037: Accessibility Specialist

Mikey Ilagan is a Product Manager on the Comcast Accessibility Team. He's spent the past decade building digital experiences using a lifetime of passion for technology. He is a former web designer and frontend developer. He's spent his career working in and around his hometown, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Today, he uses a diverse background to work with product teams to ensure Xfinity's offerings are usable and well-designed for customers using assistive technology. Mikey is also a co-organizer of the Philly Accessibility Meetup.

In this episode we talk about dealing with the effects of a global recession, working as a product manager in accessibility, starting a meetup in Philadelphia, and so much more.

Shownotes

Xfinity - https://www.xfinity.com/
Comcast - https://corporate.comcast.com/
Web Accessibility Initiative - https://www.w3.org/WAI/
Slack group - https://web-a11y.slack.com
A11Y PHL - https://www.meetup.com/a11yphl/about/
Mikey’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/mikeyil
Mikey’s Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/mikeyil

Alexis ColladoJuly 7, 2019