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With a truly international flavor, the Team operates primarily remotely and includes engineers and experts who work from more than 10 different countries. </p> <p class="lead">See <a href="/People/gallery/">group photos</a> we took over the years.</p> <p class=" lead"> Read more about W3C’s <a href="/2016/08/2016-reorg">functional organization</a>. </p> <p class="lead"> Would you like to work for W3C? See if we have <a href="/careers/">job postings</a>. </p> <form method="get" class="l-switcher filters" novalidate="novalidate"> <div> <div> <div class="field"> <label for="initial"> <span class="faux-label">Family name starts with</span> </label> <select id="initial" name="initial"><option value="">All</option><option value="a">A</option><option value="b">B</option><option value="c">C</option><option value="d">D</option><option value="e">E</option><option value="f">F</option><option value="g">G</option><option value="h">H</option><option value="i">I</option><option value="j">J</option><option value="k">K</option><option value="l">L</option><option value="m">M</option><option value="o">O</option><option value="r">R</option><option value="s">S</option><option value="t">T</option><option value="v">V</option><option value="w">W</option><option value="x">X</option><option value="y">Y</option></select> </div> </div> <div class="input-group-wrap"> <div class="input-group"> <button class="button" type="submit">Show results</button> <a href="/staff/" class="button button--ghost">Clear all</a> </div> </div> </div> </form> <div class="browse"> <div> <div> <h2>Browse by W3C teams</h2> <button type="button" class="button button--ghost with-icon with-icon--after" style="display:none;" data-toggle="true"> Browse by W3C teams </button> <nav id="archive-nav" aria-label="W3C Functions"> <ul> <li> <a href="/staff/admin/">Administration & Operations</a> </li> <li> <a href="/staff/arctec/">Architecture & Technology</a> </li> <li> <a href="/staff/bizdev/">Business Development</a> </li> <li> <a href="/staff/community-mgnt/">Community Management</a> </li> <li> <a href="/staff/industry/">Industry</a> </li> <li> <a href="/staff/legal/">Legal</a> </li> <li> <a href="/staff/w3m/">Management</a> </li> <li> <a href="/staff/comm/">Marketing & Communications</a> </li> <li> <a href="/staff/member-relations/">Member Relations</a> </li> <li> <a href="/staff/project/">Project</a> </li> <li> <a href="/staff/strat/">Strategy</a> </li> <li> <a href="/staff/systeam/">Systems</a> </li> <li> <a href="/staff/wai/">Web Accessibility Initiative</a> </li> </ul> </nav> </div> <div> <h2>Alumni</h2> <a href="/staff/alumni/" class="button button--ghost" data-toggle="true">Alumni</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="people-list"> <div class="l-sidebar card--user"> <div> <div class="not-sidebar"> <div> <h3 id="denis" class="txt-mars" data-anchor="no"> Denis Ah-Kang </h3> <p>Denis joined W3C in August 2011, as part of the Systems Team, to become the W3C Webmaster at the <a href="https://www.csail.mit.edu/">MIT</a> host site in Cambridge, MA, USA.</p> <p>Between 2013 and 2014, he joined the Interaction Domain to work on the HTML5 test suite. He is now working on maintaining the W3C infrastructure and is involved in the development of the publications tools.</p> <p>Prior to joining W3C, Denis worked for various consulting companies as a software developer.</p> <p>Denis is currently based in Reunion Island.</p> <div class="l-cluster"> <div> <div> <a href="mailto:denis@w3.org" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/envelope.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> denis@w3.org </a> </div> <div> <a href="https://github.com/deniak" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/github.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> Denis's Github account </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="avatar"> <img alt src="/thumbnails/100/avatar-images/4s89vd8zcwe8wcogswoo4go4o48gwoo.webp?x-version=3" loading="lazy"/> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-sidebar card--user"> <div> <div class="not-sidebar"> <div> <h3 id="ashimura" class="txt-mars" data-anchor="no"> Kazuyuki Ashimura </h3> <p>Role: <strong>Team Contact for WoT and ME; Project Specialist; Smart Cities Industry Champion</strong></p> <p>Project Professor, Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University</p> <p>Kaz joined the W3C Team at Keio University SFC in April 2005. Prior to joining the Team, Kaz worked for twelve years on research and development on speech and natural language processing.</p> <p>He is interested in Web technologies in general, esp. those related to <a href="https://www.w3.org/Voice">Voice</a>/<a href="https://www.w3.org/2002/mmi/">Multimodal</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/2011/webtv/">Web&TV</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/WoT/">WoT</a> and <a href="https://www.w3.org/2021/06/smartcities-workshop/">Smart Cities</a>. He would like to make people happy using the Web technologies.</p> <p>Kaz received his B.S. in Mathematics from Kyoto University and his Doctor of Engineering degree from Nara Institute of Science and Technology.</p> <div class="l-cluster"> <div> <div> <a href="mailto:ashimura@w3.org" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/envelope.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> ashimura@w3.org </a> </div> <div> <a href="https://github.com/ashimura" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/github.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> Kazuyuki's Github account </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="avatar"> <img alt src="/thumbnails/100/avatar-images/81b749io48w0wow0s8o44goosgs0k8g.webp?x-version=1" loading="lazy"/> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-sidebar card--user"> <div> <div class="not-sidebar"> <div> <h3 id="timbl" class="txt-mars" data-anchor="no"> Tim Berners-Lee </h3> <p>Role: <strong>Founder, Emeritus Director, Honorary Member of the Board of Directors, World Wide Web Consortium</strong></p> <p>Tim is W3C's Founder, Emeritus Director, Honorary Member of the Board of Directors. He is the 3COM Founders Professor of Engineering in the School of Engineering, and at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT's CSAIL.</p> <p>Tim founded and is on the board of the <a href="http://www.webfoundation.org/">World Wide Web Foundation</a>, whose mission is consistent with W3C's only broader. The Web Foundation will put the power of the Web into the hands of people around the world through effective, high-impact programs.</p> <p><a href="/People/Berners-Lee/">Tim</a> invented the <a href="https://www.w3.org/">World Wide Web</a> in 1989 while working at CERN, the European Particle Physics Laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland. He wrote the first WWW client (a browser-editor running under NeXTStep) and the first WWW server along with most of the communications software, defining URLs, HTTP and HTML. Prior to his work at CERN, Tim was a founding director of Image Computer Systems, a consultant in hardware and software system design, real-time communications graphics and text processing, and a principal engineer with Plessey Telecommunications in Poole, England. He is a graduate of Oxford University. <a href="/People/Berners-Lee/">More...</a></p> <div class="l-cluster"> <div> <div> <a href="mailto:timbl@w3.org" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/envelope.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> timbl@w3.org </a> </div> <div> <a href="https://github.com/timbl" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/github.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> Tim's Github account </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="avatar"> <img alt src="/assets/website-2021/svg/avatar.svg" loading="lazy"/> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-sidebar card--user"> <div> <div class="not-sidebar"> <div> <h3 id="bbos" class="txt-mars" data-anchor="no"> Bert Bos </h3> <p>Role: <strong>Communications</strong></p> <p><a href="/People/Bos">Bert Bos</a> completed his Ph.D. in Groningen, The Netherlands, on a prototyping language for graphical user interfaces. He then went on to develop a browser targeted at humanities scholars, before joining the W3C at INRIA/Sophia-Antipolis in October 1995. He is co-inventor of <a href="/Style/CSS">CSS</a> and created & led W3C's <a href="/International">Internationalization</a> activity. After working on <a href="/MarkUp">HTML</a> and <a href="/XML">XML</a>, he led for many years the CSS and later also the <a href="/Math">Mathematics</a> activities. He is now working on privacy technologies and is part of the W3C communications team.</p> <p><a href="https://www.w3.org/People/Bos">More...</a></p> <div class="l-cluster"> <div> <div> <a href="mailto:bert@w3.org" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/envelope.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> bert@w3.org </a> </div> <div> <a href="https://github.com/bert-github" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/github.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> Bert's Github account </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="avatar"> <img alt src="/thumbnails/100/avatar-images/rn71t045hu88gwwsg044s8c8w484gk.webp?x-version=4" loading="lazy"/> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-sidebar card--user"> <div> <div class="not-sidebar"> <div> <h3 id="carine" class="txt-mars" data-anchor="no"> Carine Bournez </h3> <p>Carine joined the W3C team in 2001 as part of the Jigsaw HTTP server development team. She holds an engineer degree and a PhD in Computer Science, with a research area in distributed artificial intelligence and multi-agent systems.<br /> She has worked in the Web Services Activity and the XML Activity as staff contact for multiple Working Groups, in several EU-funded projects, in the Systems Team, and in internal tools development.<br /> Currently staff for WebRTC WG, Web Performance WG, SVG WG.</p> <p><a href="https://www.w3.org/People/carine/">More...</a></p> <div class="l-cluster"> <div> <div> <a href="mailto:carine@w3.org" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/envelope.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> carine@w3.org </a> </div> <div> <a href="https://github.com/caribouW3" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/github.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> Carine's Github account </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="avatar"> <img alt src="/assets/website-2021/svg/avatar.svg" loading="lazy"/> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-sidebar card--user"> <div> <div class="not-sidebar"> <div> <h3 id="sylvia" class="txt-mars" data-anchor="no"> Sylvia Cadena </h3> <p>Role: <strong>Chief Development Officer</strong></p> <p>I joined the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) as Chief Development Officer in September 2024, and I will be focusing on setting direction to their expanding development portfolio across internationalization, accessibility, privacy and security for the Web, ensuring the longevity of the organization by defining a vision for financial security.