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Michael Cooper, bio
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE html> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <title>Michael Cooper, bio</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://www.w3.org/WAI/style/waipeople.css" type="text/css" /> <style type="text/css"> #photo {float: right; border: medium solid black;} img {border: none;} th { text-align: left; vertical-align: top; } table { border: none; } </style> </head> <body> <header> <p> <a href="/"> <img src="https://www.w3.org/Icons/WWW/w3c_home" alt="W3C" height="48" width="72" /> </a> </p> <figure style="float: right"> <a href="cooper"><img src="cooper" width="100" alt="Headshot"/></a> </figure> <h1> Michael Cooper </h1> <p>Accessibility Strategy and Technical Lead (June 2006 to July 2023)</p> </header><main> <section><h2> Contact Information </h2> <table> <tr> <th>e-mail:</th> <td> <a href="mailto:cooper@w3.org">cooper@w3.org</a> </td> </tr> <!--<tr> <th>telephone:</th> <td> </td> </tr>--> </table></section> <section><h2>Role</h2> <ul> <li><p>Accessibility liaison to Strategy Team Operations and participate in Strategy work</p></li> <li><p>Accessibility strategic development and innovation</p></li> <li><p>Accessibility Team Contact oversight</p></li> <li><p>Support business development</p></li> <li><p>Manage external stakeholder relationships</p></li> <li><p>Represent W3C accessibility vision to current and potentialfunders</p></li> <li><p>W3C Member engagement</p></li> <li><p>Team Contact responsibilities</p></li> </ul> </section> <section><h2>Tools</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.w3.org/2022/01/minutes/">Minutes</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.w3.org/2017/01/telecon-info/">Teleconferences</a></li> </ul></section> <section><h2>Bio </h2> <p>Michael joined <abbr title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</abbr> in June 2006 as a Web Accessibility Specialist, and left at the end of July 2023.</p> <p>Michael was the Team Contact for the <a href="https://www.w3.org/WAI/APA/">Accessible Platform Architectures Working Group</a> which supports accessibility of W3C technologies, the <a href="https://www.w3.org/WAI/ARIA/">Accessible Rich Internet Applications Working Group</a> which develops accessibility semantics to support assistive technologies, and <a href="https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/">Accessibility Guidelines Working Group</a> which develops authoring guidelines and techniques to create accessible content. He supported task forces in these groups to address accessibility for users with cognitive or learning disabilities, low vision, or users of mobile devices; research accessibility issues of upcoming technologies, and explore new technologies. Key specifications include the <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG/">Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria/">Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA)</a>, and <a href="https://w3c.github.io/apa/fast/">Framework for Accessible Specification of Technologies</a>.</p> <p>Prior to joining W3C, Michael worked at <a href="http://www.watchfire.com/">Watchfire</a> as Accessibility Product Manager, responsible for automated and tool-assisted manual accessibility evaluation software. He focused on supporting harmonized international standards via this software and supported customers to achieve those standards. Previously Michael was the product manager at <a href="http://www.cast.org/">CAST</a> for Bobby, an early accessibility evaluation tool which was purchased by Watchfire in 2002. At CAST he also worked on technical approaches to providing self-adaptive learning materials for students with disabilities. Before entering the field of Web accessibility, Michael worked in the disability services office at the <a href="http://www.du.edu/">University of Denver</a>, providing academic accommodations and technical training for students with disabilities.</p> <p>Michael holds a Master of Education degree from the <a href="http://gseweb.harvard.edu/">Harvard University Graduate School of Education</a> and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the <a href="http://www.du.edu/">University of Denver</a>.</p> <p><a href="bios">Other versions of the bio</a> </p></section> </main> <hr /> <footer><p>Last updated $Date: 2023/08/01 18:29:14 $ by $Author: coralie $ (<a href="mailto:cooper@w3.org">cooper@w3.org</a>)</p> <p class="copyright">Copyright 漏 2023 <a href="https://www.w3.org/">World Wide Web Consortium</a>.<br /> <abbr title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</abbr><sup>庐</sup> <a href="https://www.w3.org/policies/#disclaimers">liability</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/policies/#trademarks">trademark</a> and <a rel="license" href="https://www.w3.org/copyright/document-license/" title="W3C Document License">permissive license</a> rules apply.</p></footer> </body> </html>