Leslie F. Sikos, Ph.D. [IPA: ˈʃikoʃ] (♂) is a Web standardista specializing in website standardization, Responsive Web Design, Semantic Web technologies, Web accessibility, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), and multimedia. He is a publishing expert with numerous academic papers and 13 textbooks, including Web Standards, an Amazon.com bestseller. Dr. Sikos is a member of several standardization bodies, and actively contributes to the development of open standards.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in IT
• M.Ed. in IT
• B.Ed. in Computer Science
• B.Ed. in Technology
• Certificate in Systems Administration
• Certificate in Technological Management

Current position

• IT Consultant, LiveWire IT

Working experience

IT Consultant • Head of Community Centre • Systems Administrator • Laptop Repair Technician • Information Technology Teacher • Technical Book Writer • Researcher • Lecturer • Project Contributor • Web Developer • Reviewer • Manager

Affiliations & memberships

• W3C Translation Volunteer Group, 2004–present
• HTML Info Team, 2004–present
• Wikipedia editor, 2008–present
• Web Standards Group, from 2010
• Internet Engineering Task Force, from 2010
• Internet Society, from 2010
• Unicode, from 2010
• Guild of Accessible Web Designers, from 2010
• Web Industry Professionals Association, from 2010
• Open Digital Rights Language Initiative, from 2010
• International Webmasters Association, from 2010

Former memberships:

• Center for Information Retrieval, 2005–2006
• Integrated Security Research & Development Centre (futurIT), 2006–2010

Main fields of interest

• Website standardization in development and redesign according to all major recommendations and standards.
• Responsive Web Design for resolution-independent website development and maximized interoperability.
• Web accessibility for providing websites available to anybody, including people with disabilities.
• Semantic Web in order to make web pages meaningful to automated software agents.
• Multimedia including digital photography and videography, retouching, sound recording, flash, as well as CD/DVD/BD authoring.
• DTP and publishing, mainly technical book writing, online article editing, brochures, flyers, covers, business cards and technical translations.

Further expertise

• Computer networks, server configuration
• Operating systems, Windows and Linux administration
• Hardware maintenance and repair, supervision and tuning
• Integrated and online security, access control, biometrics
• Reliability, Availability, Maintenance and Safety (RAMS)
• Higher education and curricula development, presentations

Key achievements

• Expert Author, Ezine Articles, 2013
• External reviewer, Symbion, 2013
• Invited reviewer, Journal of Accessibility and Design for All, 2012
• #2 bestseller on Amazon in XML programming, 2012
• #3 “most wished for” book on Amazon in XML programming, 2012
• #37 bestseller on Amazon in network programming, 2012
• 13 computer books, many of which are used as university textbooks, 2004–present
• Publications with 11 citations and 13 media appearances, from 2004
• Government Scholarship for PhD studies, 2006–2009
• Invited reviewer, ATE, 2009
• Invited reviewer, RCR, 2009
• Article amongst the Top 25 Hottest Articles, ATE, 2009
• Most voted macro photograph, Canon photo competition “The Assignment”, 2008
• Fifth position at the Implom spelling bee, 1997
• Excellent performance at a foreign language recite competition, 1994
• Outstanding essay prize, 1993
• Certificate of Merit, 1992

Language skills

• English, Hungarian (fluent/native)
• German (intermediate)
• Spanish, Portuguese, French, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Latin (basic)

Sponsorships & donations

Technical

• W3C Validator (Markup/CSS/RDF/Feed Validation Services, Unicorn)
• W3C mobileOK Checker

Non-technical (non-profit and charity)

• Wikipedia
• Corrosion Removers
• One Clear Vision
• Survival International
• Caritas Australia

Hobbies

• Playing the organ
• Photography
• Videography
• Literature
• Languages
• Drawing
• Cycling
• Travelling