</p> <p>I am a seasoned international development expert with 30 years’ experience across Latin America and the Asia Pacific. I have extensive experience in fundraising, design, management and reporting at local, national and regional level, leading purposeful collaborations that strategically use the Internet and the Web for social, economical, and cultural development. </p> <p>Before W3C, I worked at APNIC for 16 years. During my tenure, I worked to establish the Information Society Innovation Fund (ISIF Asia); the Seed Alliance and more recently the APNIC Foundation, where I worked to expand its grant making, allocating close to 11M USD to close to 200 initiatives across 32 economies. I also led the design and implementation of a number of training and professional development initiatives addressing gender diversity and social inclusion in APAC.</p> <p>Throughout my career I have served the Internet technical community on a variety of roles across a number of advisory bodies and selection committees related to Internet Governance, innovation, women in technology and professional development initiatives with a focus on the Internet industry, at a global and regional level. I have addressed many national, regional and international conferences.</p> <div class="l-cluster"> <div> <div> <a href="mailto:sylvia@w3.org" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/envelope.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> sylvia@w3.org </a> </div> <div> <a href="https://github.com/sylviacadena" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/github.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> Sylvia's Github account </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="avatar"> <img alt src="/thumbnails/100/avatar-images/pv00ms6vamss8ssgcwks8o0gggk4wog.webp?x-version=2" loading="lazy"/> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-sidebar card--user"> <div> <div class="not-sidebar"> <div> <h3 id="lcarcone" class="txt-mars" data-anchor="no"> Laurent Carcone </h3> <p>Role: <strong>Systems Team</strong></p> <p>Laurent joined the W3C team in September 2000 to participate in the development of Amaya. He is now part of the Sytems Team. <br /> Before joining the W3C, he worked as an engineer at INRIA Grenoble.</p> <p>Laurent hold an engineering degree in computer science from the CNAM Grenoble (Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers) in 1997.</p> <p><a href="https://www.w3.org/People/Laurent/">More...</a></p> <div class="l-cluster"> <div> <div> <a href="mailto:laurent@w3.org" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/envelope.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> laurent@w3.org </a> </div> <div> <a href="https://github.com/lcarcone" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/github.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> Laurent's Github account </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="avatar"> <img alt src="/thumbnails/100/avatar-images/ldqyvhnk5n4888088w8ws0ccw04wkwk.webp?x-version=3" loading="lazy"/> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-sidebar card--user"> <div> <div class="not-sidebar"> <div> <h3 id="p20n" class="txt-mars" data-anchor="no"> Pierre-Antoine Champin </h3> <p>Role: <strong>Data Strategist</strong></p> <p><a href="http://champin.net/">Pierre-Antoine</a> joined W3C in February 2021, as a fellow from <a href="https://www.ercim.eu/">ERCIM</a>, then from <a href="https://www.inria.fr/">Inria</a>. He is a member of the Strategy Team, with a focus on Data Interoperability. Before that, he has been involved in many Linked Data and Semantic Web related working groups (including <a href="https://www.w3.org/2011/rdf-wg/">RDF 1.1</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/2012/ldp/">Linked Data Platform</a> and <a href="https://www.w3.org/2018/json-ld-wg/">JSON-LD</a>). He has been working with RDF and other Semantic Web technologies for as long as he can remember.</p> <p>Pierre-Antoine received an engineering degree from <a href="https://www.insa-lyon.fr/">INSA Lyon</a> in 1997 and a PhD in Computer Science from <a href="https://www.univ-lyon1.fr/">Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1</a> in 2002. He is currently based in Lyon, France.</p> <div class="l-cluster"> <div> <div> <a href="mailto:pierre-antoine@w3.org" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/envelope.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> pierre-antoine@w3.org </a> </div> <div> <a href="https://github.com/pchampin" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/github.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> Pierre-Antoine's Github account </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="avatar"> <img alt src="/thumbnails/100/avatar-images/t891ludoisggsccsw44o8goccc0s0ks.webp?x-version=1" loading="lazy"/> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-sidebar card--user"> <div> <div class="not-sidebar"> <div> <h3 id="fd" class="txt-mars" data-anchor="no"> François Daoust </h3> <p>François takes part in on-going discussions and developments around the convergence between Web and media, serving both as Entertainment Champion in the <a href="https://www.w3.org/2016/08/2016-reorg.html#h.c3fi65yocgh4">Industry team</a> and as Media Specialist in the <a href="https://www.w3.org/2016/08/2016-reorg.html#h.xpqekchiu1h">Strategy team</a>. François is also staff contact for the media-related <a href="https://www.w3.org/groups/wg/media">Media Working Group</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/groups/wg/secondscreen">Second Screen Working Group</a> and <a href="https://www.w3.org/groups/wg/gpu">GPU for the Web Working Group</a>.</p> <p>François initially joined W3C in November 2007 from Microsoft where he integrated an on-portal mobile search engine called MotionBridge. From 2007 to 2011, he served as staff contact for the <a href="/2005/MWI/BPWG/">Mobile Web Best Practices Working Group</a>, the <a href="/2011/webtv/">Web and TV Interest Group</a>, the <a href="/2011/04/webrtc/">Web Real-Time Communications Working Group</a> and was co-Activity Lead for the <a href="/2011/webtv/Activity.html">Web and TV Activity</a>. He left W3C at the end of 2011 to develop cross-platform Web applications in a French start-up called Joshfire. François came back to W3C on May 2014.</p> <div class="l-cluster"> <div> <div> <a href="mailto:fd@w3.org" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/envelope.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> fd@w3.org </a> </div> <div> <a href="https://github.com/tidoust" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/github.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> François's Github account </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="avatar"> <img alt src="/thumbnails/100/avatar-images/gpjgfpws8lk4ow44wwggkw888gc8cck.webp?x-version=2" loading="lazy"/> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-sidebar card--user"> <div> <div class="not-sidebar"> <div> <h3 id="sethd" class="txt-mars" data-anchor="no"> Seth Dobbs </h3> <p>Role: <strong>W3C President & CEO</strong></p> <p>Seth is W3C President & Chief Executive Officer (CEO) since November 2023.</p> <p>Seth reports to the W3C Board of Directors and takes responsibility for the fiscal integrity, financial stability and revenue generation of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). He leads the change management and integration efforts for W3C to create new offerings, seek broader financial support opportunities, and succeed as a public-interest not-for-profit with global partners. He oversees shaping and running W3C in line with its mission to lead the Web to its full potential.</p> <p><a href="https://www.w3.org/People/Seth/">More...</a></p> <div class="l-cluster"> <div> <div> <a href="mailto:seth@w3.org" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/envelope.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> seth@w3.org </a> </div> <div> <a href="https://github.com/sethdobbs" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/github.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> Seth's Github account </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="avatar"> <img alt src="/thumbnails/100/avatar-images/srffjzgqsxwk04swwwss8wc8cok8wws.webp?x-version=1" loading="lazy"/> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-sidebar card--user"> <div> <div class="not-sidebar"> <div> <h3 id="tamsin" class="txt-mars" data-anchor="no"> Tamsin Ewing </h3> <p>Role: <strong>Accessibility Content Specialist</strong></p> <p>Tamsin joined the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) team in July 2024. Her work at W3C includes designing and writing content for <a href="https://www.w3.org/WAI/resources/">accessibility resources</a>, developing <a href="https://www.w3.org/WAI/courses/foundations-course/">accessibility course content</a>, supporting accessibility communications, and contributing to collaborative editing of WAI Working Group materials.</p> <p>Tamsin's work is strongly informed by user experience (UX) design principles, design thinking methodology, and best practices in digital accessibility.</p> <p>Tamsin has a Digital Accessibility micro-credential from Victoria University of Wellington, a graduate diploma from Auckland University of Technology in Communications Studies, and an Honours degree from the University of Salford in Modern Languages (French, Spanish and Portuguese), specialising in translation and interpreting. Tamsin is a Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies (CPACC).</p> <p>Prior to joining W3C, Tamsin worked as a content designer and digital accessibility specialist in the New Zealand public sector. Tamsin is based in Wellington, New Zealand.</p> <div class="l-cluster"> <div> <div> <a href="mailto:tamsin@w3.org" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/envelope.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> tamsin@w3.org </a> </div> <div> <a href="https://github.com/tamsinewing555" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/github.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> Tamsin's Github account </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="avatar"> <img alt src="/thumbnails/100/avatar-images/np3t18kqwxcooooss0sssg08kokg8c4.webp?x-version=1" loading="lazy"/> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-sidebar card--user"> <div> <div class="not-sidebar"> <div> <h3 id="mcf" class="txt-mars" data-anchor="no"> Marie-Claire Forgue </h3> <p>Role: <strong>Head of W3C Training</strong></p> <p>Marie-Claire Forgue serves as Head of W3C Training. She developed the <a href="https://w3cx.org">W3Cx</a> MOOC program, in partnership with edX, where Web developers worldwide can learn front-end Web development techniques using W3C Web standards. Previously, she crafted W3DevCampus, a learning platform hosting small private courses. Additionally, Marie-Claire is a member of the <a href="https://www.w3.org/developers/">W3C Developer relations</a> team, organizing meetups and participating in online and in-person communities via forums, social media (<a href="https://twitter.com/w3cdevs">@w3cdevs</a>), etc.