Joe Watkins
Principal Digital Accessibilty Manager at T-Mobile
Portland, Oregon, United States
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Top SchoolJoe Watkins is a Principal Digital Accessibility Manager based in Portland with over 20 years as a hybrid front-end engineer and designer and more than a decade focused specifically on web accessibility. He leads accessibility strategy and coaching at T-Mobile after senior consulting roles at Intopia and Level Access, translating technical front-end practices into inclusive digital experiences at scale. Comfortable shipping HTML/CSS/JS solutions and guiding cross-functional teams, Joe pairs hands-on development with UX sensibility to make products usable regardless of ability or device. Known for pragmatic advocacy, he helps organizations move from compliance checklists to meaningful, user-centered accessibility outcomes. Outside of corporate roles he has a long history in creative web and print work, which informs a design-forward approach to technical accessibility.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
none, none at University of Self-Taught
English
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Github Skills (119)
jquery-validation10
javascript-framework10
eventsource10
javascript10
jquery10
editor10
html10
electron10
storage10
typescript10
github-copilot10
mobile-first10
angularjs10
user-experience10
html5-boilerplate10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
tmobile/magentaA11y
Apr 2023 - Jul 2026
MagentaA11y is a tool built to simplify the process of accessibility testing.
Contributions:95 reviews, 66 PRs, 116 pushes in 3 years 3 months
accessibilitytestinga11ya11y-testingaccessibility-testing
joe-watkins/fontawesome-svg
Jun 2016 - Jul 2019
Contributions:11 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years
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