Artur Ortega is the Accessibility Evangelist for Yahoo! Europe. The blind computer scientist is working as a software engineer in London, UK. He is using a screen-reader for his daily work. His experience regarding accessibility and usability of software, use of assistive technology and all technology related to the internet goes back to 1992, when he commenced his studies at the Technical University of Clausthal, Germany. Since those early days, he tries to drive everyone around him to support accessibility and design for all.

He has been working at Yahoo! Europe in London for nearly two years now. Before moving to London he worked for several years at the German press agency (dpa) in Hamburg, Germany.