Simon leads European business development for the VIP program at WordPress.com, promoting the benefits of WordPress to large-scale publishers and enterprises, and supporting the growth of Europe’s leading WordPress-specialist agencies.
He switched from hands-on development to agency management in the late noughties, co-founding Code For The People, which was acquired by Automattic in 2014. He claims partial responsibility for eliminating ‘howdy’ from your WordPress admin, and bringing Wapuu to the world.
At WordCamp Belfast 2018, Simon will be sharing his experience of helping some of Europe’s largest enterprises which have adopted WordPress, the opportunities for individuals and agencies in the WordPress ecosystems, and his own WordPress story. He will be interviewed by journalist Abha Thakor at the event in May.
He will once again be filling the gaps between the proper speakers at next month’s WordCamp Europe.
Simon lived in Bangor until the age of 18, and is fighting hard to retain what’s left of his accent after nearly 25 years in and around London. He misses Maud’s ice cream, and proper scampi.
Simon will be sharing his experience of helping some of Europe’s largest
enterprises which have adopted WordPress, the oppotunities for
individuals and agencies in the WordPress ecosystems, and his own
WordPress story.