I'm Jeff Yaus, a UX engineer and Web accessibility specialist.
I've been working in the user experience space for nearly three decades, bridging development and design with a cross-disclipinary approach. I've worked for both billion-dollar companies and small start-ups, in industries from e-commerce to finance to entertainment. For the last decade, my focus has been building (and evangelizing) design systems as the ideal collaborative tool between engineering and design — a shared language that accelerates both sides' productivity, and which promotes UX consistency and enhanced brand identity. Most recently, that means I've been a major contributor to the SWAN design system, and I am the creator of the Haupia component library and the lei-carousel React component.
Since 2016 I've been passionately involved in Web accessibility, and
in making the Web usable by anyone — on any browser, device, or
assistive technology. I am a certified
Web Accessibility Specialist
in the
International Association of Accessibility Professionals, and I've led accessibility initiatives, collaborating with
developers, designers, consultants, and legal teams to produce
websites that were WCAG-compliant. As a Web accessibility consultant,
I've helped out companies by conducting accessibility audits, then
providing them with the remediation advice and strategy they need to
reach compliance.
You can reach me via email at jeff @ this domain, or see my LinkedIn profile.