Speaker Announcement: A Fireside chat with Matt Mullenweg and Josepha Haden

Join us for an exclusive fireside chat with Matt Mullenweg (Co-founder of WordPress) and Josepha Haden (Executive Director of the WordPress project) on Sunday 14th February, at 8:00 PM India Standard Time (14:30 UTC)!

About Matt

Matt Mullenweg is co-founder of the open-source publishing platform WordPress, which now powers over one-third of all sites on the web. He is the founder and CEO of Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, WooCommerce, Tumblr, WordPress VIP, and Jetpack. Additionally, Matt runs Audrey Capital, an investment and research company.

Matt is originally from Houston, Texas, where he attended the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts and studied jazz saxophone. In his spare time, Matt is an avid photographer. He currently splits his time between Houston, New York, and San Francisco. Matt blogs at ma.tt and matt.blog. You can follow him on Twitter at: @photomatt.

About Josepha

Josepha is currently Executive Director of the WordPress project, helping to coordinate and guide volunteer efforts across the ecosystem. Since 2015 Josepha has worked behind the scenes as lead of the open-source division at Automattic. Her work includes financial planning, sponsorship relations, volunteer training programs, and several diversity initiatives on a global scale.

She has recently launched an official WordPress podcast titled WP Briefing which is aimed at WordPress users, builders, and contributors of all levels. Josepha blogs at: josepha.blog. You can follow her on Twitter at: @JosephaHaden

About the session

Josepha Haden (Executive director of WordPress) and Matt Mullenweg (co-founder of WordPress) on a fireside chat where they discuss WordPress and its significance and impact in a country like India.

The session will be followed shortly by a live Q&A session with Josepha Haden, moderated by Shilpa Shah.