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Profile: Gerard K. Cohen — Digital Accessibility Leader at Atlassian

A brief professional profile of Gerard K. Cohen, an accessibility expert who has built and advised digital accessibility teams over the past decade. His experience includes work on commercial financial applications handling trillions of dollars and improving accessibility at pre-Elon Twitter. He currently leads the Atlassian Design System Accessibility Team, working with designers and engineers to enhance component accessibility.

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Over the past decade, Gerard has built and advised top-notch digital accessibility teams that have impacted millions of individuals worldwide.

His experience ranges from supporting commercial financial applications responsible for transferring trillions of dollars globally, to enhancing accessibility on pre-Elon Twitter.

Currently, Gerard drives the Atlassian Design System Accessibility Team where he collaborates with a group of exceptional designers and engineers to help enhance the accessibility of components

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Orgs don't force accessibility training, but learning IS going to happen. Either once up front or repeatedly at the end fixing bugs. Which do you think saves time? PS: I have online courses available on Pluralsight. 10+ years of experience distilled into 8 hours.

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