As Director of Systems Engineering at 10up, Zachary leads a team that focuses on the infrastructure side of WordPress, establishing scalable, performant, and secure hosting solutions. Working for the past 7 years in partnership with many WordPress managed hosting providers as well as on the major cloud computing platforms has given Zachary a unique perspective into the best practices needed for a fast and scalable WordPress website. Zachary has a Master’s degree in Meteorology from North Carolina State University and brings the same rigorous attention to detail to his work with WordPress as he did his thesis on hurricanes.