Chief Compliance Officer
We are honored to announce that Gary Jones has joined WPDC as our Chief Compliance Officer (CCO). In his new role, he will oversee, monitor, audit, and validate our quality, standards, and performance to ensure WPDC is operating at the highest level of integrity, excellence, and quality while delivering our mission to the WordPress software community.
In the summer of 2015, after my Genesis Camp presentation, Gary and I began working together. I believe strongly in building monitoring systems to ensure we are doing what we say and intend. This role is Gary's life's work, as in our ecosystem, he is the authority on quality, professionalism, and excellence. Although he was already an Academic Advisor, I wanted him to have a seat at the table …show more content…
Many of the staff, volunteers and members of the advisory boards are well-known in the WP community. Together we are positioned to help transform WordPress professionals by educating them about the art and science of software engineering.
My background is in education. After spending four years training as a school teacher, I spent several years teaching in schools and prisons before switching to freelance web development. I enjoy learning and find great satisfaction in imparting to others the knowledge and experience I've obtained. Being part of a company and community who appreciate the value of education combined with software engineering is an ideal situation for me. It's not a one-way flow, either; I, too, will be continuously learning and improving my coding skills with the help of the experts at WP Developers Club.
My role of Chief Compliance Officer isn't one of checking compliance with legal and regulatory standards. It's about the quality of everything at WPDC. This is for both internal processes and external delivery of education to our students. My passion for excellence will help guide WPDC as a respected provider of education. Together we will propel the WP community …show more content…
That won't be easy, but along the way we'll improve every student's understanding, thereby raising the level of knowledge across the entire community, and that's to everyone's benefit. Freelancers will move beyond being copy-and-paste implementors and gain the skills to grow their business by understanding the "why" of code. Agencies will have a partner who can help train or provide staff, affording them the ability to offer more technically complete business solutions for their clients. End-clients can rest assured knowing that they will receive a quality solution from a software
In the summer of 2015, after my Genesis Camp presentation, Gary and I began working together. I believe strongly in building monitoring systems to ensure we are doing what we say and intend. This role is Gary's life's work, as in our ecosystem, he is the authority on quality, professionalism, and excellence. Although he was already an Academic Advisor, I wanted him to have a seat at the table …show more content…
Many of the staff, volunteers and members of the advisory boards are well-known in the WP community. Together we are positioned to help transform WordPress professionals by educating them about the art and science of software engineering.
My background is in education. After spending four years training as a school teacher, I spent several years teaching in schools and prisons before switching to freelance web development. I enjoy learning and find great satisfaction in imparting to others the knowledge and experience I've obtained. Being part of a company and community who appreciate the value of education combined with software engineering is an ideal situation for me. It's not a one-way flow, either; I, too, will be continuously learning and improving my coding skills with the help of the experts at WP Developers Club.
My role of Chief Compliance Officer isn't one of checking compliance with legal and regulatory standards. It's about the quality of everything at WPDC. This is for both internal processes and external delivery of education to our students. My passion for excellence will help guide WPDC as a respected provider of education. Together we will propel the WP community …show more content…
That won't be easy, but along the way we'll improve every student's understanding, thereby raising the level of knowledge across the entire community, and that's to everyone's benefit. Freelancers will move beyond being copy-and-paste implementors and gain the skills to grow their business by understanding the "why" of code. Agencies will have a partner who can help train or provide staff, affording them the ability to offer more technically complete business solutions for their clients. End-clients can rest assured knowing that they will receive a quality solution from a software