Director of Product Accessibility at Freshworks Inc, Speaker, Mentor, Consultant
15 Years of Experience
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Srinivasu is an experienced Accessibility Professional with knowledge and passion. Has served both corporate industries, advised government and non-profit organizations. Blogger and speaker both in India and internationally. He is expertised in the area of Accessibility Testing, Accessibility Training, Accessibility Consulting, helping organizations to build Accessibility Practices. He is also a motivational speaker, help young minds make a decision to right path of life. Srinivasu began his career in the year 1999 for a non-profit organizations and started career in the area of Accessibility in the year 2005. Currently he is the Director of Product Accessibility at Freshworks. He is a Certified Professional in Web Accessibility by the International Association of Accessibility Professionals and Trusted Tester by the US Department of Homeland Security. He has been recognized with various awards both for his work in the area of accessibility and community development.
Freshworks, SaaS/Cloud Product, Education Management
Watermark
Watermark
Freshworks, Watermark, Watermark, ServeOM Inclusion, SuccessWorld, W3C, Informatica, Prakat Solutions, World Wide Web Consortium India, National Association for the Blind, India, Knowbility
Job Title : Director of Product Accessibility
Company name : Freshworks
Period : July 2022 - Present
Location : India
Job Title : Director, Accessibility Program
Company name : Watermark
Period : March 2022 - July 2022
Location : India
Job Title : Senior Accessibility Program Manager
Company name : Watermark
Period : November 2019 - March 2022
Summary : As a Senior Accessibility Program Manager, I am responsible to oversee global accessibility program. Following is summary of my work:
1. Build and manage accessibility initiatives for Watermark
2. Perform accessibility audits for products and generate audit reports
3. Create and maintain Accessibility Conformance Reports (Also known as VPATs)
4. Create, conduct and manage accessibility training for existing and new employees
5. Work with Client facing teams to support customers on accessibility needs
6. Build and manage internal accessibility strategies to ensure accessibility is integrated as part of product development
7. Help company celebrate accessibility and disability related events
8. Represent as Watermark's Accessibility Leader for industry events related to accessibility
Location : India
Job Title : Founder
Company name : ServeOM Inclusion
Period : April 2012 - July 2022
Summary : Objective is to raise awareness about digital accessibility. To begin with, writes reviews of choicest portals and apps, write accessibility tips and examples.
Initiated and promoting Bangalore Accessibility Meet-ups.
Location : Bangalore
Job Title : Honarary Vice President
Company name : SuccessWorld
Period : January 2010 - March 2021
Summary : SuccessWorld is a non-profit organization to promote education and employment for people with vision impairment and low vision.
Job Title : Invited Expert, WCAG WG
Company name : W3C
Period : October 2016 - August 2020
Location : Global
Job Title : Lead Accessibility Consultant
Company name : Informatica
Period : April 2016 - November 2019
Summary : At Informatica, I work on helping design, engineering and quality teams to build inclusive products and comply with global accessibility standards. I also work on towards educating required stakeholders in the area of accessibility.
Job Title : Advisor - Accessibility Unit
Company name : Prakat Solutions
Period : January 2017 - January 2019
Summary : Advises on accessibility related business.
Job Title : Member, Web Accessibility Community Group
Company name : World Wide Web Consortium India
Period : May 2013 - January 2019
Summary : 1. Posts weekly Accessibility round up
2. Post article related to Accessibility
Job Title : Life Member
Company name : National Association for the Blind, India
Period : January 2008 - January 2019
Summary : Create awareness about assistive technologies for visually impaired and other career opportunities.
Job Title : Mentor for AX Achievers Team, OpenAIR
Company name : Knowbility
Period : October 2016 - December 2016
Summary : OpenAIR is a challenge organized by Knowbility to improve quality of websites of non-profit organizations as well to encourage main stread developers to build inclusive websites.
Location : Global
Title : DHS Trusted Tester
Period : August 2020 - Present
Summary : TT-2008-01213, section508.gov, https://www.section508.gov/test/trusted-tester#:~:text=The%20DHS%20Trusted%20Tester%20Process,the%20DHS%20Trusted%20Tester%20Process.
Issuing Authority : U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Title : Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies
Period : March 2018 - March 2021
Summary : accessibilityassociation.org, http://accessibilityassociation.org
Issuing Authority : IAAP - International Association of Accessibility Professionals
Title : Web Accessibility Specialist
Period : December 2017 - December 2020
Issuing Authority : IAAP - International Association of Accessibility Professionals
Organization name : World Wide Web Consortium Period : August 2009 - Present
English , Hindi , Kannada , Marathi , Tamil , Telugu
Award : 2021 Award of Excellence
Issuer : Watermark Insights LLC
Date : 2 2022
Summary : Awards of Excellence is an Annual and one of the highest recognitions at Watermark.
Award : Seva Vibha Vachaspathi
Issuer : Ramanujan Academy and Sri Krishna Seva Samsthan
Date : 3 2021
Summary : This is a recognition given for the work that Srinivasu has been doing for the community such as promoting Indian culture, classical music, Harikatha, domain of disability etc.,
Award : INFAStar Award Q1 2019 in Do Good Category
Issuer : Informatica
Date : 5 2019
Summary : INFAStar is one of the highest recognition awarded to employees in 4 categories.
Award : NCPEDP - MphasiS Universal Design Award 2013
Issuer : NCPEDP
Date : 8 2013
Summary : An award given in recognition of my work in the area of Accessibility. Details at: http://dnis.org/winners2013.php
Award : Yahoo! Ratna
Issuer : Yahoo!
Date : 9 2010
Summary : Yahoo! Ratna is the highest recognition in Yahoo! India Research & Development centre. Was given in recognition of my work in the area of Accessibility.
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