Get To Know Chris Lema

Chris Lema coaches companies building commercial products in the WordPress ecosystem. He’s also a daily blogger, a public speaker, and product strategist. He helps companies leverage WordPress, and helps WordPress companies find leverage.

We’re thrilled Chris will be speaking at WordCamp Sacramento 2016 on Five Things You’ll Discover About Yourself As You Blog Consistently!

Speaker Q&A With Chris

To help you learn even more about Chris, we asked him to answer a few questions for us, some WordPress-related, and some others we think you’ll appreciate 🙂 Be sure to give him a shout out on Twitter and don’t forget to use our hashtag #wcsac.

What inspired you to give this talk at WordCamp?

I find that people get nervous or frustrated with the challenge of a blank screen. Blogging can feel hard and blogging consistently can feel impossible, so I wanted to show folks a new way to think about things.

How did you discover WordPress?

I was looking for an alternative to a CMS that was in .NET (dotnetnuke) and found WordPress via Google. Trying it out, I discovered it was really clean and easy to use. That was 11 years ago.

How has WordPress Or WordCamp impacted you?

WordPress has introduced me to a community of people — some of whom have become my closest friends.

How do you primarily work with WordPress?

I work with companies that are bringing WordPress products to market and help them with product marketing and product development, from a strategy perspective.

What does the WordCamp theme Discovery mean to you?

Most importantly, when working with WordPress, is what you learn about yourself — which is why I’m giving the talk that I am.

What is the latest book you read?

Super Bosses by Sidney Walter Finkelstein.

What is your favorite restaurant? Favorite menu item?

Fogo de Chao

What TV series are you current binging on/into?

West Wing (every three years).

What do you do for fun?

I smoke cigars.