</p> <p>She is also involved in the dissemination activities of several projects funded by the European Commission. She joined W3C in 2001 and served as Head of W3C European Communications for over 10 years. </p> <p>Marie-Claire received a Ph.D. degree (computer graphics and parallel processing) in Computer Science from the <a href="https://univ-cotedazur.eu//">University of Côte d'Azur</a> and <a href="https://www.inria.fr/fr/centre-inria-sophia-antipolis-mediterranee">INRIA</a>, France. After a year as a postdoctoral fellow at <a href="https://www.dgp.toronto.edu/">the Dynamic Graphics Project Lab</a> at the University of Toronto, Canada, she worked at <a href="https://www.ntt.co.jp/index_e.html">NTT</a>'s Human Interface Lab, Japan, for two years. Her research interests were focused on illumination algorithms and scene modeling. After that, she studied <a href="https://vfs.edu/">filmmaking</a> in Vancouver, Canada. She has directed several short films and documentaries, and got interested in interactive multimedia back in 1993. </p> <div class="l-cluster"> <div> <div> <a href="mailto:mcf@w3.org" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/envelope.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> mcf@w3.org </a> </div> <div> <a href="https://github.com/marieforgue" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/github.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> Marie-Claire's Github account </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="avatar"> <img alt src="/thumbnails/100/avatar-images/4bpqodzdhewwowc8g4owkgw4skwo4kc.webp?x-version=1" loading="lazy"/> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-sidebar card--user"> <div> <div class="not-sidebar"> <div> <h3 id="kfranqueiro" class="txt-mars" data-anchor="no"> Ken Franqueiro </h3> <p>Role: <strong>Web Software Engineer</strong></p> <p>Ken joined W3C in May 2024 to improve the architecture of surfaces related to the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI). He began by rewriting the build system that generates informative documentation for the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines' <a href="https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/Techniques/">Techniques</a> and <a href="https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/Understanding/">Understanding</a> documents.</p> <p>Ken has been working with Web technologies for over 15 years, including as a committer/maintainer to multiple open-source front-end libraries, and is excited to focus full-time on static site generation.</p> <div class="l-cluster"> <div> <div> <a href="mailto:kfranqueiro@w3.org" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/envelope.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> kfranqueiro@w3.org </a> </div> <div> <a href="https://github.com/kfranqueiro" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/github.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> Ken's Github account </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="avatar"> <img alt src="/thumbnails/100/avatar-images/ijt97fz17ogg8co4og448sgskssg0ow.webp?x-version=1" loading="lazy"/> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-sidebar card--user"> <div> <div class="not-sidebar"> <div> <h3 id="ejfraser" class="txt-mars" data-anchor="no"> Emma Fraser </h3> <p>Wellesley College '24</p> <div class="l-cluster"> <div> <div> <a href="mailto:ef@w3.org" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/envelope.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> ef@w3.org </a> </div> <div> <a href="https://github.com/EmmaFraser" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/github.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> Emma's Github account </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="avatar"> <img alt src="/thumbnails/100/avatar-images/daga418zjf48w80sowwc8owk4gkgk04.webp?x-version=1" loading="lazy"/> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-sidebar card--user"> <div> <div class="not-sidebar"> <div> <h3 id="christineg" class="txt-mars" data-anchor="no"> Christine Gefaell </h3> <div class="l-cluster"> <div> <div> <a href="mailto:christine@w3.org" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/envelope.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> christine@w3.org </a> </div> <div> <a href="https://github.com/christinegefaell" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/github.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> Christine's Github account </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="avatar"> <img alt src="/assets/website-2021/svg/avatar.svg" loading="lazy"/> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-sidebar card--user"> <div> <div class="not-sidebar"> <div> <h3 id="dom" class="txt-mars" data-anchor="no"> Dominique Hazaël-Massieux </h3> <p>Role: <strong>W3C Community Management Lead, W3C Staff Contact & VR/AR Strategy Specialist</strong></p> <p><a href="/People/Dom/">Dominique</a> is W3C Developer Relations Lead, W3C Community Development Lead (in charge of managing the <a href="https://www.w3.org/community/groups/">Community Groups</a> program), part of the W3C Project Management team, W3C Strategy Specialist on Virtual and Augmented Reality, and serves as staff contact in the <a href="https://www.w3.org/2011/04/webrtc/">Web Real-Time Communications Working Group</a>, the <a href="https://www.w3.org/groups/wg/webmachinelearning">Web and Machine Learning Web Working Group</a>, and the <a href="https://www.w3.org/web-networks/">Web & Networks Interest Group</a>. He is the General Manager of <a href="https://ercim.eu/">ERCIM</a>, the <a href="https://www.w3.org/2022/10/w3c-bylaws-20221019.htm#_Toc117068265">W3C Partner</a> in Europe. He also develops tools and applications as needed in his various roles.</p> <p>He joined initially W3C’s Communication and Systems Team as a member of the Webmaster Team in October 2000; after having joined then led the <a href="/QA/Activity">QA Activity</a> until September 2005, Dom took part in the <a href="/2005/MWI/">Mobile Web Initiative</a> as Staff Contact for the <a href="/2005/MWI/BPWG/">Best Practices Working Group</a> and later as co-Chair of the <a href="/2005/MWI/Tests/">Mobile Web Test Suites Working Group</a>. Dom also served as Staff Contact for the <a href="https://www.w3.org/2009/dap/">Device and sensors Working Group</a></p> <p>Dominique holds an engineering degree from the “Grande Ecole” <a href="http://www.ecp.fr">École Centrale Paris</a>.</p> <p><a href="https://www.w3.org/People/Dom/">More...</a></p> <div class="l-cluster"> <div> <div> <a href="mailto:dom@w3.org" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/envelope.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> dom@w3.org </a> </div> <div> <a href="https://github.com/dontcallmedom" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/github.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> Dominique's Github account </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="avatar"> <img alt src="/thumbnails/100/avatar-images/ltb258eue0gs0ko0soo4wgwg8k0o4cc.webp?x-version=1" loading="lazy"/> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-sidebar card--user"> <div> <div class="not-sidebar"> <div> <h3 id="shawn" class="txt-mars" data-anchor="no"> Shawn Lawton Henry </h3> <p>Role: <strong>Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Program Lead</strong></p> <p>Shawn joined W3C in February 2003 to lead worldwide education and outreach activities promoting digital accessibility for people with disabilities through the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (<a href="https://www.w3.org/WAI">WAI</a>). As WAI Program Lead she directs collaboration on WAI vision, strategic plan, implementation priorities, and stakeholder engagement in W3C accessibility activities.</p> <p>Shawn focuses her personal passion for accessibility on bringing together the needs of individuals and the goals of organizations in designing human-computer interfaces.</p> <p>She holds a BSc in English with focus on computer science and technical writing, and an MSc in Digital Inclusion.</p> <p><em>Shawn often uses 'shawna' for public accounts to help communicate that she is a 'cisgender' female. 'Shawn' is given/first name, 'Lawton' is middle name (and previous family name), 'Henry' is family/last name; it's not hyphenated.</em></p> <p><a href="https://www.w3.org/People/Shawn/">More about Shawn...</a></p> <div class="l-cluster"> <div> <div> <a href="mailto:shawn@w3.org" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/envelope.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> shawn@w3.org </a> </div> <div> <a href="https://github.com/shawna-slh" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/github.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> Shawn Lawton's Github account </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="avatar"> <img alt src="/thumbnails/100/avatar-images/n8ny12fld7kggckc00kc0wgco84440s.webp?x-version=6" loading="lazy"/> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-sidebar card--user"> <div> <div class="not-sidebar"> <div> <h3 id="ivan" class="txt-mars" data-anchor="no"> Ivan Herman </h3> <p>Ivan Herman graduated at the <a href="http://www.elte.hu/">Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest</a>, Hungary, in 1979. After a brief scholarship at the Université Paris VI he joined the Hungarian research institute in computer science (<a href="http://www.sztaki.hu">SZTAKI</a>) where he worked for 6 years. He left Hungary in 1986 and, after a few years in industry in Munich, Germany, he joined the <a href="http://www.cwi.nl">Centre for Mathematics & Computer Sciences (CWI)</a> in Amsterdam where he had a tenure position between 1988 and the year of his retirement, i.e., in 2021. He received a PhD degree in Computer Science in 1989 at the <a href="http://www.leidenuniv.nl/">University of Leiden</a>, in the Netherlands. </p> <p>He joined the <a href="https://www.w3.org">W3C</a> Permanent Staff in January 2001 while maintaining his position at CWI, and has remained as an emeritus W3C team member since his retirement from CWI. As a W3C staff member, he served as Head of Offices until June 2006, then as Semantic Web Activity Lead until December 2013. He is currently the <a href="https://www.w3.org/publishing/">Publishing@W3C</a> Technical Lead, as well as the W3C staff representative for the work on <a href="https://www.w3.org/groups/wg/pm">Publishing Maintenance</a> and on <a href="https://www.w3.org/2017/vc/WG/">Verifiable Credentials</a>. He was also member of the Strategy, as well as the Technical & Architecture teams of W3C until 2021.