Richard Orme
Chief Executive Officer at Warwickshire Vision Support
Royal Leamington Spa, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolRichard Orme is a mission-driven technology and accessibility leader with over 30 years of experience and eight years in senior executive roles, currently serving as CEO of the DAISY Consortium. He combines deep technical roots in computer science with an MBA to drive inclusive product and service strategies that transform publishing, education and assistive technology worldwide. Known for stakeholder diplomacy and funding strategy, he has led global initiatives to expand access to reading and schooling for people with print and visual impairments. Richard’s background spans hands-on systems programming to board-level leadership and includes directing innovation at Dolphin and leading national accessibility teams at RNIB, showing rare continuity from product architecture to policy impact. He frequently mentors teams through change and builds pragmatic partnerships across government, academia and industry to scale accessible solutions.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Royal Hospital School, SuffolkMBA, Business Administration and Management, General, MBA, Business Administration and Management, General at University of Warwick - Warwick Business SchoolBSc Hons, Computer Science, BSc Hons, Computer Science at De Montfort University
English
Github Skills (33)
epub10
reader10
redux9
readium9
react9
nvda8
mathml8
braille8
typescript8
mathematics8
assistive-technology8
accessibility8
electron8
speech7
whisper7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
ways2read/epub-accessibility-tests
Jan 2019 - Apr 2026
EPUB Content containing accessibility tests for reading systems
Contributions:10 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 4 months
accessibilitya11yepubaxe
daisy/reading-apps-ux-reqs
Jan 2025 - Oct 2025
Contributions:20 PRs, 35 pushes, 12 branches in 9 months
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