Jake is the President & Founder of 10up, a digital agency that finely crafts websites and tools for content creators, leveraging open platforms like WordPress. Whether you’re a political junky glued to FiveThirtyEight, a car enthusiast reading MotorTrend, a Windows user who keeps up with Microsoft’s newsroom, an Apple fan reading 9to5mac daily, or if you just use WordPress itself, you’ve experienced a sample of 10up’s work. Jake grew 10up from a 1 man show (himself!) to over 140 employees with dozens of brand name clients in 7 years.
Jake started focusing on WordPress in 2006, releasing free plug-ins, building websites with it, and contributing core code. He has been a writer and expert reviewer for Smashing Magazine, taught WordPress engineering at Boston University, and has spoken at conferences, universities, and programs around the country. He helped organize the first WordCamp Boston in 2010, founded Rhode Island’s WordPress meet up, and rebooted the Sacramento meet up as it continues to this day. He is a core contributor to WordPress, and maintains some highly rated plug-ins with over 500,000 active installations.