Frances West Biography

Frances West is an internationally recognized thought leader speaker strategy advisor and women-in-technology trailblazer known for her work in innovation technology and business transformation.
Frances is the founder of FrancesWestCo a global advisory company working with public private non-profit and start-ups to operationalize inclusion as a core business imperative to drive disruptive innovation. She was IBM’s first Chief Accessibility Officer and worked to establish IT accessibility standards shape government policies and develop human-centric enterprise technology and solution so that all people can reach their highest potential regardless of their age or ability.
Frances is a globally sought-after authority a public speaker and strategy advisor on the topic of digital Inclusion accessibility women in tech human-centric technology innovation. She is also the author of a book Authentic Inclusion™ Drives Disruptive Innovation a book that has been selected by CES and SXSW as the Best Books of 2019. Because of her expertise she was invited as the sole IT industry representative to testify before the US Senate on the need to pass the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities. She has delivered keynote remarks at policy forums hosted by the United Nations Department of Labor and led panel discussions at global IT conferences such as Mobile World Congress Consumer Electronics Show and SXSW.

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