Collyn Philleo
Senior Software Engineer at Workgrounds
Garden Grove, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCollyn Philleo is a Senior Software Engineer with eight years of focused experience building and modernizing full-stack, revenue-generating platforms and leading high-performing remote teams. He drove end-to-end development of WordPress.com’s WordAds at Automattic, contributing both backend privacy features (CCPA/GPC support) and front-end UX refinements to a widely used open-source project. Equally comfortable in React and backend systems, he blends hands-on coding with mentorship and cross-functional collaboration across design, product, and legal. Based in Garden Grove, CA, Collyn has a track record of shipping pragmatic, privacy-aware ad integrations and improving legacy systems while enabling seamless monetization for site owners.
8 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at DeVry Long Beach
Github Skills (12)
wordpress10
php10
javascript10
s610
ccpa10
react10
plugin10
jsx9
html9
css8
nodejs7
redux6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
Automattic/wp-calypso
Feb 2019 - Mar 2022
The JavaScript and API powered WordPress.com
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:12 reviews, 12 commits, 29 PRs in 3 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Collyn primarily contributed to the user interface and settings for WordAds, the advertising platform within WordPress.com. Their work involved modifying React components and configuration files to add features like CCPA compliance settings, address a PayPal mismatch notice, and fix issues with settings access. The user's contributions are focused on refining the user experience and ensuring the proper display and functionality of the ads dashboard. They also addressed minor UI fixes and text updates within the ads sections.
apireactwordpressjavascriptes6
Automattic/jetpack
Jul 2019 - Mar 2022
Security, performance, marketing, and design tools — Jetpack is made by WordPress experts to make WP sites safer and faster, and help you grow your traffic.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:27 reviews, 11 commits, 20 PRs in 2 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Collyn contributed primarily to the WordAds module within the Jetpack plugin, focusing on features related to privacy and advertising. Their work included adding support for the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) by implementing opt-out mechanisms and cookie handling, as well as adding support for Global Privacy Control (GPC). The user also worked on translating page parameters, setting ad unit sizes, and improving the overall integration with WPCOM.
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