Kellen Mace
Software Developer at Ascend
Minneola, Florida, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKellen Mace is a full-stack software developer and engineering leader with over a decade of experience building and scaling enterprise-grade websites, PWAs, and developer platforms. He has led engineering and developer relations teams at WP Engine and across startups and agencies, combining hands-on architecture and implementation with developer education, documentation, and community engagement. Kellen has shipped headless WordPress solutions, GraphQL integrations (including contributions to the widely used WP GraphQL project), and a PWA flagship product built with React and Apollo, balancing speed and quality in production systems. As a founder of VideoMentions and creator of developer-focused platforms like faustjs.org and wpengineapi.com, he brings entrepreneurial initiative alongside mentorship experience. Based in Florida, he leverages AI-assisted development tools to accelerate delivery while maintaining engineering standards.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Occupational Safety & Health Management, Bachelor of Science, Occupational Safety & Health Management at Grand Valley State University
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Github Skills (11)
wordpress10
unit-testing10
php10
api10
apidoc10
wordpress-plugin9
wpgraphql9
plugin9
wordpress-graphql9
graphql9
graphql-api8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
wp-graphql/wp-graphql
Aug 2018 - Oct 2021
:rocket: GraphQL API for WordPress
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:23 commits, 9 PRs, 21 comments in 3 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Kellen primarily contributed to the implementation and testing of a `registerUser` mutation for user registration within the WordPress GraphQL API. This involved adding the mutation to the `RootMutationType`, creating input fields, defining output fields, and writing tests for the mutation. The user also made minor corrections to comments and error messaging, ensuring proper functionality and user experience. Additionally, they enhanced the code to include password reset functionality.
gatsbyapigraphql-apiwordpresswp-graphql
davidhme/facebook-conversion-pixel
Feb 2015 - Jul 2017
Contributions:2 PRs, 13 pushes, 2 comments in 2 years 5 months
wordpressfacebookpostspixelconversion
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