Profiles

Bio

A seasoned leader with a unique blend of entrepreneurial founding experience and a proven track record of scaling high-impact strategic initiatives within Google. Expert in building and leading global teams, driving data-first cultures, and pioneering strategy at the intersection of products, open-source ecosystems, developer tooling, and AI. Consistently delivers transformative, web-scale products that generate significant business value and shape the future of the web.

Core Principles:
– People first: empowering others to become the best of themselves, building experiences which improve people lives.
– Impact First: Always prioritizing what brings the most value to users and the business.
– Leading with Empathy: Fostering a culture of trust, transparency, and psychological safety.
– Data-Driven Conviction: Combining rigorous data analysis with strategic conviction to make bold bets.
– Think Big, Act Pragmatically: Balancing a long-term, ambitious vision with iterative, pragmatic execution
– Life first: The real success is measured by achieving our goals without continuously compromising on our lives and loved ones.

I also invest in start-ups which are aligned with my core values with potential to have an impact in people’s lives (no conflit of interest required indeed).

Interests

Product, Engineering, Networking (sharing conversations), Startup, Investment (BA), Windsurfing, Mountain biking

WordPress Origin Story

I originally started on Joomla (yes I know….). One day I installed the “WordPress for Joomla” extension and I immediately fell in love with WP. Since then, I have been coding WordPress themes and plugins.

Badges

CODE
5 badges
Core Contributor '20 C Core Performance Contributor '22 C Core Performance Team '22 Meta Contributor '20 Plugin Developer
COMMUNITY
2 badges
WordCamp Organizer '16 WordCamp Speaker '18

Current Job

VP of Product, AI
Present
WP Engine

Recent impact

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Team focus

Across 1 team, with no team-attributable contributions in the last 365 days

WordPress releases

Contributed to 4 releases
  • 6.1
  • 5.9
  • 5.7
  • 5.5

Contributions

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January 2023
Jan 11 Wed · 13:31
Meta med
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress 6.2 Planning Schedule Proposal, on the site Make WordPress Core:
+1 indeed Given that this would be a new role, it may be preferred to…
Jan 11 Wed · 08:42
Meta med
Wrote a comment on the post Help us test the SQLite implementation, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Note that depending on the solution opted for to deploy modules into individual plugins (up…
Jan 11 Wed · 08:40
Meta med
Wrote a comment on the post Help us test the SQLite implementation, on the site Make WordPress Core:
As promised we are working towards a solution to have individual plugins for modules when…
December 2022
Dec 22 Thu · 16:17
Meta med
Wrote a comment on the post Help us test the SQLite implementation, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Hey @matt, great to pick up this conversation again and happy to work towards a…
October 2022
Oct 11 Tue · 18:49
Core high
Mentioned in [54499] on WordPress SVN:
Help/About: Update the About page for 6.1.
July 2022
Jul 21 Thu · 18:01
Core high
Mentioned in [53751] on WordPress SVN:
Media: enable generating multiple mime types for image uploads; specifically WebP versions for JPEG images by default.
April 2022
Apr 11 Mon · 09:21
Meta med
Wrote a comment on the post Enabling WebP by default, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Thanks all for sharing your thoughts and feedback. As for every proposal, the purpose is…
March 2022
Mar 29 Tue · 11:28
Meta med
Wrote a comment on the post Enabling WebP by default, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Curious to hear the reasoning behind your thoughts. Could you expend a bit? Context: from…
December 2021
Dec 22 Wed · 07:33
Core med
Created issue #61 in the WordPress/performance repository:
Define default module activation (onboarding)
Dec 02 Thu · 14:32
Core med
Created issue #31 in the WordPress/performance repository:
Preload resources