Michael Makijenko
CEO at WPBakery
Latvia
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Makijenko is a multidisciplinary technology leader and CEO with 11 years of professional experience guiding product and design-driven companies from Latvia. He has led WPBakery and Visual Composer since the late 2000s, combining hands-on involvement across design, engineering, and product delivery to shape widely used web publishing tools. Trained with a master's in telecommunications, he brings a systems-thinking approach to front-end UX and backend integration, ensuring products are both delightful and robust. Known for staying involved at every stage of the process, he blends entrepreneurial leadership with a craftsman’s attention to detail that repeatedly translates into polished, market-facing software.
11 years of coding experience
Master's degree, Telecommunications Technology/Technician, Master's degree, Telecommunications Technology/Technician at Rigas Tehniska Universitate
English, Russian, Latvian
Github Skills (27)
visual-composer10
wordpress10
drag-and-drop10
wordpress-api10
grapesjs9
perfect9
page-builder9
draft-js9
drag9
wordpress-plugin9
wysiwyg9
summernote9
composer9
site-builder8
php8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
MMakijenko/builder
Feb 2022 - Apr 2022
Visual Composer Website Builder is a drag and drop editor for WordPress.
Contributions:3 pushes in 1 month
designercomposerdragwordpresssummernote
wpbakery/rtl-wpbakery-page-builder
Feb 2019 - Feb 2019
RTL support for WPBakery Page Builder
Contributions:2 commits, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
rtlwordpressbuilderwpbakerypage-builder
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