AEM development · Accessibility audits

AEM sites your authors can run and every visitor can use.

I'm Michael Speranza. I've spent 8+ years on both sides of Adobe Experience Manager: authoring and development. I build components, run migrations and fix accessibility so your team ships faster.

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Newark, NJ · Remote across the U.S.

Experience includes work for Novo Nordisk, Microsoft Store and Travel + Leisure.

Roles held through employers and consulting partners. Names are for identification only; no endorsement implied.

Sound familiar?

"Every small change needs a developer ticket."

Components weren't built for authors, so simple updates take weeks.

"Our AEM site has drifted."

Old components, duplicate templates, one-off CSS and fragments nobody owns.

"We need to migrate."

New CMS or component library. No broken pages, no lost content.

"Is our site even accessible?"

Legal or procurement is asking about WCAG. Nobody has tested with a keyboard or screen reader.

Services and pricing

AEM development and support

For Adobe Experience Manager teams that need a developer who thinks like an author.

What I take on

  • Components (HTL, Sling Models, dialogs, policies) and editable templates
  • Content and Experience Fragments: models, variations, reuse
  • Authoring cleanup: consolidated components, simpler dialogs, author docs
  • Migrations to a new component system or from another CMS into AEM
  • Page builds and refreshes, including custom CSS/JS
  • SEO and analytics: metadata, structured data, data-layer tagging
First Engagement Rate

Pricing:

20-hour block $2,400 $2,700
Monthly retainer (20 hrs) $2,200 $2,500
Monthly retainer (40 hrs) $4,200 $4,800

First-engagement rates apply to your first project with me.

Fixed-scope projects (migrations, refreshes) quoted after a short discovery call.

✓ If the first 5 hours don't meet your bar, you don't pay for them.
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Accessibility audit and remediation

Know where your site stands against WCAG 2.2 AA, and what to fix first.

The audit (fixed price)

  • Up to 5 key pages or templates (home, campaign page, form, etc.)
  • Automated scans plus manual testing: keyboard, focus, screen readers, contrast, headings, forms, alt text, motion
  • A prioritized WCAG 2.2 AA report: what's broken, who it affects and how to fix it, with screenshots and code-level guidance
  • A 45-minute walkthrough with your team
First Engagement Rate

Pricing

Audit (up to 5 pages) $1,250 $1,500
Remediation package From $2,200 $2,500
Audit + remediation bundle $3,400 $3,750

First-engagement rates apply to your first project with me.

Remediation: up to 20 hours of fixes plus retest; extra hours $125/hr. Larger scopes quoted.

✓ If the first 5 hours of remediation don't meet your bar, you don't pay for them.
Honest note: An audit shows where you stand and what to fix. It isn't a legal certification or legal advice.
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Recent work

Selected projects from enterprise roles. Client details kept general.

AEM component-system migration (pharma brand)

Contributed to migrating a major pharma brand site onto a standardized AEM component library, content intact.

20+ page brand refresh (AEM, pharma)

Delivered a refresh of more than twenty pages for a pharmaceutical brand: SEO, Content and Experience Fragments, DAM, custom CSS/JS.

TeamSite-to-AEM migration, zero data loss

Helped move a travel media brand's content into AEM without losing data.

XSS fix protecting 1M+ users

Found and patched a cross-site scripting flaw in the search bar of a high-traffic travel booking site.

~90% fewer logging calls

Cut redundant Splunk logging calls by ~90%, improving performance and lowering costs.

Microsoft Store front-end and accessibility (React/TypeScript)

Built a major new site theme behind a feature flag, plus reusable components and keyboard, focus and screen-reader fixes.

How it works

1

Free 30-minute call

Tell me what's stuck. I'll say honestly whether I'm the right fit.

2

Scope and price

Within a few business days: what I'll do, what it costs, when it's done.

3

Delivery and handoff

I work in your environment, keep you posted, and leave documentation your team can use.

About Michael

I'm a front-end engineer (React, TypeScript) with 8+ years in Adobe Experience Manager. I spent five years as an AEM content manager at Travel + Leisure, then moved into engineering there as a Software Engineer II, building components and helping migrate the site from TeamSite to AEM.

Since then I've worked on front-end and accessibility for the Microsoft Store. Most recently, through a consulting partner, I've been contributing to AEM component migrations and multi-page brand refreshes for a global pharmaceutical company.

That's the advantage: I know what authors and marketers need, and I can build it properly.

Skills

AEM (HTL, Sling Models, components, editable templates, Content & Experience Fragments, DAM, authoring) · React · TypeScript · JavaScript · HTML/CSS/Sass · WCAG 2.2 / accessibility testing · SEO & analytics implementation · Jest · Git · Maven

Common questions

Do you work with AEM as a Cloud Service and older AEM 6.5 sites?

Yes, I've worked hands-on with both. If your setup is unusual, we'll cover it on the intro call.

Do I need to give you access to our systems?

For development and fix work, yes: typically an AEM author account and repository access under your usual security process. An accessibility audit can often start with just your public URLs (or a staging login).

Will an audit make us "WCAG compliant"?

An audit tells you exactly where you stand against WCAG 2.2 AA and what to fix, in priority order. Compliance comes from fixing the issues and keeping them fixed, which I can help with. It's not a legal certification or legal advice.

Can you work alongside our agency or in-house developers?

Yes. I'm used to working inside larger teams and fitting into existing Git workflows, sprint processes and code review.

How quickly can you start?

Usually within one to two weeks of an agreed scope. Retainer clients get priority turnaround.

Tell me about your site

A few lines is enough. I reply within one business day.

Prefer email? speranzawebservices@gmail.com