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Mike Paciello

Chief Accessibility Officer, AudioEye


Mike Paciello is Chief Accessibility Officer at AudioEye, Inc., a digital accessibility corporation dedicated to ensuring web accessibility through AI and automation. Mike has been a pioneer and influential figure in the accessibility industry for 40 years. He wrote the first book on web accessibility and usability (Web Accessibility for People with Disabilities), and has since achieved many notable milestones. He is the founder of WebABLE.Com and co-founder of WebABLE.TV.

Mike served as co-chair of the United States Federal Access Board’s Telecommunications and Electronic and Information Technology Advisory Committee (TEITAC), co-founder of the International Committee for Accessible Document Design (ICADD), and was recognized by President Bill Clinton for his contribution to the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI). He was the 2023 CSUN Conference keynote speaker and past recipient of the 2016 Knowbility Lifetime Achievement and the 2020 ICT Accessibility Testing Symposium Social Impact awards.

Mike resides in beautiful western North Carolina with his wife, Karen.


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