Vharshini Rajagopal
Accessibility Consultant with 9+ years of IT experience
About
Accessibility Consultant with 9+ years of IT experience, including expertise in accessibility testing, accessibility consulting, and compliance. Experienced in ensuring web applications, eBooks, and PDF documents meet WCAG 2.1 AA and PDF/UA standards. Skilled in collaborating with developers, QA teams, designers, and business stakeholders to integrate accessibility throughout the SDLC.
Experience
Accessibility Consultant - Magic EdTech (Client: McGraw Hill Education - MHE)
(2025-06)
- Serve as an Accessibility Consultant for McGraw Hill Education (MHE), ensuring WCAG 2.1 AA compliance.
- Partner with developers to build accessible web pages from the ground up.
- Review semantic HTML, ARIA, keyboard accessibility, focus management, color contrast, forms, tables, headings, landmarks, and screen reader compatibility.
- Manage accessibility across two concurrent projects.
- Perform accessibility audits and provide remediation recommendations.
- Validate fixes through regression testing.
- Review AI-generated accessibility reports for eBooks.
- Perform eBook and PDF accessibility testing using PAC.
Accessibility Consultant - TYKHE Software Pvt. Ltd.
(2022-11 - 2025-06)
- Performed accessibility testing for Salesforce-based web applications.
- Led accessibility testing for an e-commerce platform.
- Conducted audits and remediation recommendations.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams.
- Developed test plans and mentored team members.
Project Engineer - Wipro Technologies (Project: Mastercard)
(2018-12 - 2022-10)
- Monitored the Mastercom Dispute Application.
- Worked with developers and business analysts.
- Trained new team members.
Support Engineer - CSS Corp
(2015-05 - 2017-06)
- Provided technical support for Netgear products.
- Resolved hardware, software and connectivity issues.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics and Communication Engineering - SCSVMV University, Kanchipuram (2011-08 - 2015-05)