</p> <p>Before joining W3C he worked in different areas (distributed and dataflow programming, language design, system programming), but he spent most of his research years in computer graphics and information visualization. He also participated in various graphics-related ISO standardization activities and software developments. See his <a href="http://www.ivan-herman.net/professional/">professional web site</a> for further details, including his list of publications, presentations, and various social activities.</p> <p><a href="https://www.w3.org/People/Ivan/">More...</a></p> <div class="l-cluster"> <div> <div> <a href="mailto:ivan@w3.org" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/envelope.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> ivan@w3.org </a> </div> <div> <a href="https://github.com/iherman" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/github.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> Ivan's Github account </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="avatar"> <img alt src="/thumbnails/100/avatar-images/kq9yrybkzpcwos8o4wcwswws4oks08g.webp?x-version=2" loading="lazy"/> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-sidebar card--user"> <div> <div class="not-sidebar"> <div> <h3 id="hoschka" class="txt-mars" data-anchor="no"> Philipp Hoschka </h3> <p>Dr. Philipp Hoschka is General Manager of <a href="https://www.ercim.eu/">ERCIM</a> and a Deputy Director of the W3C. He was founding <a href="https://www.w3.org/2016/08/2016-reorg.html#h.c3fi65yocgh4">W3C Industry Lead</a>. He was responsible for W3C industry relationships; including having mutually reinforcing visions; working well in their ecosystems, and identifying new industry requirements for W3C Working Groups. His current work focuses on the <a href="https://www.w3.org/WoT/">"Web of Things</a>", which is about leveraging open Web technology to overcome current silos in the "Internet of Things". In 2012, Philipp launched <a href="https://www.w3.org/2012/08/web-and-automotive/">W3C efforts on automotive</a>, focusing on the use of HTML5 for in-car infotainment apps. He also founded W3C's <a href="https://www.w3.org/UbiWeb/">Ubiquitous Web Domain</a> which had the mission to bring the benefits of Web technology to the emerging "Post-PC" world, including <a href="https://www.w3.org/Mobile/">mobile</a> and<a href="https://www.w3.org/tv/"> television</a> devices. In the past, Philipp created W3C's <a href="https://www.w3.org/2005/05/mwi-pressrelease.html.en">Mobile Web Initiative</a> and pioneered work on integrating audio and video into the Web leading to the <a href="https://www.w3.org/AudioVideo/">W3C Standard SMIL</a>. Philipp has been principal investigator in six EC research projects supporting the Ubiquitous Web Vision (<a href="https://www.w3.org/2004/MWeb/">MWeb</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/2006/3GWeb/">3GWeb</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/2008/MobiWeb20/">MobiWeb2.0</a>, <a href="http://openmediaweb.eu/">OMWeb</a>, <a href="http://mobiwebapp.eu/">MobiWebApp</a>, <a href="http://html5apps-project.eu/">HTML5Apps</a>). Philipp holds a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, and a Master's Degree in Computer Science from the University of Karlsruhe, Germany. He was visiting scholar at MIT LCS from 1998 until 2002.</p> <p><a href="https://www.w3.org/People/hoschka">More...</a></p> <div class="l-cluster"> <div> <div> <a href="mailto:ph@w3.org" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/envelope.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> ph@w3.org </a> </div> <div> <a href="https://github.com/hoschka" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/github.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> Philipp's Github account </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="avatar"> <img alt src="/thumbnails/100/avatar-images/f25xk931r5wgwwkk400g0gsgg0s4gc.webp?x-version=1" loading="lazy"/> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-sidebar card--user"> <div> <div class="not-sidebar"> <div> <h3 id="chu" class="txt-mars" data-anchor="no"> Chunming Hu </h3> <p>Role: <strong>Board of Directors</strong></p> <p>Chunming Hu had worked for the W3C China office since 2006 and then he joint W3C team in Jan 2013 as the Deputy Director of W3C/Beihang. He has a PhD degree on computer science and currently works as an full professor at Beihang University. Now he is the Dean of School of Software, Beihang University and his main research interests includes large scale distributed systems, software middleware, system virtualization and resource scheduling in cloud/big data systems.</p> <div class="l-cluster"> <div> <div> <a href="mailto:hucm@w3.org" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/envelope.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> hucm@w3.org </a> </div> <div> <a href="https://github.com/huchunming" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/github.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> Chunming's Github account </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="avatar"> <img alt src="/thumbnails/100/avatar-images/augldpr1xegc84swkocg0kcwo8k4440.webp?x-version=1" loading="lazy"/> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-sidebar card--user"> <div> <div class="not-sidebar"> <div> <h3 id="rishida" class="txt-mars" data-anchor="no"> Richard Ishida </h3> <p>Role: <strong>Internationalisation Specialist</strong></p> <p>Richard joined the W3C team in July 2002 to work on Web internationalization (i18n), serving as staff contact and technical contributor to the Internationalization Working Group. He was the Internationalization Lead, between 2004 and 2023. He was also a Strategy Specialist for internationalization, and created and led the highly successful <a href="http://multilingualweb.eu">MultilingualWeb</a> EC project. After introducing education and outreach activities to the W3C Internationalization work, he went on to develop a framework for investigating and resolving gaps related to the support of languages and writing systems around the world. Semi-retired as of the beginning of 2024, he now focuses on that 'Language Enablement' work.</p> <p>He serves on the Unicode Editorial Committee and the Unicode Script Encoding Working Group. For many years he also served on the Unicode Conference board, and has a Unicode <a href="http://www.unicode.org/acknowledgements/bulldog.html">Bulldog Award</a>. He developed the <a href="https://validator.w3.org/i18n-checker/">W3C Internationalization Checker</a>, and in his spare time creates <a href="https://r12a.github.io/">tools and articles</a> (such as <a href="https://r12a.github.io/uniview/">UniView</a>) to help people working with characters and scripts from around the world.</p> <p>Richard has a background in translation and interpreting, computational linguistics, software engineering, and translation tools. Prior to joining the W3C, he was a Global Design Consultant at Xerox, providing services and training to external clients as well as to internal development teams with regard to the international design and localizability of user interfaces and documents. He received a corporate award for work on the Xerox product development process.</p> <div class="l-cluster"> <div> <div> <a href="mailto:ishida@w3.org" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/envelope.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> ishida@w3.org </a> </div> <div> <a href="https://github.com/r12a" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/github.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> Richard's Github account </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="avatar"> <img alt src="/thumbnails/100/avatar-images/cc21oo2io40884c4c088ss40c0wcw4o.webp?x-version=1" loading="lazy"/> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-sidebar card--user"> <div> <div class="not-sidebar"> <div> <h3 id="ijacobs" class="txt-mars" data-anchor="no"> Ian Jacobs </h3> <p>Role: <strong>Payments Lead</strong></p> <p>As of 1 Feb 2015, <a href="Jacobs">Ian</a> leads W3C's <a href="https://www.w3.org/Payments/">Web Payments Activity</a>.</p> <p>From September 2004 through January 2015, Ian was the Head of W3C Marketing and Communications. He managed the Consortium's Comm activities, including press, publications, branding, marketing, and aspects of Member relations.</p> <p>Ian began at W3C in 1997 and for 7 years co-edited a number of specifications, including <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">HTML 4.0</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/REC-css2">CSS2</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/REC-DOM-Level-1">DOM Level 1</a>, three WAI Guidelines (<a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG">Web Content</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/UAAG">User Agent</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/ATAG">Authoring Tool</a>), the TAG's <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/webarch/">Architecture of the World Wide Web</a>, and the <a href="https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Process">W3C Process Document</a>.</p> <p>Ian received a degree in Engineering from Yale then a master's degree in software engineering from the CERICS in France. Ian then worked as a software engineer for five years, including at the <a href="http://www.inria.fr">INRIA</a>.</p> <p><a href="https://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs">More...</a></p> <div class="l-cluster"> <div> <div> <a href="mailto:ij@w3.org" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/envelope.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> ij@w3.org </a> </div> <div> <a href="https://github.com/ianbjacobs" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/github.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> Ian's Github account </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="avatar"> <img alt src="/thumbnails/100/avatar-images/ggdj8tciu9kwwc4o4ww888ggkwok0c8.webp?x-version=3" loading="lazy"/> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-sidebar card--user"> <div> <div class="not-sidebar"> <div> <h3 id="xueyuan" class="txt-mars" data-anchor="no"> Xueyuan Jia </h3> <p>Xueyuan Jia joined W3C in May 2015. She was the primary meeting planner at W3C/Beihang, and also the Media Contact in China as a member of W3C Marketing and Communications team. Since June 2017, she fully joined Marketing and Communications team to be committed to Member communications, W3C groups and team supports, as well as to expand W3C press relations in China.</p> <div class="l-cluster"> <div> <div> <a href="mailto:xueyuan@w3.org" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/envelope.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> xueyuan@w3.org </a> </div> <div> <a href="https://github.com/xueyuanjia" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/github.