September 11, 2017 — Mahangu is an Automattician hailing from Colombo, Sri Lanka, Mahangu first found WordPress when he stumbled upon 0.70 in the dark recesses of #wordpress on Freenode. He has used and provided support for every major release of the software, and is excited about the impact the platform can have on South Asia.

Though once a high school English teacher, his desire to make online publishing more democratic led him to Automattic, where he now works as a Happiness Engineer. He sincerely believes that stellar support will play a pivotal role in helping WordPress power the next 27% of the web!

Mahangu is an experienced speaker, and has spoken at several WordCamps, including WordCamp Pune 2015, WordCamp Mumbai 2016, WordCamp Singapore 2016, and WordCamp Kathmandu 2016.

December 2, 2016 — Mahangu Weerasinghe hails from Colombo, Sri Lanka. He first found WordPress when he stumbled upon 0.70 in the dark recesses of #wordpress on Freenode. He has used and provided support for every major release of the software, and is excited about the impact the platform can have on South Asia.

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October 5, 2016 — In this talk, I explore how customisable WordPress is by design, and show, with examples, how easy it is for non-developers to dive into WordPress coding.

July 15, 2015 — This session explores how you and your organisation can provide better WordPresss support by being more conscious of each support staffer’s role as a ‘trainer’ or ‘teacher’ and each user’s role as a ‘learner’.
While support personnel have been traditionally seen as ‘fixers’, and while many contemporary support outfits still focus on this aspect of the experience, WordPress support has always been about more than just matching problems with solutions.

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