Tim Damen
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Tim Damen is a frontend developer, web accessibility specialist, and co-founder of Focusring, a digital accessibility consultancy, from Amsterdam, the Netherlands 🇳🇱. He is passionate about HTML, CSS, JavaScript, DX, web standards, accessibility, and developing robust web apps. Tim has over a decade of experience in the field and speaks at conferences and meetups around the world. He also hosts a podcast about digital accessibility called focustrap.
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Driven by the mission to make people's lives easier, Tim Damen actively advocates for and builds a web that serves everyone equally. Tim is a frontend developer, web accessibility specialist, and co-founder of Focusring, a digital accessibility consultancy, from Amsterdam, the Netherlands 🇳🇱. With over a decade of experience at major financial institutions and government organizations, Tim speaks at conferences and meetups around the world, contributes to open source projects like nuxt/a11y, and hosts "focustrap," a podcast about digital accessibility.
<p> Driven by the mission to make people's lives easier, Tim Damen actively advocates for and builds a web that serves everyone equally. Tim is a frontend developer, web accessibility specialist, and co-founder of <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://focusring.io">Focusring</a>, a digital accessibility consultancy, from Amsterdam, the Netherlands 🇳🇱. With over a decade of experience at major financial institutions and government organizations, Tim speaks at conferences and meetups around the world, contributes to open source projects like <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://github.com/nuxt/a11y">nuxt/a11y</a>, and hosts "<a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://focusring.io/podcast-focustrap">focustrap</a>," a podcast about digital accessibility.</p>Driven by the mission to make people's lives easier, Tim Damen actively advocates for and builds a web that serves everyone equally. Tim is a frontend developer, web accessibility specialist, and co-founder of [Focusring](https://focusring.io), a digital accessibility consultancy, from Amsterdam, the Netherlands 🇳🇱. With over a decade of experience at major financial institutions and government organizations, Tim speaks at conferences and meetups around the world, contributes to open source projects like [nuxt/a11y](https://github.com/nuxt/a11y), and hosts "[focustrap](https://focusring.io/podcast-focustrap)," a podcast about digital accessibility.
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Tim Damen is a frontend developer, web accessibility specialist, and co-founder of Focusring, a digital accessibility consultancy, based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands 🇳🇱. Driven by the mission to make people's lives easier, he actively advocates for and builds a web that serves everyone equally.
With over a decade of experience—working with major financial institutions and government organizations—Tim specializes in JavaScript, HTML, CSS, developer experience (DX), web standards, accessibility, and developing robust web applications. Through Focusring, he helps organizations prepare for the European Accessibility Act and build accessibility into their engineering culture. He contributes to open source projects such as nuxt/a11y, the official Nuxt accessibility module, and WCAGify.
A recognized voice in the web development community, Tim speaks at conferences and meetups around the world—twelve in 2025 alone—sharing his insights on building accessible, user-centered web solutions. He also hosts "focustrap," a podcast dedicated to digital accessibility, where he explores the latest trends, challenges, and best practices in making the web more inclusive.
<p> Tim Damen is a frontend developer, web accessibility specialist, and co-founder of <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://focusring.io">Focusring</a>, a digital accessibility consultancy, based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands 🇳🇱. Driven by the mission to make people's lives easier, he actively advocates for and builds a web that serves everyone equally.</p>
<p> With over a decade of experience—working with major financial institutions and government organizations—Tim specializes in JavaScript, HTML, CSS, developer experience (DX), web standards, accessibility, and developing robust web applications. Through Focusring, he helps organizations prepare for the European Accessibility Act and build accessibility into their engineering culture. He contributes to open source projects such as <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://github.com/nuxt/a11y">nuxt/a11y</a>, the official Nuxt accessibility module, and <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://wcagify.com">WCAGify</a>.</p>
<p> A recognized voice in the web development community, Tim speaks at conferences and meetups around the world—twelve in 2025 alone—sharing his insights on building accessible, user-centered web solutions. He also hosts "<a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="https://focusring.io/podcast-focustrap">focustrap</a>," a podcast dedicated to digital accessibility, where he explores the latest trends, challenges, and best practices in making the web more inclusive.</p>
Tim Damen is a frontend developer, web accessibility specialist, and
co-founder of [Focusring](https://focusring.io), a digital
accessibility consultancy, based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands 🇳🇱.
Driven by the mission to make people's lives easier, he actively
advocates for and builds a web that serves everyone equally.
With over a decade of experience—working with major financial institutions
and government organizations—Tim specializes in JavaScript, HTML, CSS,
developer experience (DX), web standards, accessibility, and developing
robust web applications. Through Focusring, he helps organizations prepare
for the European Accessibility Act and build accessibility into their
engineering culture. He contributes to open source projects such as
[nuxt/a11y](https://github.com/nuxt/a11y), the official Nuxt accessibility
module, and [WCAGify](https://wcagify.com).
A recognized voice in the web development community, Tim speaks at conferences
and meetups around the world—twelve in 2025 alone—sharing his insights
on building accessible, user-centered web solutions. He also hosts "[focustrap](https://focusring.io/podcast-focustrap),"
a podcast dedicated to digital accessibility, where he explores the latest
trends, challenges, and best practices in making the web more inclusive.
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