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> Xueyuan's Github account </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="avatar"> <img alt src="/thumbnails/100/avatar-images/ew1dw27jkyok8cwkg4gcosws8k4g48s.webp?x-version=1" loading="lazy"/> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-sidebar card--user"> <div> <div class="not-sidebar"> <div> <h3 id="kahan" class="txt-mars" data-anchor="no"> José Kahan </h3> <p>José joined W3C's technical staff, at <a href="http://www.inrialpes.fr/">INRIA Rhône-Alpes,</a> in January 1996. He participates in the development of <a href="/Amaya/">Amaya</a>, and in various other projects, including W3C's <a href="http://lists.w3.org/">hypertext mailing list archives</a>. José holds a <a href="ftp://ftp.irisa.fr/techreports/theses/1997/kahan.ps.gz">Ph.D. in computer science</a> from the <a href="http://www.ifsic.univ-rennes1.fr/">Université de Rennes I</a> (1997) and a specialization degree in computer networks from the <a href="http://hydromail.supelec-rennes.fr/ren/Bienvenue.html">École Supérieure d'Électricité</a> (SUPELEC), <a href="http://www.ville-rennes.fr/menu.htm">Rennes</a>.His research interests include distributed systems and W3 security.</p> <p><a href="https://www.w3.org/People/Jose">More...</a></p> <div class="l-cluster"> <div> <div> <a href="mailto:jose.kahan@w3.org" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/envelope.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> jose.kahan@w3.org </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="avatar"> <img alt src="/assets/website-2021/svg/avatar.svg" loading="lazy"/> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-sidebar card--user"> <div> <div class="not-sidebar"> <div> <h3 id="jkishiga" class="txt-mars" data-anchor="no"> Jay Kishigami </h3> <p>Role: <strong>W3C/Keio Deputy Director</strong></p> <div class="l-cluster"> <div> <div> <a href="mailto:jay@w3.org" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/envelope.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> jay@w3.org </a> </div> <div> <a href="https://github.com/jaykishigami" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/github.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> Jay's Github account </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="avatar"> <img alt src="/thumbnails/100/avatar-images/5cjvbdy4dqwwcgcws0s80k4g4kkcowo.webp?x-version=1" loading="lazy"/> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-sidebar card--user"> <div> <div class="not-sidebar"> <div> <h3 id="alex" class="txt-mars" data-anchor="no"> Alexandra Lacourba </h3> <p>Role: <strong>W3C Global Events & Operations Coordinator</strong></p> <p>Alexandra joined W3C in September 2002. </p> <p>She is the global Events and Operations coordinator, in charge of events, staff travel. She also leads Membership Administration including AC representative liaison, billing and other administration</p> <p>Alexandra holds a bachelor in Event Project Management from Lille University and a Master in Management from EDHEC Business School.</p> <p><a href="/People/Alexandra/">More...</a></p> <div class="l-cluster"> <div> <div> <a href="mailto:alex@w3.org" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/envelope.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> alex@w3.org </a> </div> <div> <a href="https://github.com/alexandralacourba" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/github.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> Alexandra's Github account </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="avatar"> <img alt src="/thumbnails/100/avatar-images/7dybgyqiy6ko8owc40g4ggsg0c0gso0.webp?x-version=1" loading="lazy"/> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-sidebar card--user"> <div> <div class="not-sidebar"> <div> <h3 id="vivien" class="txt-mars" data-anchor="no"> Vivien Lacourba </h3> <p>Role: <strong>Head of Systems Team</strong></p> <p> Vivien joined W3C in May 2003 as the W3C Webmaster at the <a href="https://www.csail.mit.edu/"><abbr>MIT</abbr>/<abbr>CSAIL</abbr></a> host site in Cambridge, MA, USA. </p> <p> Since September 2004 Vivien is working as a Systems & Network Engineer for W3C Europe at the <a href="https://www.ercim.eu/"><abbr>ERCIM</abbr></a> host site in Sophia-Antipolis, France. </p> <p> Vivien graduated in September 2003 from the <a href="http://www.polytech.unice.fr/">Polytech Nice Sophia</a> engineering school (formerly known as <abbr>ESSI</abbr>) in Sophia-Antipolis, France.<br /> He holds an engineering degree in Computer Science, specializing in Networks. In June 2000, he received a two year degree in Computer Programming at the <a>University of Lyon</a>, France. </p> <p><a href="https://www.w3.org/People/Vivien">More....</a></p> <div class="l-cluster"> <div> <div> <a href="mailto:vivien@w3.org" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/envelope.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> vivien@w3.org </a> </div> <div> <a href="https://github.com/vivienlacourba" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/github.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> Vivien's Github account </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="avatar"> <img alt src="/thumbnails/100/avatar-images/qk40wob12rk4ccw4okggsok44k8880c.webp?x-version=1" loading="lazy"/> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-sidebar card--user"> <div> <div class="not-sidebar"> <div> <h3 id="ylafon" class="txt-mars" data-anchor="no"> Yves Lafon </h3> <p><a href="/People/Lafon">Yves Lafon</a> studied Mathematics and computer science at ENSEEIHT in Toulouse, France, and at Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal in Montreal, Canada. His field of study was signal recognition and processing. He discovered Internet Relay Chat and the Web in Montreal in 1993 and has been making robots and <a href="http://www.netsurf.org/fortress/">games</a> for both. He joined the W3C in October 1995 to work on W3C's experimental browser, <a href="../Arena/">Arena</a>. Then he worked on <a href="../Jigsaw/">Jigsaw</a>, W3C's Java-based server, on HTTP/1.1 and started the work on SOAP 1.2.</p> <p>Yves is now the <a href="/2001/tag/">TAG</a> Team Contact and <a href="/groups/wg/webtransport/">Web Transport</a> Team Contact.</p> <p><a href="https://www.w3.org/People/Lafon">More...</a></p> <div class="l-cluster"> <div> <div> <a href="mailto:ylafon@w3.org" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/envelope.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> ylafon@w3.org </a> </div> <div> <a href="https://github.com/ylafon" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/github.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> Yves's Github account </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="avatar"> <img alt src="/assets/website-2021/svg/avatar.svg" loading="lazy"/> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-sidebar card--user"> <div> <div class="not-sidebar"> <div> <h3 id="plehegar" class="txt-mars" data-anchor="no"> Philippe Le Hegaret </h3> <p>Role: <strong>Strategy and Project Lead</strong></p> <p> Philippe Le Hegaret is the Strategy and Project Lead for W3C, responsible for the technical mission of the Consortium. As Project Lead, he is responsible to meet all of the milestones of all of the groups, facilitate the work of Team Contacts, Chairs, and Editors, and drive the work necessary to achieve operational success. He is the current co-Chair of the W3C Process Community Group. Until 2016, he was for the former W3C Interaction Domain, which produced frontend Web technologies including HTML5, CSS3, SVG, WOFF, or Web APIs. Prior to 2009, Philippe lead the W3C Architecture Domain, which produced the W3C Core technologies in the area of XML, Web Services, and Internationalization. He is a former Chair of the Document Object Model (DOM) Working Group. </p> <p> Prior to joining W3C, Philippe promoted the use of XML inside <a href="http://www.bull.com/">Bull</a> in 1998, also focusing on the interaction between <a href="http://old.koalateam.com/XML/serialization/">XML and object structures</a>. He wrote the first version of the <a href="http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/">CSS validator</a> in 1997. </p> <p> Philippe holds a Master's Degree in Computer Science from the University of Nice (France). </p> <p><a href="https://www.w3.org/People/LeHegaret">More...</a></p> <div class="l-cluster"> <div> <div> <a href="mailto:plh@w3.org" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/envelope.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> plh@w3.org </a> </div> <div> <a href="https://github.com/plehegar" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/github.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> Philippe's Github account </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="avatar"> <img alt src="/thumbnails/100/avatar-images/bhwxjqwlrjksk8go8sgwsok0cc00sg8.webp?x-version=1" loading="lazy"/> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-sidebar card--user"> <div> <div class="not-sidebar"> <div> <h3 id="angel" class="txt-mars" data-anchor="no"> An Qi (Angel) Li </h3> <p>Angel Li joined W3C China Office in 2006. Since 2010, she had been devoted to setting up the fourth host of W3C in China together with W3C Team and Beihang University. In January 2013, as the Host of W3C in China was officially launched in Beihang University, Angel Li was assigned as the Site Manager of W3C/Beihang site and was responsible for managing W3C activities in China. Angel left W3C in June 2018 and took an adventure in the industry with Alibaba. In Nov 2021, Angel rejoined W3C as the Deputy Director of W3C China. She is currently based in Beijing, China.</p> <div class="l-cluster"> <div> <div> <a href="mailto:angel@w3.org" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/envelope.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> angel@w3.org </a> </div> <div> <a href="https://github.com/lianqi" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/github.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> An Qi (Angel)'s Github account </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="avatar"> <img alt src="/thumbnails/100/avatar-images/39i97qy0fi4g8kok48gw8s444sskwsk.webp?x-version=1" loading="lazy"/> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-sidebar card--user"> <div> <div class="not-sidebar"> <div> <h3 id="zhenjie" class="txt-mars" data-anchor="no"> Zhenjie Li </h3> <p>Zhenjie joined W3C in May 2017 as the Administration staff and meeting planner at the Beihang host site in China ,she hold a bachelor degree in law when she graduated from Shandong university in 2010, then got an opportunity to do interdisciplinary studies of law and economics at three European universities---Bologna university, Hamburg university and Vienna university, after this one-year programme she received her master degree in Law and Economics in February 2017.</p> <div class="l-cluster"> <div> <div> <a href="mailto:zhenjie@w3.org" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/envelope.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> zhenjie@w3.org </a> </div> <div> <a href="https://github.com/zhenjie-li" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/github.