Development
Rémi Bétin
Role: Senior Project Manager, Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
Rémi joined the W3C team in February 2025 to contribute to Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) projects. His current work includes managing WAI translations, improving content development processes, and contributing to expanding W3Cx accessibility courses.
Prior to joining the team, Rémi worked on various projects involving project management, web design and development. In 2021, he got involved in translations of WAI resources as a volunteer. Between 2023 and 2024, he worked part-time on managing the WAI translations and improving the WAI website’s resources and processes.
remi@w3.org
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Sylvia Cadena
Role: Chief Development Officer
I joined the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) as Chief Development Officer in September 2024 to focus on setting direction and expanding development portfolio across internationalization, accessibility, privacy and security for the Web, ensuring the longevity of the organization by defining a vision for financial security.
I am a seasoned international development expert with 30 years’ experience across Latin America and the Asia Pacific. I have extensive experience in fundraising, design, management and reporting at local, national and regional level, leading purposeful collaborations that strategically use the Internet and the Web for social, economical, and cultural development.
Before W3C, I worked at APNIC for 16 years. During my tenure, I worked to establish the Information Society Innovation Fund (ISIF Asia); the Seed Alliance and more recently the APNIC Foundation, where I worked to expand its grant making, allocating close to 11M USD to close to 200 initiatives across 32 economies. I also led the design and implementation of a number of training and professional development initiatives addressing gender diversity and social inclusion in APAC.
Throughout my career I have served the Internet technical community on a variety of roles across a number of advisory bodies and selection committees related to Internet Governance, innovation, women in technology and professional development initiatives with a focus on the Internet industry, at a global and regional level. I have addressed many national, regional and international conferences.
Read more in my LinkedIn profile.
Marie-Claire Forgue
Role: Director, Training
Marie-Claire Forgue serves as Director of Training. She developed the W3Cx MOOC program, in partnership with edX, where Web developers worldwide can learn front-end Web development techniques using W3C Web standards. Previously, she crafted W3DevCampus, a learning platform hosting small private courses. Additionally, Marie-Claire is a member of the W3C Developer relations team, organizing meetups and participating in online and in-person communities via forums, social media (@w3cdevs), etc.
She is also involved in the dissemination activities of several projects funded by the European Commission. She joined W3C in 2001 and served as Head of W3C European Communications for over 10 years.
Marie-Claire received a Ph.D. degree (computer graphics and parallel processing) in Computer Science from the University of Côte d'Azur and INRIA, France. After a year as a postdoctoral fellow at the Dynamic Graphics Project Lab at the University of Toronto, Canada, she worked at NTT's Human Interface Lab, Japan, for two years. Her research interests were focused on illumination algorithms and scene modeling. After that, she studied filmmaking in Vancouver, Canada. She has directed several short films and documentaries, and got interested in interactive multimedia back in 1993.
Shawn Lawton Henry
Role: Director, Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
Shawn joined W3C in February 2003 to lead worldwide education and outreach activities promoting digital accessibility for people with disabilities through the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI). As WAI Director, she leads collaboration on WAI vision, strategic plan, implementation priorities, and stakeholder engagement in W3C accessibility activities.
Shawn focuses her personal passion for accessibility on bringing together the needs of individuals and the goals of organizations in designing human-computer interfaces.
Shawn holds a research appointment at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL). She holds a BSc in English with focus on computer science and technical writing, and an MSc in Digital Inclusion.
