I am co-founder and MD of ilikecake limited. My original Degree is in Science from National University of Ireland Maynooth in Co Kildare Ireland where I graduated with Distinction and attained first place in my Degree year. Following this I went to work for 2 years in the Neuro-Psychiatric Genetic Laboratories in Trinity College Dublin. I then took up a job for 5 years teaching website design and multimedia in Ballyfermot College of Further Education. In September 2004 I took a years sabbatical and went to Napier University in Edinburgh to undertake and successfully complete a Masters with Distinction in Interactive Technologies for E-Commerce. As part of my Masters I completed a dissertation titled “A Comparative Investigation of the Accessibility Levels of Irish Websites” which can be found on the company website http://www.ilikecake.net/docs/A_Comparative_Investigation_of_the_Accessibility_Levels_of_Irish_Websites.doc. This dissertation follows on from the WARP study by Dr Barry McMullen of DCU and charts the improvement in the accessibility of 152 Irish websites. Overall I obtained a D3 (85-90%) in this with my Viva obtaining a D5 (95%+) This is the biggest and most recent study of its type in Ireland. Ilikecake limited is in the process of publishing white papers on the dissertation topic for presentation at Conferences. Since the completion of my Masters I have continued to teach. My role in ilikecake is firstly a technical accessibility developer and a designer. I also do consultancy work in the area of accessible website design and Accessibility Auditing. I am a member of IRL-DeAN the Irish design for all eAccessibility network. I am also on the National Disability Authorities List of Accessibility Consultants (Ireland) [Aside: Just wondering why you cannot be both a designer/developer AND an advocate/campaigner :)]

Ilikecake limited is a website design and development company specializing in accessible website design for people with disabilities. Since its incorporation in 2005 all of the websites which it has built have been accessible to a minimum of AA compliancy to W3C WAI WCAG 1.0 Guidelines thus fully compliant with Irish and European Law. Ilikecake was founded by Brendan Spillane and Vivienne Trulock. It main focus is to provide organizations, foundations, societies and semi state and state organizations with design and development solutions to fit their remits of social inclusion. Since its foundation clients of ilikecake include, The Dublin Inner City Partnership, Ballyfermot Partnership, The Friedreichs Ataxia Society of Ireland, Councilor Liam Kelly, Councilor Eibhlin Byrne, Disability Equality Specialist Support Agency and The Trinity College Education Masters Graduates Association among others. Ilikecake limited has also engaged in consultancy work regarding accessible design on behalf of the Local Government Management Services Board, the DePaul Trust, the Local Authority National Partnership Advisory Group among many others. Ilikecake limited is the first corporate organisation being considered for membership of the Disibility Federation of Ireland. This is because of the siginificant roll ilikecake plays in the disability sector by improving their access to online information channels and their role as accessibility consultants.