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Not much has changed fifteen years later (except the Geocities and moody poetry parts, thankfully). She graduated in 2005 from the University of Maine, where she continued to work as a web designer and developer before joining Automattic in 2012. When not wrangling themes, she enjoys illustration, photography, writing, and hanging out with her husband, Tim, and their two daughters.<\/p>\n","image":"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220523010904\/https:\/\/0.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9d98ee7712e665a6c620fd02cc0b8a10","latitude":45.253783,"longitude":-69.4454689},{"name":"Matt Wiebe","role":"Binary Plumber","bio":"Blogs: <a href=\"http:\/\/wp.mattwie.be\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">WiebePress<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mattwie.be\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">mattwie.be<\/a> \nMatt hails from sunny (and sometimes cold) Winnipeg, Canada. He got a Liberal Arts degree while accidentally learning to be a web developer by tweaking his WordPress blog. 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She grew up in the publishing world by interning at The Boston Globe and working at the Chicago Tribune and America's Test Kitchen. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/crushgear\" rel=\"nofollow\">Steph<\/a> is happiest when she is making pasta while listening to podcasts, skiing down a mountain, grooving in a dance class or hanging out with her friends in Cambridge, MA.<\/p>\n","image":"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220523010904\/https:\/\/0.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c5f0f64e51d3117184032db715963b39","latitude":42.4072107,"longitude":-71.3824374},{"name":"","role":"Code Wrangler","bio":"","image":"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220523010904\/https:\/\/0.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3b226d2a4a97fce676b3c399065fb313?s=200&d=","latitude":43.7844397,"longitude":-88.7878678},{"name":"Konstantin Obenland","role":"Chairman of Height","bio":"Blog: <a href=\"http:\/\/konstantin.obenland.it\" rel=\"nofollow\">konstantin.obenland.it<\/a><\/p>\nBorn and raised in Constance, Germany, Konstantin moved to Southern California in September 2012. Here he enjoys the everyday sun, the beaches, burritos on fridays and football on sundays. And\u00a0occasionally\u00a0<a title=\"Konstantin drinks beer\" href=\"http:\/\/beer.obenland.it\" rel=\"nofollow\">he drinks beer<\/a>.<\/p>\n","image":"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220523010904\/https:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2370ea5912750f4cb0f3c51ae1cbca55","latitude":36.778261,"longitude":-119.4179324},{"name":"Andrea Lee Bishop","role":"Director of Support","bio":"Andrea enjoys playing the piano, singing, skiing, and traveling. After graduating with degrees in Applied Mathematics and German, she worked for a software company for 11 years doing web design, software education, and technical documentation. 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Alx hails from the City of Brotherly Love, where he lives with his awesome wife and two awesome kids. His background is in book publishing sales and marketing and he has a degree in Spanish language, literature, and linguistics. 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Hence, he now works as a Support Engineer in the VIP team.<\/p>\nIn his spare time he acts and sings, builds Lego and fills his head with far too much movie trivia.<\/p>\n","image":"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220523010904\/https:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/217b7c85fd69b91fcb41742c1bd1513b","latitude":52.898446,"longitude":-1.269778},{"name":"Andrew dela Serna","role":"Happiness Engineer","bio":"Andrew hails from Davao City, Philippines and enjoys traveling, working out, playing badminton, eating dark chocolate and drinking milk tea. After earning his college degree in Management Economics, he went to the US to pursue a degree in Digital Design. 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When he isn't engineering happiness at WordPress.com, he can be found trying out to do list applications and completing 90% of every project he starts.<\/p>\n","image":"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220523010904\/https:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/eb32f162dbd96b5a16ad4f01c14bfe1b","latitude":39.6283928,"longitude":-84.15938179999999},{"name":"","role":"Mobile Engineer","bio":"","image":"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220523010904\/https:\/\/0.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3b226d2a4a97fce676b3c399065fb313?s=200&d=","latitude":55.378051,"longitude":-3.435973},{"name":"Tiffany Ehrhart","role":"Accounting Wrangler","bio":"Originally from Texas, Tiffany grew up all over, from Mississippi to Alaska to Oklahoma thanks to a military dad. She's finally settled by the sea again in Charleston, SC which conclusively has the best restaurants in the country. When she's not CPA-ing with the Ops Team you can find her at the beach, reading a book (especially classics and LOTR), attending concerts, going for a run (if it's nice outside!) and hanging out with her 30lb cat, Hollis Brown.<\/p>\n","image":"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220523010904\/https:\/\/1.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d5d3b026ec87533a11663578f89dda1e","latitude":32.7764749,"longitude":-79.93105120000001},{"name":"Luca Sartoni","role":"Protector of the Asynchronicity","bio":"Blog: <a href=\"https:\/\/luca.blog\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Luca Sartoni<\/a><\/p>\nLuca was convinced that spending time on cat memes would have landed him a real job in the tech industry. After A\/B testing his assumption over the last few years, it looks like he was right. He considers himself a good photographer, but his assumption remains to be validated. He likes seagulls, cheesecakes, and firm handshakes.<\/p>\n","image":"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220523010904\/https:\/\/1.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7f7ba3ba8305287770e0cba76d1eb3db","latitude":46.019099,"longitude":13.3398358},{"name":"","role":"Happiness Engineer","bio":"","image":"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220523010904\/https:\/\/0.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3b226d2a4a97fce676b3c399065fb313?s=200&d=","latitude":44.68198659999999,"longitude":-63.744311},{"name":"Joel Williams","role":"Happiness Engineer","bio":"","image":"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20220523010904\/https:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/26454165c7d05d3bc4bbf2d7bda305e3","latitude":36.778261,"longitude":-119.4179324},{"name":"Darnell Dibbles","role":"Happiness Engineer","bio":"Blog: <a title=\"Darnell Dibbles\" href=\"http:\/\/darnelldibbles.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">darnelldibbles.com<\/a><\/p>\nDarnell was born and raised in Houston, but moved to Austin in 2000 to attend The University of Texas in order to pursue a career in opera. When he realized he didn't want to become a struggling musician, he changed his major from vocal performance to English...where he could become a struggling writer. A few beautiful things happened along the way: He met his lovely wife and mother of his toddler son, he joined an <a title=\"Ransom Notes\" href=\"http:\/\/ransomnotes.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">a cappella group<\/a>, a <a title=\"Gamma Phi Delta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gphid1988.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">fraternity<\/a>, and a <a title=\"InterVarsity Christian Fellowship\" href=\"https:\/\/www.intervarsity.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">ministry<\/a> - and learned how to create websites for them all. 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