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> Zhenjie's Github account </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="avatar"> <img alt src="/thumbnails/100/avatar-images/9udqq1nmo2044k44w00wkwcw8wo4848.webp?x-version=1" loading="lazy"/> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-sidebar card--user"> <div> <div class="not-sidebar"> <div> <h3 id="chris" class="txt-mars" data-anchor="no"> Chris Lilley </h3> <p>Role: <strong>Technical Director</strong></p> <p>Chris is a Technical Director. He is also staff contact for the <a href="https://www.w3.org/groups/wg/audio">Audio</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/groups/wg/css">CSS</a>, <a href="https://www.w3.org/groups/wg/webfonts">WebFonts</a> and <a href="https://www.w3.org/groups/wg/png">PNG</a> Working Groups. His interests include advanced 2D graphics - both vector and raster - color management, online and multilingual typography. He is the W3C liaison to the International Color Consortium (ICC). He was for three years a member of the <a href="/2001/tag/">TAG</a> and for many years co-chaired the Hypertext Coordination Group. He was awarded a Technical Emmy at the 73rd Tech Emmy awards in 2022, for his work on Web Fonts. </p> <p>Chris joined W3C in 1996. He holds a BSc in Biochemistry, an MSc in Biological Computation and a postgraduate diploma in Bioinformatics. Previously at the Computer Graphics Unit, University of Manchester in the UK, Chris has been working with Web technologies since 1993.</p> <p><a href="http://svgees.us/">More...</a></p> <div class="l-cluster"> <div> <div> <a href="mailto:chris@w3.org" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/envelope.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> chris@w3.org </a> </div> <div> <a href="https://github.com/svgeesus" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/github.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> Chris's Github account </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="avatar"> <img alt src="/thumbnails/100/avatar-images/doh7w388usggockwwckswow8wo0sgoo.webp?x-version=1" loading="lazy"/> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-sidebar card--user"> <div> <div class="not-sidebar"> <div> <h3 id="coralie" class="txt-mars" data-anchor="no"> Coralie Mercier </h3> <p>Role: <strong>Head of W3C Marketing and Communications</strong></p> <p>Coralie is <a href="https://www.w3.org/People/CMercier/Mission/MarComm.html">Head of W3C Marketing & Communications</a>. Since February 2015, she manages the Consortium's Comm activities, including messaging, press relations, W3C website, branding, marketing, internal communications as well as Public and Member communications. Previously and since 2005, Coralie was W3C Communications Team assistant.</p> <p>Since joining W3C in January 1999 with degrees in secretarial work and English as a foreign language, Coralie held a number of <a href="https://www.w3.org/People/CMercier/Mission/admin_manager.html">positions</a> such as W3C Europe team assistant, W3C Europe administration manager (2001-2006). She was team contact for the <a href="https://www.w3.org/2002/ab/">W3C Advisory Board</a> (2005-2017), helped with community outreach and developer relations.</p> <p><a href="https://www.w3.org/People/CMercier">More...</a></p> <div class="l-cluster"> <div> <div> <a href="mailto:coralie@w3.org" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/envelope.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> coralie@w3.org </a> </div> <div> <a href="https://github.com/koalie" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/github.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> Coralie's Github account </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="avatar"> <img alt src="/thumbnails/100/avatar-images/e1epru1i5i0c00cw808c8c4ggwc4400.webp?x-version=2" loading="lazy"/> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-sidebar card--user"> <div> <div class="not-sidebar"> <div> <h3 id="dmontalvo" class="txt-mars" data-anchor="no"> Daniel Montalvo </h3> <p>Role: <strong>Accessibility Specialist</strong></p> <p>Daniel Montalvo joined the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) in 2019 to edit the <a href="https://www.w3.org/WAI/curricula/">Curricula on Web Accessibility</a>. He is currently the Staff Contact for the Accessible Rich Internet Applications <a href="https://www.w3.org/groups/wg/aria/">(ARIA) Working Group</a>, the <a href="https://www.w3.org/groups/tf/wcag2ict/">WCAG2ICT Task Force</a>, and the Accessibility Conformance Testing <a href="https://www.w3.org/groups/tf/wcag-act/">(ACT) Task Force</a>. He supports accessibility across W3C, providing guidance and reviews. Daniel liaises with standards organizations, people with disabilities, and other stakeholders to support W3C standardization efforts.</p> <div class="l-cluster"> <div> <div> <a href="mailto:dmontalvo@w3.org" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/envelope.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> dmontalvo@w3.org </a> </div> <div> <a href="https://github.com/daniel-montalvo" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/github.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> Daniel's Github account </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="avatar"> <img alt src="/thumbnails/100/avatar-images/aedbof79fmogcw0wscs0w0occkocg48.webp?x-version=1" loading="lazy"/> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-sidebar card--user"> <div> <div class="not-sidebar"> <div> <h3 id="jmurai" class="txt-mars" data-anchor="no"> Jun Murai </h3> <p>Role: <strong>Board of Director</strong></p> <p>Professor, Keio University </p> <p>In 1979, he enrolled in the Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science and Technology, of Keio University and obtained degrees of MS and Ph.D in Computer Science, specializing in Computer Science, Computer Network and Computer Communication, in 1981 and 1987 respectively, both from Keio University.</p> <p>In 1984, he developed the Japan University UNIX Network (JUNET). In 1988, he established WIDE Project, of which he currently has the title of the Founder. In the 1990's, he focused on the research and development of computer networks, and worked as a member of the Internet Architecture Board (IAB) (1993-1995), and a member of the board of trustees of the Internet Society (ISOC) (1997-2000), as well as a member of the board of directors of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) (1998-2000). In the 2000's, he turned his attention also to IT governance for national government, including Prime Minister’s and global IT policy communities.</p> <p>He is the recipient of many distinguished awards, including IEEE Internet Award (2011); the Okawa Publications Prize (1999); Funai Achievement Award (2007); Jonathan B. Postel Service Award (2005); the Okawa Publications Prize (1999). He was inducted in the Internet Hall of Fame in 2013.</p> <div class="l-cluster"> <div> <div> <a href="mailto:jun@w3.org" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/envelope.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> jun@w3.org </a> </div> <div> <a href="https://github.com/shimshamshimmy" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/github.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> Jun's Github account </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="avatar"> <img alt src="/thumbnails/100/avatar-images/jcrja58ojy80s44wosow8gccg088w0g.webp?x-version=1" loading="lazy"/> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-sidebar card--user"> <div> <div class="not-sidebar"> <div> <h3 id="sonofri" class="txt-mars" data-anchor="no"> Simone Onofri </h3> <p>Role: <strong>W3C Security Lead</strong></p> <p>Simone joined in February 2024 as Security Lead for W3C, part of the Strategy Team. Inspired by the fact that Security is an integral part of human rights and civil liberties, and included in the Ethical Web Principles, its mission is to "shape the secure web". By supporting Security Working Groups as Team Contact, coordinating Security Reviews of the standards and promoting Web Security education for all.</p> <div class="l-cluster"> <div> <div> <a href="mailto:simone@w3.org" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/envelope.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> simone@w3.org </a> </div> <div> <a href="https://github.com/simoneonofri" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/github.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> Simone's Github account </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="avatar"> <img alt src="/thumbnails/100/avatar-images/alzrokq1rd44so8owk84888gogkk8cg.webp?x-version=2" loading="lazy"/> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-sidebar card--user"> <div> <div class="not-sidebar"> <div> <h3 id="gerald" class="txt-mars" data-anchor="no"> Gerald Oskoboiny </h3> <p> Gerald joined W3C in September 1997 as a member of the Systems Team. He helps maintain W3C's system infrastructure including the web and mail servers, mailing lists and publishing tools. He created W3C's <a href="http://validator.w3.org/">HTML Validation Service</a> based on an earlier validation service he began as a student. </p> <p> Prior to joining W3C, Gerald worked at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, and as a technical writer for IBM Canada in Toronto. </p> <p> In his free time Gerald enjoys travel, <a href="http://gosko.photo/">photography</a>, and writing software. </p> <p> Gerald has a Bachelor of Science with specialization in Computing Science from the University of Alberta. </p> <p><a href="https://www.w3.org/People/Gerald/">More...</a></p> <div class="l-cluster"> <div> <div> <a href="mailto:gerald@w3.org" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/envelope.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> gerald@w3.org </a> </div> <div> <a href="https://github.com/gosko" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/github.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> Gerald's Github account </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="avatar"> <img alt src="/thumbnails/100/avatar-images/64drh5rulmccoc4wk0000kk0c4ggso4.webp?x-version=2" loading="lazy"/> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-sidebar card--user"> <div> <div class="not-sidebar"> <div> <h3 id="dsr" class="txt-mars" data-anchor="no"> Dave Raggett </h3> <p>Dave leads W3C's <a href="/Data/">Data activity</a> and champions the <a href="/WoT/">Web of Things</a> and the role of <abbr>AI/ML</abbr> + computational statistics for the Sentient Web. He has been closely involved with the development of Web standards since 1992, contributing to work on HTML, HTTP, MathML, XForms, voice and multimodal interaction, ubiquitous web applications, financial data, privacy and identity. Dave has participated in many European research projects: <a href="http://boost40.eu">Boost 4.0</a>, <a href="https://european-iot-pilots.eu/project/create-iot/">Create-IoT</a>, and <a href="https://www.f-interop.eu">F-Interop</a>, and before that <a href="https://www.vre4eic.eu">VRE4EIC</a>, <a href="http://html5apps-project.eu/">HTML5Apps</a>, <a href="http://www.compose-project.eu/">COMPOSE</a>, <a href="http://www.webinos.org/">webinos</a>, <a href="http://www.serenoa-fp7.eu/">Serenoa</a>, and <a href="http://primelife.ercim.eu/">PrimeLife</a>. In addition to work on standards, Dave is a keen programmer, and has developed experimental web browsers (e.g. Arena), a plugin for rendering math from natural language (EzMath), a tool for cleaning up HTML (Tidy), a web page library for HTML slide presentations (Slidy), a Firefox add-on for enhanced privacy (Privacy Dashboard), customizable browser-based editing of HTML and more recently, an open source implementation for the Web of Things (<a href="https://github.com/draggett/arena-webhub">Arena Web Hub</a>). He was educated in England and obtained his doctorate from the University of Oxford, and is a visiting professor at the University of the West of England. For more information see <a href="/People/Raggett/">Dave's home page</a>.