From b806387082b9a0fa5e394db0e52458f987bb242e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Preston So Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2022 16:26:43 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Update bio --- src/pages/about.js | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/pages/about.js b/src/pages/about.js index e9714c7..3acea2f 100644 --- a/src/pages/about.js +++ b/src/pages/about.js @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ const AboutPage = () => (

Preston So (he/they) is a product, design, engineering, and innovation leader, digital architect and strategist, designer and developer advocate, polyglot educator and speaker, and author of Voice Content and Usability (A Book Apart, 2021), Gatsby: The Definitive Guide (O'Reilly, 2021), and Decoupled Drupal in Practice (Apress, 2018).

Preston has been a programmer since 1999, a web developer and designer since 2001, a creative professional since 2004, a CMS architect since 2007, and a conversational and immersive designer since 2016. Since 2015, he has led product, design, engineering, and innovation teams at organizations like Acquia, Time Inc., and Gatsby.

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A globally recognized authority on the intersections of content, design, and development, Preston is Senior Director, Product Strategy at Oracle, where he oversees developer experience, developer relations, headless CMS strategy, and open-source strategy as a product leader for Oracle Content Management.

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A globally recognized authority on the intersections of content, design, and code, Preston is Senior Director, Product Strategy at Oracle, where he oversees developer experience, developer relations, headless CMS strategy, and open-source strategy as a product leader for Oracle Content Management.

Preston is an editor at A List Apart, a columnist at CMSWire, and a contributor to Smashing Magazine. Named “probably the smartest person working in this industry right now” by Web Content Management author Deane Barker in 2020 and a top influencer in Onalytica’s “Who’s Who in Digital Experience” in 2021, he is also Editor in Chief at Tag1 Consulting.

Preston has spoken twice at An Event Apart (2020, 2021) and three times at SXSW Interactive (2017, 2017 encore, 2018), in addition to dozens of conferences and keynotes around the world in three languages.

At Gatsby, Preston led the product and design teams for the general availability release of Gatsby Cloud, one of the most anticipated Jamstack product launches of 2019. As Director of Research and Innovation at Acquia, he launched and led the Acquia Labs innovation center, directed groundbreaking voice-driven experiences for clients like the State of Georgia and Nestlé Purina, and drove Acquia’s headless CMS and decoupled Drupal strategy.

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Preston has given free web development classes in public libraries and in 2017 founded Decoupled Days, a non-profit conference about the future of content management systems, now in its sixth year. He is based in New York City, where he can often be found immersing himself in languages that are endangered or underserved.

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Preston So (he/they) is a product, design, engineering, and innovation leader, digital architect and strategist, designer and developer advocate, polyglot educator and speaker, and author of Voice Content and Usability (A Book Apart, 2021), Gatsby: The Definitive Guide (O'Reilly, 2021), and Decoupled Drupal in Practice (Apress, 2018). He has been a programmer since 1999, a web developer and designer since 2001, a creative professional since 2004, a CMS architect since 2007, and a conversational and immersive designer since 2016.

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A product leader at Oracle, Preston has led product, design, engineering, and innovation teams since 2015 at organizations like Acquia, Time Inc., and Gatsby. Preston is an editor at A List Apart, a columnist at CMSWire, and a contributor to Smashing Magazine and has delivered keynotes around the world in three languages. A globally recognized authority on the intersections of content, design, and development, he is based in New York City, where he can often be found immersing himself in languages that are endangered or underserved.

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A product leader at Oracle, Preston has led product, design, engineering, and innovation teams since 2015 at organizations like Acquia, Time Inc., and Gatsby. Preston is an editor at A List Apart, a columnist at CMSWire, and a contributor to Smashing Magazine and has delivered keynotes around the world in three languages. A globally recognized authority on the intersections of content, design, and code, he is based in New York City, where he can often be found immersing himself in languages that are endangered or underserved.

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