Roberto Perez
Accessibility Subject Matter Expert
Miami, Florida, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRoberto Perez is an Accessibility Subject Matter Expert with 15+ years driving large-scale accessibility programs at Microsoft, UnitedHealth Group, and GitHub, blending deep standards knowledge (WCAG, ARIA, Section 508, EAA) with hands-on assistive-technology validation. He has led division-wide research and usability programs for Core AI products—scaling user studies with people who use screen readers and integrating findings into products like VS Code, Dev Box, and GitHub Copilot. Skilled at translating legal and technical requirements into practical engineering and product practices, he routinely partners with design, legal, and engineering teams to embed sustainable accessibility workflows. Roberto also experiments with generative AI for non-visual interactions and has presented on multi-sensory and GPT-driven accessibility innovations. Outside of product work he mentors and trains users and developers—leading NVDA Spanish workshops, beta-testing assistive tech, and serving on the board of a nonprofit that advances inclusion through the arts. Based in Miami, he combines lived experience with developer-focused engineering to make platforms more usable for people with disabilities.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Universidad Tecnológica de La Habana "José Antonio Echeverría", CUJAE
Github Skills (161)
windows10
visual-studio10
javascript10
openlibrary10
editor10
xmp10
html10
js10
metadata-extractor10
electron10
v810
typescript10
cross-platform10
vscode-extension10
vscode10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
kastwey/nvda-testing-driver
Feb 2019 - Jun 2022
Build functional tests using a screen reader
Contributions:27 commits, 1 PR, 43 pushes in 3 years 4 months
testingscreen-readerfunctional-testsreader
LinkedInLearning/net5_blazor_esencial-2370363
Feb 2021 - Apr 2021
Contributions:92 commits in 2 months
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