct behavior for screen readers. Furthermore, they made changes to the `aria-allowed-role` checks, demonstrating a strong understanding of ARIA attributes and their impact on accessibility.
web-uitestingopenui5a11ycdp
AutoSponge/perfget
Feb 2014 - Jan 2015
Contributions:37 commits, 1 push, 2 comments in 11 months
stringjavascriptmethodfastestproperties
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.