Jeffrey Paul
VP Of Open Source Solutions at Fueled
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolJeffrey Paul is a seasoned open source leader and VP of Open Source Solutions at Fueled, with nine years focused on shaping the open web through product-led contributions to WordPress and adjacent CMS platforms. He has been active in WordPress core since 2016, serving as 6.8 Release Coordinator and Core Tech Lead for 6.1 while also maintaining projects like Tide and contributing to high-profile plugins such as ElasticPress and Distributor. Jeffrey blends product management and full-stack development experience to build company-owned plugins and integrations for ecosystems including WooCommerce, Mailchimp, GoCardless, Square, and PayPal, ensuring client needs align with sustainable OSS. He’s grown cross-platform contributions into tools like Payload and Sanity, expanding Fueled’s footprint beyond WordPress. Based in Chicago with a Computer Science degree from Washington and Lee University and executive training from Crotonville, he pairs strategic leadership with hands-on engineering. A less obvious strength is his ability to coordinate community-, company-, and client-owned open source efforts simultaneously, turning release governance into a business advantage.
9 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Executive Education Change Mangement Project Management, Executive Education Change Mangement Project Management at Crotonville AlumniB.S. Computer Science, B.S. Computer Science at Washington and Lee University
English, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (17)
javascript10
amazon-elasticsearch10
wordpress10
searching10
elasticsearchquery10
php10
aws-elasticsearch10
gutenberg10
elasticsearch10
elasticsearch-api10
content-management-system9
content-management9
content-type9
rest-api9
git7
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
10up/distributor
Apr 2019 - Jan 2023
Share content between your websites.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:3 releases, 46 reviews, 274 commits in 3 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Jeffrey primarily worked on enhancing the functionality of the WordPress plugin. Their contributions involved implementing and testing features related to block editor integration, including network pushing and pulling of content containing blocks and oEmbeds. They also made improvements to the user interface, specifically the push menu and external connection setup, and fixed bugs in the admin interface. Moreover, the user updated the code to be compatible with the latest version of WordPress, and also added support for AMP contexts.
intranetcontent-distributorwordpresssyndicationcontent-management
10up/ElasticPress
May 2019 - Mar 2022
A fast and flexible search and query engine for WordPress.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:45 reviews, 72 commits, 23 PRs in 2 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Jeffrey contributed to the ElasticPress plugin by modifying the plugin's core file and updating the version information. They also merged development branches, indicating involvement in integrating changes. Furthermore, the user updated the term ordering logic within the indexing process, demonstrating a focus on the back-end functionality related to search indexing. These changes indicate involvement in the core functionality of the plugin.
queryintranetquery-enginewp-querywordpress-api
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