Chris Van Patten
Associate Vice President
Greater Syracuse-Auburn Area United States
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Top SchoolChris Van Patten is an Associate Vice President and full-stack engineering leader with 14 years of experience building and re-platforming high-traffic editorial brands like People, Entertainment Weekly, and the NBA. He architects MACH- and API-first platforms, having led the migration of 30 NBA team websites to a headless CMS and decoupled frontend while championing quality, reliability, and composable solutions. A practical open-source contributor, he’s improved core WordPress Gutenberg editor functionality across frontend and backend concerns, reflecting hands-on skill with React and PHP interoperability. Chris pairs empathetic engineering leadership with entrepreneurial experience founding digital agencies and publishing tools, and he actively evangelizes ethical engineering through speaking and MACH Alliance advisory work. His background in theatre design gives him an uncommon sensitivity to user experience and storytelling in product design.
14 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA Theatre Design and Technology, Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA Theatre Design and Technology at University at Buffalo
English, Spanish, Japanese
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Github Skills (9)
wordpress10
javascript10
front-end-development10
gutenberg10
react10
css9
php8
back-end-development8
backend8
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
WordPress/gutenberg
May 2018 - Oct 2021
The Block Editor project for WordPress and beyond. Plugin is available from the official repository.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:17 reviews, 38 commits, 103 PRs in 3 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Chris contributed to the WordPress Gutenberg project by implementing various frontend and backend improvements. They improved the serialization of JSON for PHP compatibility, refactored components using React, and addressed issues related to template selection. Additionally, the user made changes to the post type registration, CSS styling, and component resizing functionality, demonstrating a broad understanding of the project's codebase. The commits reflect a focus on enhancing the user interface and improving the overall functionality of the block editor.
block-editorwordpressgutenbergwordpress-pluginbeyond
TomodomoCo/cfs-require-import
Mar 2015 - Jun 2018
Plugin boilerplate to require Custom Field Suite and import custom fields on activation
Contributions:3 commits, 1 PR, 1 push in 3 years 3 months
custom-fieldsactivationboilerplateplugin-boilerplaterequire
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