Jake is the President & Founder of 10up, a digital agency that finely crafts websites and tools for content creators, leveraging open platforms like WordPress. 10up has delivered hundreds of digital projects for some of the largest brands in the world, including Microsoft, Google, Starbucks, The New York Times Co, and AMC Networks – to name a few. 10up’s projects have earned multiple Webby Awards, and 2 Emmy Award nominations. Part marketer, part engineer, and part UX designer, Jake has been making websites since the 1990s, is a core contributor to WordPress, has spoken at dozens of conferences, been quoted in publications like Time and CNet, and built plugins that are still active on hundreds of thousands of websites. He bootstrapped 10up from a 1 man operation in 2011 to more than 160 full timers around the globe.