Patrick Rauland has built custom e-commerce solutions as well as high-end WooCommerce sites while working for advertising agencies. He joined the support team at WooThemes and answered thousands of support tickets. He later joined the WooThemes development team and started writing the underlying code for WooCommerce. After several months on the development team, he took on the role of product manager, and interacts with customers and the development team to help plan the future of WooCommerce.
Patrick loves going to conferences to talk about e-commerce, software development, productivity, happiness, and creating your online presence.
Patrick lives in Denver, Colorado, and loves running, yoga, and hiking.
You can reach Patrick through his programming blog at http://speakinginbytes.com.
I couldn't have done anything worthwhile in my life, let alone write a book, without being inspired by so many people. The first person I have to mention is my friend Gerry Hazen. He spent hours listening to me blather about the latest book or blog post I just read. When I actually stumbled onto a good idea, he helped me refine the idea and follow through.
I also had a lot of inspiration from several people in the web industry. I look up to Brent Shepherd because he produces some of the highest quality software on the market. I look up to Daniel Espinoza because of his amazing grit when it comes to running his business to provide for his family; Matt Cohen for being able to refine any idea into its core components; and Michael Krapf for his big picture thinking and for taking a chance on me.
I want to thank my family for trusting that I'd find my way and for giving me the financial freedom to try all of these crazy ideas. Lastly, I want to thank Kristie Wirth, my partner, who hears all of the crazy ideas and helps me focus on one idea at a time.