{"id":153,"date":"2010-12-07T01:56:43","date_gmt":"2010-12-07T01:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.paulmaiorana.com\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-10-23T18:22:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T22:22:19","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded wp-duotone-grayscale\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"1279\" data-attachment-id=\"21455\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/img_8632-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8632-edited-1-scaled.jpg?fit=1921%2C2560&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1921,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_8632\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8632-edited-1-scaled.jpg?fit=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8632-edited-1-scaled.jpg?resize=960%2C1279&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21455\" style=\"width:283px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8632-edited-1-scaled.jpg?w=1921&amp;ssl=1 1921w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8632-edited-1-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C400&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8632-edited-1-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8632-edited-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8632-edited-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/paulmaiorana.com\/notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_8632-edited-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1194%2C1592&amp;ssl=1 1194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m an executive at <a href=\"http:\/\/automattic.com\/\">Automattic<\/a>, where I have been, at various times, Head of Advertising, GM of our startup lab (Cosmos), CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/woocommerce.com\">WooCommerce<\/a>, Head of Partnerships for WooCommerce, and GM of <a href=\"http:\/\/vip.wordpress.com\">WPVIP<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to joining Automattic I led engineering, product, and design as the Chief Technology Officer for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mansueto.com\/\">Mansueto Ventures<\/a>, publishers of \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/\">Fast Company<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.inc.com\/\">Inc.<\/a> magazines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Credits to open source creators:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Platform:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\">WordPress<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Theme: (heavily customized) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elmastudio.de\">Cocoa by ElmaStudio<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Type: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theleagueofmoveabletype.com\/ostrich-sans\">Ostrich Sans from The League of Extraordinary Type<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m an executive at Automattic, where I have been, at various times, Head of Advertising, GM of our startup lab (Cosmos), CEO of WooCommerce, Head of Partnerships for WooCommerce, and GM of WPVIP. 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