</p><p> <br /></p> <p><a href="https://www.w3.org/People/Raggett">More...</a></p> <div class="l-cluster"> <div> <div> <a href="mailto:dsr@w3.org" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/envelope.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> dsr@w3.org </a> </div> <div> <a href="https://github.com/draggett" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/github.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> Dave's Github account </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="avatar"> <img alt src="/thumbnails/100/avatar-images/ksgplwkb6pco08c0cw0okg408oggkss.webp?x-version=1" loading="lazy"/> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-sidebar card--user"> <div> <div class="not-sidebar"> <div> <h3 id="ran" class="txt-mars" data-anchor="no"> Ruoxi Ran </h3> <p>Role: <strong>Web Accessibility Engineer</strong></p> <p>Roy (冉若曦) joined World Wide Web Consortium in August 2017, working as a Web Accessibility Specialist in W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI). Roy is currently based in Beijing, W3C China host of Beihang University. He works with the Accessible Platform Architectures Working Group, Accessibility Guidelines Working Group and Education and Outreach Working Group. Also, he is responsible for the promotion, coordination, and harmonization of web accessibility standards in China.</p> <p>Roy received his Master's Degree in Software Engineering and did some research work on accessibility during his postgraduate life, meanwhile, he is working on a PhD at Zhejiang University.</p> <p><a href="https://www.w3.org/people/roy/">More...</a></p> <div class="l-cluster"> <div> <div> <a href="mailto:ran@w3.org" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/envelope.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> ran@w3.org </a> </div> <div> <a href="https://github.com/ruoxiran" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/github.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> Ruoxi's Github account </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="avatar"> <img alt src="/thumbnails/100/avatar-images/7u0azic9fv0o84sosgw4840c0sg8ok8.webp?x-version=6" loading="lazy"/> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-sidebar card--user"> <div> <div class="not-sidebar"> <div> <h3 id="jean-gui" class="txt-mars" data-anchor="no"> Jean-Guilhem Rouel </h3> <p>Role: <strong>Systems Team</strong></p> <p> <a href="https://www.w3.org/People/Jean-Gui/">Jean-Guilhem</a> joined the W3C Systems Team in August 2006 as the W3C Webmaster at the <a href="http://www.csail.mit.edu/"><abbr>MIT</abbr>/<abbr>CSAIL</abbr></a> host site in Cambridge, MA USA. </p> <p> He graduated in October 2006 from <a href="http://www.polytech.unice.fr/informatique">Polytech'Nice-Sophia Computer Science Department</a> (formerly known as ESSI: Ecole Supérieure en Sciences Informatiques) specialized in Networks. </p> <p> In September 2003 he received a two year degree in Mathematics and Computer Science (DEUG MIAS) at the <a href="http://www.univ-jfc.fr/">University Jean-François Champollion</a> in Albi, France. </p> <p><a href="https://www.w3.org/People/Jean-Gui/">More...</a></p> <div class="l-cluster"> <div> <div> <a href="mailto:jean-gui@w3.org" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/envelope.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> jean-gui@w3.org </a> </div> <div> <a href="https://github.com/jean-gui" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/github.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> Jean-Guilhem's Github account </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="avatar"> <img alt src="/thumbnails/100/avatar-images/yfic1fu3ezkkkcgk084gwc0s0okkss.webp?x-version=16" loading="lazy"/> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-sidebar card--user"> <div> <div class="not-sidebar"> <div> <h3 id="himorin" class="txt-mars" data-anchor="no"> Atsushi Shimono </h3> <p>Role: <strong>W3C Team</strong></p> <p>Atsushi joined the W3C team in November 2018. Currently in the Projects team, and staff for internationalization, Immersive-Web WG, and Timed-Text WG. <br /> Atsushi holds a PhD in Science, with a research area in Astrophysics (observations of Active Galactic Nucleus) from Kyoto University in Japan.</p> <div class="l-cluster"> <div> <div> <a href="mailto:atsushi@w3.org" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/envelope.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> atsushi@w3.org </a> </div> <div> <a href="https://github.com/himorin" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/github.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> Atsushi's Github account </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="avatar"> <img alt src="/thumbnails/100/avatar-images/1eb2xr7ab6zo0k8440o48swso408ksc.webp?x-version=1" loading="lazy"/> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-sidebar card--user"> <div> <div class="not-sidebar"> <div> <h3 id="tzviya" class="txt-mars" data-anchor="no"> Tzviya Siegman </h3> <p>Role: <strong>Sustainability Lead</strong></p> <p>Tzviya joined W3C in September 2024 as Sustainability Lead and is responsible for North American Member Relations. Prior to joining the Team, Tzviya worked as Standards Principal at Wiley. She became a group participant in 2013 in many of the Publishing groups at W3C, where she led, coordinated, and contributed to several initiatives to develop common standards and best practices. </p> <p>Tzviya also joined the Positive Work Environment group, which she now chairs, and helped rewrite W3C’s Code of Conduct. Tzviya was elected to the W3C Advisory Board for 3 consecutive terms between 2018 and 2024. She was elected Chair of that group during all of her terms. Tzviya enjoys working on sustainability because it is an essential area for W3C to explore, ensuring that our impact on the physical world is positive and prioritizes the planet and people.</p> <p>Tzviya received a BA in English Literature from Yeshiva University, speaks Hebrew, and is interested in her kids and pottery and reading in her spare time.</p> <div class="l-cluster"> <div> <div> <a href="mailto:tzviya@w3.org" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/envelope.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> tzviya@w3.org </a> </div> <div> <a href="https://github.com/TzviyaSiegman" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/github.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> Tzviya's Github account </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="avatar"> <img alt src="/thumbnails/100/avatar-images/jhywkkw0080gg4g8w4gw8ckgcoco40w.webp?x-version=2" loading="lazy"/> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-sidebar card--user"> <div> <div class="not-sidebar"> <div> <h3 id="mike" class="txt-mars" data-anchor="no"> Michael[tm] Smith (sideshowbarker) </h3> <div class="l-cluster"> <div> <div> <a href="mailto:mike@w3.org" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/envelope.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> mike@w3.org </a> </div> <div> <a href="https://github.com/sideshowbarker" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/github.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> Michael[tm]'s Github account </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="avatar"> <img alt src="/thumbnails/100/avatar-images/p0yjwxyss744gs4c8c488co4k8cs08.webp?x-version=1" loading="lazy"/> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-sidebar card--user"> <div> <div class="not-sidebar"> <div> <h3 id="rswick" class="txt-mars" data-anchor="no"> Ralph Swick </h3> <p>Role: <strong>Chief Operating Officer</strong></p> <p>Ralph joined W3C in January 1997, to focus on the Privacy and Demographics project. As that project (now called P3P) was starting, Ralph also started the Metadata project. The Resource Description Framework became a full-time responsibility when the Metadata Activity turned into the Semantic Web Activity. In 2007 Ralph became the leader of the Technology and Society Domain and in 2009 was appointed Acting Chief Operating Officer. As of 2010 the 'acting' qualifier was removed. Then in 2022 Ralph was appointed as Interim Chief Executive Officer of the new W3C, Inc. In November 2023 when W3C's permanent CEO joined, Ralph resumed his role as Chief Operating Officer.</p> <p>Ralph came to W3C from the X Consortium, where he was Technical Director for the X Window System. Ralph brings to W3C both a systems background and an application background. Long involved with the X Window System, Ralph was one of the architects of the Xt Intrinsics (user interface) toolkit.</p> <p>Prior to joining the X Consortium, Ralph was a software engineer for Digital Equipment Corporation in their Office Systems Advanced Development Group. There he worked on information filtering tools (software agents) and computer-supported cooperative work tools. Before that, Ralph was in Digital's Corporate Research Group working at MIT Project Athena. Ralph holds a BS in Physics and Mathematics from Carnegie-Mellon University.</p> <p>Ralph's interests are in applications of Web technologies to support human-human interaction, especially over time and distance.</p> <div class="l-cluster"> <div> <div> <a href="mailto:swick@w3.org" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/envelope.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> swick@w3.org </a> </div> <div> <a href="https://github.com/swickr" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/github.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> Ralph's Github account </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="avatar"> <img alt src="/thumbnails/100/avatar-images/1dd0l3k02iv40w48koss4s8og8gog0g.webp?x-version=1" loading="lazy"/> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-sidebar card--user"> <div> <div class="not-sidebar"> <div> <h3 id="ktroshinsky" class="txt-mars" data-anchor="no"> Ken Troshinsky </h3> <div class="l-cluster"> <div> <div> <a href="mailto:ken@w3.org" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/envelope.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> ken@w3.org </a> </div> <div> <a href="https://github.com/ktroshinsky" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/github.