Kimberly Blessing
WaSP Co-Lead, Education Task Force Member, Site Implementation
Kimberly Blessing is the manager of the Web Development Platform Team at PayPal, where she is responsible for driving the creation and adoption of standards.
Kimberly also runs her own consultancy, KimmieCorp. She was previously employed by AOL, where she worked on the standards-compliant redesign of AOL.COM in 2004 and the publishing system that allowed AOL to “go free” in 2005.
A graduate of Bryn Mawr College (B.A., Computer Science) and The George Washington University (M.Sc., Computer Science), Kimberly is also an advocate for increasing the number of women in computing and technology fields. She lives in the U.S., but pinpointing her location can be tough.
The Web Standards Project is a grassroots coalition fighting for standards which ensure simple, affordable access to web technologies for all.