WordPress pioneer Little to be honoured
STOCKPORT-born Internet pioneer Mike Little, co-founder of the website content management system WordPress is to be honoured for his outstanding contribution to digital media.
Mr Little and US code writer Matt Mullenweg created the blogging plaform in 2003 and it now underpins 64 million websites worldwide – nearly 20% of all sites on the web.
To recognise this achievement he will be presented with the SAScon Outstanding Contribution to Digital Award on 6-7 June 2013 at Manchester Metropolitan University Business School.
With over 20 years’ experience in software development, Mike now runs his own web development and consultancy company, zed1, and he continues to inspire and teach others through WordPress training sessions and as a published author.
Richard Gregory, one of SAScon’s founders, said: Mike is, without a doubt, one of the digital industry’s unsung heroes. Unlike co-founder, Matt Mullenweg, who became instantly famous, Mike has lived a life of relative anonymity.
“Nevertheless, his ground breaking work on WordPress and self-taught digital expertise is certainly to be admired and respected. While Mike still remains humble about his achievements, he has helped to change the face of online marketing.
“There isn’t a single digital marketing agency that hasn’t made generated income by building WordPress websites, and we are honoured to be able to recognise him with this award.”
SAScon is an annual not-for-profit event organised by the digital and search marketing sectors.
