After a first career as an academic, John’s been working in digital agencies for the last 18 years, and with WordPress for the last 10. He has been one of the organizers for WordCamp Boston since 2010, and has been the CEO of 10up since early 2014. Though born in Duluth and raised largely in Richfield, MN, he went to Boston for college, then Seattle for graduate school, and now lives in Salem MA with his wife and dogs. He blogs (very occasionally) at Open Parenthesis.