Jaunita Flessas, Esq.
Digital Accessibility Leader · CPWA · WAS · ADS · APX · PMP
Melbourne, AU (US citizen, full AU working rights) · jaunitaflessas@gmail.com· +61 457 037 690· +1 253 271 2167 · empoweraccessibility.com · linkedin.com/in/jaunitaflessas
Internationally recognised accessibility leader who built and ran the enterprise program serving 14M members at Navy Federal Credit Union. W3C AGWG, ARIA & APA working-group member; WCAG 2.2 and 3.0 contributor; Advisory Committee representative 2022–2025. Attorney by training. 29 conference talks worldwide.
Experience
Founder & Principal Consultant · Empower Accessibility · 2025–present
- Strategic consulting, audits and training for Fortune 500, government and SMB clients across the US, EU, Canada and Australia.
- Wrote the end-to-end accessibility procurement process for one of the world’s largest retailers (under NDA).
Director, Innovation & Accessibility Engineering · Wider Accessibility · 2025–present
- Embedding inclusive practice across product strategy, development and release cycles; WCAG, Section 508 and EN 301 549 compliance workshops for developers and product teams.
Head of Technical Accessibility · Navy Federal Credit Union · 2020–2025
- Founded and led the enterprise accessibility program: 12-person team, 55-volunteer champions network, multimillion-dollar budgets and vendor relationships.
- Shipped CI/CD accessibility automation (APIs, linting, crawlers, functional QA) to catch regressions before release; led kiosk/ATM accessibility with hardware vendors.
- Ran usability testing with assistive-technology users; communications and awareness campaigns reached 17,000 employees a year.
Director, globa11y (pilot) · Accessible Community · 2025–present
- Leading a 20+ volunteer social enterprise training and employing disabled technologists across the Global South.
Standards
- W3C: AGWG, ARIA & APA member; WCAG 2.2/3.0 contributor; subgroup lead
- Internet Society: Outreach Officer; trained the Government of Benin
- IAAP: author, self-paced courses
- OZeWAI leadership committee
- Founder: A11y-DMV & A11y A11ies Melbourne
Certifications
- IAAP CPWA (WAS + CPACC)
- IAAP ADS · APX
- DHS Trusted Tester v5
- PMP · SAFe Agilist
- Maryland Bar, active
Education
- JD — UDC David A. Clarke School of Law
- BA — University of Washington
- Technology Leadership — eCornell
Selected talks
- CSUN ×6 · WebAIM · EuroSTAR
- M-Enabling · Agile Testing Days
- A11y Osaka · Perth (keynote)