After a first career as an academic, John‘s been working in professional services agencies for the last ~20 years, and as the CEO at 10up for the last 4+.
He’s been focused on open source (primarily WordPress and Drupal) since 2006, as one of the organizers of WordCamp Boston and a frequent speaker at WordCamps (US, Ann Arbor, Toronto, New York, Rhode Island, Maine, and Boston) and DrupalCamps (Montréal, Western Mass, Connecticut, Boston). He’s also presented at many conferences outside of the WordPress community: Gilbane, Confab Higher Ed, CMS Expo, etc.
He received a BA from Boston University, an MA & PhD from the University of Washington, Seattle, and an MIS from Northeastern University.
He lives in Salem MA with his wife and dogs.