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Rob Sinclair
Chief Accessibility Officer
Rob Sinclair, chief accessibility officer for Microsoft, is responsible for the company's worldwide strategy to develop software and services that make it easier for people to see, hear, and use their computers. Sinclair manages the corporate accessibility strategy from within Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing division which focuses on integrity and responsibility in business practices.

Sinclair joined Microsoft in 1997 as a developer support engineer in the Premier Support Group, where he provided technical and business support for some of the company's largest customers. In 1998, he accepted a job as an accessibility program manager managing the company’s emerging technologies for creating assistive technology products such as screen readers and screen magnifiers. Over the next five years, he rose to become group manager of the Accessibility Technology Group responsible for development, testing, and program management of all Windows accessibility features.

Sinclair, who is also an international award-winning nature and wildlife photographer, then spent a year working on Microsoft's digital photography program and the strategy to improve Windows' support for high-quality digital photography and imaging. In 2005, he returned to accessibility, this time as director of accessibility for Microsoft and began rethinking the company’s approach to accessibility. As the company’s chief accessibility officer, he is leading that transformation and is responsible for the company’s end-to-end accessibility strategy and technology roadmap. Sinclair is also on the Accessibility Interoperability Alliance (AIA) steering committee.

"Today, people are required to adapt themselves to the technology they encounter—whether on their desk, their phone, their car, or in home appliances," Sinclair says. "Our goal is to create a future in which technology adapts to the person so computers and other electronics can become fundamentally easier and more natural for people to use."

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Microsoft joins global coalition to tackle employment challenge faced by people living with multiple sclerosis

Rob Sinclair, Chief Accessibility Officer - 20 October 2011

You, readers may recall James Thurston’s earlier blog on the Europe 2020 strategy; leveraging the labour market to drive European economic growth, via a ‘smart, sustainable and inclusive model’ to harness untapped employment potential. As the world continues to battle to the burden of recession, this quest remains as relevant as ever.
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