Lee White
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IAAP Web Accessibility Specialist ↗Experience
Senior UX Engineer, Design Systems
Jul 2024 – presentHashiCorp / IBM
- Built major complex components including Key Value Inputs and Advanced Table for the Helios Design System.
- Led modernization project: TypeScript migration, Ember single file format, team best practices.
- Created live demo UI for Helios docs showing old and new component formats side by side.
Accessibility Engineer
Mar 2023 – Jun 2024Olark
- Owned accessibility across all Olark products with a focus on the new Agent Console.
- Designed and built the frontend for customers to manage, test, and improve their AI Chatbot.
- Organized usability testing sessions; earned IAAP Web Accessibility Specialist certification.
Senior UX Engineer, Design Systems
Sep 2022 – Mar 2023Twilio
- Built major complex components including the Code Block and Chat Composer.
- Served as accessibility SME; mentored engineers and designers on ARIA Authoring Practices.
UX Engineer, Design Systems
Sep 2021 – Sep 2022Twilio
- Led the Conversations UI Kit — chat components and Figma assets used across Twilio products.
- Created Intro to Accessibility training, attended by 100+ people across engineering, design, and product.
Software Engineer, Design Systems
Jan 2021 – Aug 2021Better
- Built critical components for the early design system, including Toggle and Modal.
- Led efforts to standardize documentation and created a Design Systems Terms Glossary.
UX Engineer, Accessibility
Aug 2018 – Nov 2020Salesforce
- Consulted for 10+ teams in Platform Cloud on accessibility.
- Built a keyboard interaction model using semantic HTML to make complex flow chart diagrams accessible to screen reader users.
- Created accessibility specifications for dynamic product walkthrough UI.
Skills & Education
Frontend
TypeScript, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, Web Components, Ember
Accessibility
WCAG 2.2, ARIA 1.2, NVDA, JAWS, VoiceOver, Axe, keyboard testing, accessibility audits
Speaking & Writing
- LibertyJS 2023: Progress over Perfection: Your First Steps in Accessibility
- A11Y Camp Bay Area 2020: Accessibility and Web Components
- Dreamforce 2019: Salesforce for All: Building Accessible Web Components
- Accessibility for Web Components
- Intro to Web Components
Web Accessibility Specialist
International Association of Accessibility Professionals
March 2024
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
University of California, Santa Cruz
2015 – 2018