Alex Sirota (@asirota) – WordPress user profile

Member Since: June 27th, 2013
Location: Thornhill, Ontario
Website: www.newpathconsulting.com
Job Title: Director
Employer: NewPath Consulting
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Bio

I have a traditional computer science background and I grew up in the Detroit suburbs. I graduated from the University of Michigan, and after working for Apple Computer, Inc. in the mid 90s out of school I was recruited to come work for a small software development company called EveryWare Development. We made a piece of software called Tango that connected the web to relational databases. There I worked on an analytics product called Bolero, a precursor to Google Analytics. I also was product manager at an email marketing company called FloNetwork, that was a precursor to email marketing companies like MailChimp. After burning out in the startup life, I worked for the Ontario Government as team lead for over a decade and in 2014 started my own consulting business called NewPath Consulting.

I am married with 2 children, a college-age son who wants to be a pilot and a daughter in elementary school who wants to be a princess. Oh and for fun I play the trumpet in a band called Resa’s Pieces in Toronto.

Interests

playing the trumpet, riding bikes, spending time outdoors, watching sci fi movies

WordPress Origin Story

We were looking for a solution that starts simple and allows a very long runway for growth. We find that small business customers who use WordPress start out thinking that it is easy and powerful, which is true. But very quickly once you start adding plugins and experimenting with themes the system outgrows the inexperienced. There are many things you can do with WordPress, but many need help to get to beyond the “brouchure ware” website and that’s where we come in.

Contribution History

Plugin Developer
WordCamp Organizer
WordCamp Speaker

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Posted a reply to [Sheet Music Libary] Critical error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
See this post for the fix - https://wordpress.org/support/topic/2-0-causes-a-fatal-error/#post-16621557
2 months ago
Posted a reply to [Sheet Music Libary] SML Fatal Error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
See this post for the fix - https://wordpress.org/support/topic/2-0-causes-a-fatal-error/#post-16621557
2 months ago
Posted a reply to 2.0 causes a fatal error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes I’m seeing this too. Auto update to v2.0 crashes the site. I manually updated…
2 months ago
Committed [2816246] to Plugins SVN:
version 1.0.1
7 months ago
Committed [2816245] to Plugins SVN:
version 1.0.1
7 months ago
Created a topic, Support separate music for each part, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Currently there is support for only 1 combined PDF of …
7 months ago
Committed [2794600] to Plugins SVN:
updating readme.txt
8 months ago
Committed [2794596] to Plugins SVN:
updating readme.txt
8 months ago
Committed [2794593] to Plugins SVN:
updating readme.txt
8 months ago
Committed [2794592] to Plugins SVN:
updating readme.txt
8 months ago
Committed [2794582] to Plugins SVN:
checking in assets of memberdirectory
8 months ago
Committed [2794579] to Plugins SVN:
checking in v1.0.0 of memberdirectory
8 months ago
Committed [2794578] to Plugins SVN:
checking in v1.0.0 of memberdirectory
8 months ago
Committed [2782014] to Plugins SVN:
delete asset images from trunk since they were moved up one level
9 months ago
Committed [2782011] to Plugins SVN:
move plugin repo images into assets folder
9 months ago
Committed [2782008] to Plugins SVN:
1.0.0 version
9 months ago
Committed [2779359] to Plugins SVN:
fixing images
9 months ago
Committed [2779358] to Plugins SVN:
fixing images
9 months ago
Committed [2779356] to Plugins SVN:
fixing images
9 months ago
Committed [2779355] to Plugins SVN:
fixing images
9 months ago
Committed [2779350] to Plugins SVN:
adding installation section
9 months ago
Committed [2779349] to Plugins SVN:
adding Installation section
9 months ago
Committed [2779340] to Plugins SVN:
adding installation section
9 months ago
Committed [2779339] to Plugins SVN:
adding Installation section
9 months ago
Committed [2779332] to Plugins SVN:
adding installation section
9 months ago
Committed [2779331] to Plugins SVN:
adding Installation section
9 months ago
Committed [2779315] to Plugins SVN:
adding installation section
9 months ago
Committed [2779314] to Plugins SVN:
adding Installation section
9 months ago
Committed [2779313] to Plugins SVN:
adding installation section
9 months ago
Committed [2779310] to Plugins SVN:
adding Installation section
9 months ago
Committed [2779306] to Plugins SVN:
adding video
9 months ago
Committed [2779296] to Plugins SVN:
adding video
9 months ago
Committed [2779289] to Plugins SVN:
changing image references
9 months ago
Committed [2779288] to Plugins SVN:
changing image references
9 months ago
Committed [2779277] to Plugins SVN:
modified readme to move most of description into FAQs
9 months ago
Committed [2779276] to Plugins SVN:
modified readme to move most of description into FAQs
9 months ago
Committed [2779274] to Plugins SVN:
modified readme to move most of description into FAQs
9 months ago
Committed [2779273] to Plugins SVN:
modified readme to move most of description into FAQs
9 months ago
Committed [2779037] to Plugins SVN:
modified readme to move most of description into FAQs
9 months ago
Committed [2779036] to Plugins SVN:
modified readme to move most of description into FAQs
9 months ago
Committed [2779033] to Plugins SVN:
modified readme to move most of description into FAQs
9 months ago
Committed [2779032] to Plugins SVN:
modified readme to move most of description into FAQs
9 months ago
Committed [2777464] to Plugins SVN:
adding 1.0.1 tag
9 months ago
Committed [2777463] to Plugins SVN:
NewPath WildApricot Press v1.0.1 is alive!
9 months ago
Created a topic, [Redirection] Setting allow-origin headers?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Is it possible to set the Access-Control-Allow-Origin …
11 months ago
Wrote a comment on the post Discussion: How to handle conflict of interest situations, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
@mor10 - the 5 good faith rules on the meetup organizer handbook encourage avoiding a…
4 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Discussion: How to handle conflict of interest situations, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Thanks @andreamiddleton! When I started to alter the Wikimedia Conflict of Interest policy for the…
4 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Discussion: How to handle conflict of interest situations, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Conflicts of interest are almost always financially-related situations and are dealt with well documented policies…
4 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Auto-Update Old Versions to 4.7, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I remember what happened with OpenSSL and Heartbleed. Barely anyone was working on security on…
4 years ago
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Auto-Update Old Versions to 4.7, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Agreed on the need for plugins, but core sets the culture of how things are…
4 years ago

Developer

NewPath WildApricot Press

Active Installs: 20+
NewPath WildApricotPress Add-on – iFrame Widget

Active Installs: 10+
NewPath WildApricotPress Add-on – Member Directory

Active Installs: 10+

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