Re: Promotion to Distinguished Engineer

Hi Janina,

Thank you!

Yes, I believe that is true. I know of no other distinguished engineers, in
any company whom, are accessibility specialists.

In IBM this is also an executive position.

Cheers,
Rich


Rich Schwerdtfeger
Distinguished Engineer, SWG Accessibility Architect/Strategist
Emerging Technologies
Chair, IBM Accessibility Architecture Review  Board
blog: http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/blogs/dw_blog.jspa?blog=441
schwer@us.ibm.com, Phone: 512-838-4593,T/L: 678-4593, mobile: 512-876-9689

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -
I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.",
Frost



                                                                           
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Congratulations, Rich. This is indeed a well deserved honor for you, and
a good day for accessibility.
And, I believe I'm correct that you're the only Distinguished Engineer
with a specialization in accessibility among all the corporations who
use this distinctive designation? Perhaps I'm wrong, but I know there
aren't many like you.


Richard Schwerdtfeger writes:
>
>
>
>
> Judy, Al, Jon, and Gregg,
>
> I am not sure if this was released in the press yet but I was promoted to
> Distinguished Engineer last Friday.
>
> There are roughly 300 DEs in IBM in a community of roughly 195,000
> engineers and roughly 400,000 employees overall. This speaks volumes of
> IBM's commitment to accessibility.
>
> Part of this success has to do with the WAI's success - which I have been
> fortunate to be involved with.
>
> So, I want to take the time to thank everyone involved.
>
> Thank you!
>
> Rich
>
>
> Rich Schwerdtfeger
> Distinguished Engineer, SWG Accessibility Architect/Strategist
> Emerging Technologies
> Chair, IBM Accessibility Architecture Review  Board
> blog: http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/blogs/dw_blog.jspa?blog=441
> schwer@us.ibm.com, Phone: 512-838-4593,T/L: 678-4593, mobile:
512-876-9689
>
> "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -
> I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.",
> Frost
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Janina Sajka                                                 Phone:
+1.202.494.7040
Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC
http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com

Chair, Accessibility Workgroup                         Free Standards Group
(FSG)
janina@freestandards.org                         http://a11y.org

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