The Business: Epicpaths.com

Veteran Software Engineer & Digital Accessibility Architect

Executive Briefing

Professional Summary

An elite technical advisory practice built on foundational software engineering experience dating back to the 1980s and dedicated enterprise digital accessibility leadership since 2013. Unlike theoretical auditors, Epicpaths approaches accessibility from the source-code level up—engineering defensive production lifecycles, complex DOM remediations, and multi-tenant portal optimizations. As a certified Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Trusted Tester, Matthew Dempsey brings a proven track record of validating and remediating intricate digital ecosystems, courseware shells, and multi-format electronic documents against the world’s strictest regulatory baselines.

Technical Inventory

Core Competencies

Compliance Metrics:
WCAG 2.0 / 2.1 / 2.2 (A/AA/AAA), Section 508 Refresh, ADA Title III, EN 301 549 (EU), ISO 32000 & PDF/UA

Document Remediation:
Adobe Acrobat Pro Advanced Structural Tagging, Reading Order, Complex Data Tables, Alternate Text Systems

Engineering Diagnostics:
Deque Axe-Core Engines, WAVE Evaluation Suites, Colour Contrast Analysers, HeadingsMap Maps

AT Emulation Systems:
NVDA (NonVisual Desktop Access), VoiceOver Ecosystems, Dragon Home Speech Recognition Software

Consulting Infrastructure

Professional Experience & Code Defense

EPICPATHS (Digital Accessibility Consulting & Compliance) operates as a code-first technical advisory practice. Leveraging decades of software engineering architecture, we bridge the gap between legal mandates and actual development workflows. While a flawless digital environment is unachievable by any single entity, our focus rests on engineering robust, defensive production lifecycles that solve accessibility at the root code level and minimize systematic exposure patterns.

Initialize Consultation

Remediate, tag, and structurally align high-volume instructional assets, courseware shells, and complex spreadsheets to support rigorous validation alignments.

Author contextually precise alternative vectors for intricate charts and schematics to support clear, un-smushed screen reader translation paths.

Engineer, audit, and validate interactive custom interface components, form maps, and tabs across diverse framework environments (React, WordPress, Shopify, Webflow).

Author formal Conformance Reports (ACR), specific VPAT profiles, and detailed Accessibility Statements designed to actively lower institutional compliance risk.

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