Karl Groves

United States

Bio

An unstoppable force for change and thought-leader in an industry regarded for saying ‘No,’ Karl would rather lead by example in saying ‘Yes, and here’s how…’ He seeks to offer solutions to complex problems relating to universal usability. He believes that together we can meet both our goals: your business goals and his goals to lead the way in accessible user experiences. Karl has over a decade of experience in doing IT consulting for the biggest companies in the world and biggest agencies in the U.S. government. Widely regarded as a pragmatic solution-finder, his work is cited in nearly a dozen books and used on curricula in Human-Computer Interaction across the globe. He leads by doing, teaches from experience, and succeeds by facilitating others’ success. When others say, ‘That can’t be done,’ Karl shows them how.

I’m an engaging speaker with a over a decade of experience presenting, holding workshops, and training. I’ve spoken in 7 countries and 11 US states.

18 videos of some of my presentations can be seen at http://www.karlgroves.com/presentations/

Below is a partial the conferences I’ve spoken at:

  • NationJS, Washington DC (multiple)
  • Beyond Tellerand, Germany
  • ParisWeb, Paris France (multiple)
  • Better By Design, Madison Wisconsin (workshop)
  • Fronteers Spring Conference, Amsterdam Netherlands
  • Elements Web Conference at Penn State
  • IEEE Information Visualization, Baltimore Maryland
  • Annual Conference of the Society for Technical Communications, Baltimore Maryland
  • Frontend Conference, Zurich Switzerland
  • RVA JavaScript Conference

My Talks

Accessibility consulting is broken

Accessibility of Forms

Accessibility ROI: Risk Mitigation as Return on Investment

Accessible Data Visualizations

All Sizzle, No Steak

Automation as Prevention

Chatbot Accessibility

Data Mining Accessibility

Deep Dive into WAI-ARIA

Everything you need to know about JavaScript accessibility

Extreme Accessibility: Handling accessibility at scale in Agile environments.

Hidden In Plain View

I Never Knew A Website Could Hurt Someone

So, you want an accessibility score?

Stem to Stern Accessibility

Testing Web Accessibility

What is this thing and what does it do?