About Me
I’ve been building websites since the 90s and coding in WordPress since 2006. Yes, you could call me an old fart and I won’t be offended, I built my first site before CSS was invented. I haven’t studied computer-science, it was always just a passion and a hobby. I am proud to say I started coding in BASIC on a 80286 machine and I’m still learning, evolving and growing both as a person and as a developer.
Passionate about Web Accessibility & Sustainability.
My badges - See full profile on wordpress.org
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Core Contributor
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Core Team
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Themes Team
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Plugin Developer
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Theme Developer
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Translation Contributor
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Translation Editor
Currently Working On:
I work full-time at Emilia Capital as a sponsored WordPress Core Contributor, with a strong focus on sustainability and performance.
Previous Work:
- 2020-2023 Sponsored WordPress Core contributor at yoast.com.
- 2020: Part of the Themes Team, contributed to the twentytwenty WordPress Theme.
- 2015 - 2020: Senior Developer at theme-fusion, working on the Avada theme.
- 2014 - 2020: Created and maintained the Kirki Customizer Framework (open-source)
- 2014 - 2016: Created and maintained the Shoestrap Theme Framework & the Maera Framework (open-source)
- 2013 - 2015: Support Staff at Incsub (wpmudev)
Previous, non-IT work:
- 2005 - 2009: Retail sales and store manager at The Mall, Athens.
- 2001 - 2005: Sound Engineer.
- All kinds of odd jobs, including - but not limited to - luthier, construction worker and others I’m not proud of.
On my free time (if you can call it that) I work on my open-source projects and attending the Deque University ‘cause I just like learning about Accessibility.
EDIT, June 2020: Finished the courses, considering going for the IAAP WAS Certification.
Born in 1981 in Greece - where I still live, my extra skills include crochet, wood carving, building guitar pedals and dabling with arduinos. Back in the day I studied sound engineering and I can play the guitar & bass. I used to play the clarinet and trumpet but it’s been more than 20 years so don’t expect a tune.
You can find me on GitHub and Twitter.
If you’re oldfashioned you can send me an email though I can’t guarantee a prompt response, it’s a mess and things tend to get lost there.