Simon Keating
Product Lead at Automattic
Ireland
Summary
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Top SchoolSimon Keating is a product leader based in Ireland with a decade-plus trajectory in product and growth roles and four years of focused experience at scale in product leadership. Currently leading Automattic for Agencies after guiding Jetpack Manage, he blends growth marketing instincts with product strategy to drive adoption and measurable engagement. His background spans fast-moving SaaS environments at HubSpot, Workday and early-stage product management at WINI, giving him a rare mix of technical, UX and go-to-market fluency. Trained with an MSc in Computer Science and a BE in Chemical Engineering, he pairs analytical rigor with hands-on product delivery and a knack for turning customer insights into prioritized roadmaps. Notably, he has rotated between customer-facing roles and product leadership, enabling empathy-driven decisions that shorten feedback loops and accelerate impact.
4 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Msc Computer Science, Msc Computer Science at University College Dublin
English
Github Skills (18)
javascript10
jetpack10
wordpress10
marketing10
redux10
plugin10
security10
php10
api10
wordpress-plugin10
js10
nodejs10
traffic10
react10
kotlin1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (3)
Automattic/jetpack
Oct 2021 - Jan 2023
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.
Contributions:1 review, 2 commits, 2 PRs in 1 year 3 months
reactexpertswordpressphpsecurity
Automattic/wp-calypso
Jun 2023 - Dec 2024
The JavaScript and API powered WordPress.com
Contributions:16 reviews, 30 comments in 1 year 6 months
apireactwordpressjavascriptes6
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