Bigul hails from Kozhikode, Kerala and started his web development journey as a PHP developer in 2005. He has been working with WordPress since 2008. He joined OnTheGo Systems(the makers of WPML & Toolset) as QA & Support Analyst in 2012 January, and has been working with them, ever since. Bigul kickstarted the WordPress Kochi community a few years ago and is currently the lead organizer of the same. Bigul is also the lead organizer of WordCamp Kochi.
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Author: Hari Shanker R
I am a Community Program Manager (formerly known as "Super Deputy") on the Make/WordPress Community Team, where my focus is on making the WordPress Community the best it can be, through events and other community-led efforts. I lead the Contributor Working Group of WordPress, where we built, and successfully ran three editions of the Contributor Mentorship Program, which resulted in a net total of 150 active contributors for WordPress. I am also involved in other contributor initiatives such as the WordPress Contributor Health Dashboard project.
WordPress is one of the biggest passions in my life, and I strongly believe that open source tech and the open web have the potential to make the world a better place.
I have had a rather diverse career with significant experience in the domains of Retail Banking, Print & Web Journalism, Web Development, Entrepreneurship, Event Management, Professional Blogging, and Education.
Outside of work, I enjoy writing (blogging) as a hobby, and I'm a compulsive bibliophile. I'm also a happily married pet parent to three cats.
NOTE: My contributions to WordPress were fully sponsored from 2020-2024, I'm currently a 100% self-sponsored, volunteer contributor.
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