Chris Maury

Chris has spent his career focused on accessible product design. Most recently, he oversaw the development of a handful  of assistive features at Apple, including Personal Voice and Live Captions in FaceTime, among others. Before his tenure at Apple, Chris founded Conversant Labs, a startup that developed voice-enabled applications for the blind and visually impaired. The company earned the inaugural UpPrize for social entrepreneurship, receiving $400,000 in cash grants and investments.

Chris’s efforts in accessibility extend into the community, where he aims to enhance daily life through innovative technology. He co-founded the Pittsburgh-area Accessibility Meetup, which connected local disability communities with technology experts, including members from Carnegie Mellon’s Human-Computer Interaction Institute and the University of Pittsburgh’s Disability Resource Center.

Chris believes that accessibility is deeply embedded within cultural contexts and begins far before you load a website or open an app. He is committed to researching how technology can make historically exclusive institutions more accessible.