Bill Tipton

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About Bill Tipton

Passions & Skills:Manage and contribute to innovative global programs and projects resulting in increased usability and accessibility for customer and employee satisfaction, effectiveness and productivity.A video of me describing some of what I do to promote accessibility for my employer is at; https://design-system.hpe.design/foundation/accessibilityStrong technical and project management experience, unique innovational viewpoints– over 30 years of technical and project management experience, including over 20 years of accessibility experience and currently am employed at HP/HPE for over 25 years.Strengths: I am a determined, resourceful problem-solver with experience in:• Creatively reducing costs• Standardizing, developing and deploying processes and procedures for repeatable and consistent results• Facilitating and promoting accessible, usable and intuitive user interface designs and underlying technology in information and communication technology (ICT) and providing tools to assist with this goal • Leverage blogs and social media to deliver messages and educate my audience on a wide range of topics, including accessibility, living with a disability and how to overcome challenges or changes in one’s personal and professional life to succeed • Inspiring and motivating others to overcome difficult challenges, achieve results, and strive to be the best they can be • Nationally recognized recipient of HP Employee of the Year in 2007 by nomination of Hewlett Packard and awarded by The Careers and The disABLED Magazine:http://globaldialoguecenter.blogs.com/disabilities/2007/05/employee_of_the.htmlTo read about my other honors and references to my valuable work refer to Honors and Awards section.Specialties: • Master at transformation and reinvention to succeed and truly make a difference in the world and at my place of employment. • Overcoming extreme challenges with a positive attitude • Willing to overcome and resolve any obstacle, even if necessary to forge new paths and work to resolve large complex obstacles alone • Does not let the statement “It has never been done” stand in the way of progress•20+ years experience in accessibility, 15+ years as a software developer, system admin and network engineer, mixed with over 20 years as a project/program manager in addition to over 20 years of disability experience gives me the needed cross mix of technical and humanity skills to understand the issues and make a positive difference in others’ lives by increasing accessibility and inclusion.