Gus Chalkias is an assistive Technology Specialist with nearly twenty years of experience in the field. He is a graduate of Hunter College, earning Master’s degrees in both Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling. He began his work in assistive technology at the Computer Center for Visually Impaired People at Baruch college in 2001 and ran the Demo Center project there from its inception in 2009. He currently works for Helen Keller Services for the Blind as Program Director of Assistive Technology Services. Over the course of his career, Gus has developed a number of training programs for both pre-vocational students as well as vocationally oriented clients. These programs include working with both Windows and Mac operating systems as well as for many mobile platforms, using various types of assistive technology. He teaches the Looking Forward course on blindness related assistive technology at New York University through the Ability Project, which he created and developed. Starting summer 2019, he taught the assistive technology course for the TVI (Teacher of the Visually Impaired) and VRT (Vision Rehabilitation Therapy) programs at Hunter College. Gus currently sits on the advisory board of the Hunter College Rehabilitation Counseling Program, serving on the advisory board for the program. He also gave the Key Note at the 2019 Annual NYS AER conference in Syracuse, NY, and recently joined the State Rehabilitation Council of New York State.