Chris Lema
Chief Executive Officer at Motivations AI
Sugar Land, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Lema is a seasoned technology executive and product leader with over two decades of experience transforming product organizations and launching industry-first managed hosting solutions. As CEO of Motivations AI and Chief Product Officer at Cherith Analytics, he blends strategic vision with hands-on product development, particularly in WordPress and SaaS ecosystems where he led launches like Managed WordPress and Managed WooCommerce. He has a strong track record of scaling teams, improving delivery efficiency, and introducing new pricing and partnership models that drive growth and customer value. Known for shrinking development cycles and dramatically increasing productivity, Chris pairs technical depth with business acumen and a background in leadership and entrepreneurship from Walden University and UC Berkeley. Based in Sugar Land, Texas, he also runs MotivationCode.com, signaling a continued commitment to mentoring and evangelizing better product practices.
13 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) L&S, Bachelor of Science (BS) L&S at University of California, BerkeleyFoothill High SchoolMS Leadership Entrepreneurship, MS Leadership Entrepreneurship at Walden University
Spanish
Github Skills (13)
wordpress-plugin9
wordpress8
kickstarter6
payment5
paypal5
woocommerce4
gutenberg4
stripe3
pattern3
ecommerce3
wordpress-block2
woocommerce-subscriptions1
gift1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
chrislema/tips-for-later
Aug 2019 - Dec 2020
Contributions:130 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
chrislema/WooSponsorship
Feb 2013 - Nov 2013
Contributions:7 commits in 9 months
stripeecommercewordpresswoocommercepaypal
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