My Career in Data Season 4 Episode 09: Joe Devon, Chair of the GAAD Foundation and Co-founder of Global Accessibility Awareness Day

Welcome back to an all-new season of My Career in Data – a DATAVERSITY Talks podcast where we sit down with professionals to discuss how they have built their careers around data. In this episode, we speak with Joe Devon, technology entrepreneur, accessibility advocate, Co-Founder of Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), and Chair of the GAAD Foundation. From early internet ventures and high-scale platforms like American Idol to launching a global movement for digital accessibility, Joe’s career has followed an unexpected path shaped by risk, reinvention, and impact. Listen as Joe shares how one idea became a worldwide accessibility movement, why AI is changing the future of inclusive technology, and what data professionals need to understand as software, accessibility, and artificial intelligence continue to converge. Learn more about Joe and the work he does: - LinkedIn Joe Devon: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joedevon/ - LinkedIn GAAD Foundation: https://www.linkedin.com/company/gaad-foundation/ - GAAD Foundation: https://gaad.foundation/ - Global Accessibility Awareness Day: https://accessibility.day/ - AIMAC Initial Report: https://aimac.ai/ - AIMAC Open Source Benchmark: https://github.com/GAAD-Foundation/AIMAC - Accessibility & GenAI Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@A11yGenAI Never miss an episode – subscribe to the DATAVERSITY weekly newsletter. Interested in being a guest?