Hugh Lashbrooke

@hlashbrooke
New Zealand

Community Manager

Community

Open Source

Educator

Speaker

Volunteer

Writer

WordPress

Podcast Guest

Manager

Reader

Hackathon Organizer

Contributor

Web Design

Learn In Public

Gamer

Conference Organizer

Meetup Host

Parent

Operations

Community Management

Workshop Facilitator

ChromeOS

Expat

Christian

University Graduate

Community Builder

Community Building

Community organiser

Kiwi

Open-source community builder with a strong technical background, working in community building full-time since 2013.

I'm open to

open source contributions,

speaking on podcasts,

live streaming,

and making introductions.

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Jan 2023 - Present

Director of Community, Constantia

Jul 2021 - Dec 2022

Head of Community Education, Automattic

Mar 2020 - Jul 2021

Head of Community Programs, Automattic

May 2016 - Mar 2020

Community Programs Manager, Automattic

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Started a new role as Director of Community at Constantia.io

My current focus is Learn WordPress - a platform that exists to accelerate WordPress learning through high-quality and relevant educational content free to all users. I managed the launch of this p...

Starting in early 2015, I have been writing a monthly series of posts, titled “The Month in WordPress” that covers all the primary news in the WordPress community, This was originally done internal...

Live-streamed a session for WPSessions on Building a Community Around Your Open-source Product. It was open to watch live for free and is now available to members only.