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> Ken's Github account </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="avatar"> <img alt src="/assets/website-2021/svg/avatar.svg" loading="lazy"/> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-sidebar card--user"> <div> <div class="not-sidebar"> <div> <h3 id="amy" class="txt-mars" data-anchor="no"> Amy van der Hiel </h3> <p>Role: <strong>Media Relations Coordinator</strong></p> <p>Amy van der Hiel is the Media Relations Coordinator for the W3C Communications Team and the Team Contact for the Advisory Board. </p> <p>For many years Amy worked as the Special Assistant to Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Emeritus Director. Before joining the W3C, Amy worked at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and was the Assistant to the Director and Curatorial Associate at the Exhibitions Department of the Massachusetts College of Art. She has her Bachelors in Art History from Bard College, NY and her Masters in Art Education from Mansfield University, PA.</p> <div class="l-cluster"> <div> <div> <a href="mailto:amy@w3.org" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/envelope.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> amy@w3.org </a> </div> <div> <a href="https://github.com/amyvdh" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/github.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> Amy's Github account </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="avatar"> <img alt src="/thumbnails/100/avatar-images/c7dfyqclji0wgwcock40o4soc48wsw8.webp?x-version=1" loading="lazy"/> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-sidebar card--user"> <div> <div class="not-sidebar"> <div> <h3 id="rigo" class="txt-mars" data-anchor="no"> Rigo Wenning </h3> <p>Role: <strong>Rechtsanwalt</strong></p> <p>Rigo Wenning joined W3C in 1999 with a focus on privacy and digital signatures. He currently works as member of the legal team, is team contact for the Patents & Standards Interest Group and works on Linked data projects.</p> <p><a href="https://www.wenning.org/">More...</a></p> <div class="l-cluster"> <div> <div> <a href="mailto:rigo@w3.org" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/envelope.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> rigo@w3.org </a> </div> <div> <a href="https://github.com/rigow" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/github.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> Rigo's Github account </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="avatar"> <img alt src="/thumbnails/100/avatar-images/gcprpo0bri80084oc8g08sco0w00wgg.webp?x-version=1" loading="lazy"/> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-sidebar card--user"> <div> <div class="not-sidebar"> <div> <h3 id="twhalen" class="txt-mars" data-anchor="no"> Tara Whalen </h3> <div class="l-cluster"> <div> <div> <a href="mailto:tara@w3.org" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/envelope.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> tara@w3.org </a> </div> <div> <a href="https://github.com/tjwhalen" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/github.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> Tara's Github account </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="avatar"> <img alt src="/assets/website-2021/svg/avatar.svg" loading="lazy"/> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-sidebar card--user"> <div> <div class="not-sidebar"> <div> <h3 id="kevin" class="txt-mars" data-anchor="no"> Kevin White </h3> <p>Role: <strong>Accessibility Technical Lead</strong></p> <p>Kevin is Accessibility Technical Lead for the <a href="WAI/">Web Accessibility Initiative</a> (WAI) at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). In this role Kevin contributes to <a href="/WAI/standards-guidelines/">internationally recognized standards</a> that support accessibility. He leads the <a href="/WAI/about/projects/wai-coop/">WAI-CooP</a>, co-funded by the European Commission. Kevin provides support and oversight of the accessibility Working Groups, collaborates on WAI strategic planning, and manages W3C accessibility support.</p> <p><a href="/People/kevin/">More...</a></p> <div class="l-cluster"> <div> <div> <a href="mailto:kevin@w3.org" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/envelope.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> kevin@w3.org </a> </div> <div> <a href="https://github.com/iadawn" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/github.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> Kevin's Github account </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="avatar"> <img alt src="/thumbnails/100/avatar-images/r4btzf4l2rk4wwgwogsgc04844os888.webp?x-version=2" loading="lazy"/> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-sidebar card--user"> <div> <div class="not-sidebar"> <div> <h3 id="xiaoqian" class="txt-mars" data-anchor="no"> Xiaoqian Wu </h3> <p>Role: <strong>W3C China Site Manager</strong></p> <p>Ms. Wu Xiaoqian (吴小倩) joined W3C in October 2013. Since then, she has been serving as a team contact for a few W3C groups, including the Web Applications WG, the Web Editing WG, the MiniApps WG and the Chinese Web IG. </p> <p>In September 2018, she became the W3C China Site Manager, responsible for our daily operation in China.</p> <p>Xiaoqian holds a BA in Software Engineering and an MSc in Animation Design.</p> <div class="l-cluster"> <div> <div> <a href="mailto:xiaoqian@w3.org" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/envelope.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> xiaoqian@w3.org </a> </div> <div> <a href="https://github.com/siusin" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/github.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> Xiaoqian's Github account </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="avatar"> <img alt src="/thumbnails/100/avatar-images/eu2fc67zs60c8sck8gok4ccs444wo4o.webp?x-version=3" loading="lazy"/> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-sidebar card--user"> <div> <div class="not-sidebar"> <div> <h3 id="xfq" class="txt-mars" data-anchor="no"> Fuqiao Xue </h3> <p>Role: <strong>Internationalization (I18n) Lead; I18n WG Staff contact</strong></p> <p>Since January 2024, Fuqiao Xue is Internationalization Lead, and the contact point for all internationalization related activity at W3C.</p> <p>Fuqiao joined W3C in July 2017, where he is Strategy Specialist for internationalization. He is staff contact for and contributes technically to the W3C Internationalization Working Group.</p> <p>Fuqiao has a background in software engineering. He has been involved in free software since 2010, including GNU, Mozilla, and many other free software projects.</p> <p><a href="https://www.w3.org/People/Xue/">More...</a></p> <div class="l-cluster"> <div> <div> <a href="mailto:xfq@w3.org" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/envelope.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> xfq@w3.org </a> </div> <div> <a href="https://github.com/xfq" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/github.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> Fuqiao's Github account </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="avatar"> <img alt src="/thumbnails/100/avatar-images/2bhyv8h6u2ckc4wwsko88o4s040okok.webp?x-version=2" loading="lazy"/> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-sidebar card--user"> <div> <div class="not-sidebar"> <div> <h3 id="naomi" class="txt-mars" data-anchor="no"> Naomi Yoshizawa </h3> <p>Role: <strong>W3C Member Relations Lead | W3C Japan Site Manager</strong></p> <p>Naomi is the W3C Member Relations Lead to ensure member satisfaction, encourage participation in W3C groups and events. She is also appointed as the site manager of W3C Japan.</p> <p>Prior to joining W3C, Naomi worked at AT&T Japan as a manager of Marketing Communications for AT&T World Access. She worked on a team that created an innovative prepaid card, produced publications and bids for designs, and developed sales channels. She was awarded a Grand Prize for Best Operations Manager.</p> <p>She earned an MBA of International Management, from Aoyama Gakuin University, accredited by EFMD.</p> <div class="l-cluster"> <div> <div> <a href="mailto:naomi@w3.org" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/envelope.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> naomi@w3.org </a> </div> <div> <a href="https://github.com/yonaomi" class="with-icon--before"> <img class="icon" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/github.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true"/> Naomi's Github account </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar"> <div class="avatar"> <img alt src="/thumbnails/100/avatar-images/rjp1svu3rnkwokks0084sgcooosog48.webp?x-version=3" loading="lazy"/> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </main> </div> <footer class="global-footer"> <div class="l-center"> <div class="global-footer__links"> <div class="l-cluster"> <ul class="clean-list" role="list"> <li> <a href="https://www.w3.org/" hreflang="en"> <span lang="en" dir="ltr">Home</span> </a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.w3.org/contact/" hreflang="en"> <span lang="en" dir="ltr">Contact</span> </a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.w3.org/help/" hreflang="en"> <span lang="en" dir="ltr">Help</span> </a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.w3.org/donate/" hreflang="en"> <span lang="en" dir="ltr">Donate</span> </a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.w3.org/policies/" hreflang="en"> <span lang="en" dir="ltr">Legal & Policies</span> </a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.w3.org/about/corporation/" hreflang="en"> <span lang="en" dir="ltr">Corporation</span> </a> </li> <li> <a href="https://status.w3.org/" hreflang="en"> <span lang="en" dir="ltr">System Status</span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <ul class="clean-list" role="list"> <li><a class="with-icon--larger" href="https://w3c.social/@w3c" hreflang="en"> <img class="icon icon--larger" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/mastodon.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true" loading="lazy"/> <span class="visuallyhidden"><span lang="en" dir="ltr">W3C on Mastodon</span></span></a> </li> <li><a class="with-icon--larger" href="https://github.com/w3c/" hreflang="en"> <img class="icon icon--larger" src="/assets/website-2021/svg/github.svg" width="20" height="20" alt aria-hidden="true" loading="lazy"/> <span class="visuallyhidden"><span lang="en" dir="ltr">W3C on GitHub</span></span></a> </li> </ul> </div> <p class="copyright"><span lang="en" dir="ltr">Copyright © 2024 <a href="https://www.w3.org/">World Wide Web Consortium</a>.<br> <abbr title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</abbr><sup>®</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.</span></p> </div> </footer> </div> </body> </html>

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