Summary
Sean Blakeley is a seasoned web technology leader and Vice President of Enterprise WordPress with over two decades in digital delivery and 15+ years specialising in WordPress at enterprise scale. He combines hands-on technical architecture with commercial leadership, having built and scaled teams from zero to $4M+ annual revenue and overseen multi-million dollar headless WordPress projects. Known for introducing agile practices, strategic partnerships (Algolia, Cloudinary, Vercel, WP VIP) and internal products, he routinely converts complex requirements into efficient delivery—achieving an average 12.5% project efficiency saving at Americaneagle.com. A pragmatic people manager, he has recruited and led remote teams of 15–30 engineers and designers while regularly advising C-suite stakeholders on strategic initiatives. Based in Brighton, he blends agency-honed client-facing skills with deep technical stewardship and a long-running personal commitment to advancing the WordPress ecosystem.
11 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer