I am a 31-year-old Texan, living in Wichita Falls with his wife, two children, and about a dozen animals.
As a Code Wrangler at Automattic, I spend a majority of my time writing code for WordPress.com and Jetpack. In my personal time, I enjoy target shooting with both pistol and rifle.
Highlights
- Spoke at WordCamp Austin in 2014
- Started working at Automattic in July 2014
- Spoke at WordCamp Orlando in December 2014
- Graduated from Midwestern State University in May 2015 with a Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science. While there, I:
- Won 3rd place at the Idea MSU Competition (a business idea competition for students) in 2012 and 2013
- Served as President of the Midwestern State University chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
- Researched an algorithm to complete puzzles based only on the outer edges of the puzzle pieces while at UGROW
- Researched automated testing strategies while in the UNT Bug Wars program
- Volunteered on the organizing team of WordCamp DFW for 2016, 2017, and 2018
- Got married in October 2016
- Adopted our daughter in 2018
- Started shooting bullseye pistol in September 2018
- Became a director at Northwest Texas Field and Stream Association in late 2018
- Went to Camp Perry for the first time in July 2019
- I started shooting high power rifle shortly thereafter 😄
- Took a paid 3 month sabbatical from Automattic from July to October of 2019 😱
- Became an NRA certified rifle and pistol coach in November 2019
Binnion family picture 
