Title: About
Author: Alex Kirk
Published: September 30, 2005
Last modified: November 29, 2025

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# About

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Alex Kirk is a web application programmer and experienced lead of remote teams, 
based in Vienna, Austria.

I received my MSc in Computer Sciences from the [Technical University of Vienna](https://www.tuwien.at/)
in 2005.

From 2006 to 2008 I worked for [Netvibes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netvibes)
in Paris, after that I worked as a freelance developer for various projects. Since
2014, I’m working with [Automattic](https://automattic.com/).

For six years I led the team responsible for making all Automattic assets (for example
[WordPress.com](http://WordPress.com), [Jetpack](https://jetpack.com/), apps) translatable
and localized. Since 2022, I’ve been leading a team contributing to [WordPress.org](https://wordpress.org/)–
first on [Matrix](https://make.wordpress.org/project/2023/11/30/embracing-matrix-for-enhanced-communication/)
and internationalization, then [Data Liberation](https://wordpress.org/data-liberation/),
and now [WordPress Playground](https://wordpress.org/playground/).

I’m fluent in German (native) and English, well-traveled, and have led very diverse
international teams (across almost all timezones) in English. I also have some background
in Latin and Ancient Greek, and bits and pieces of many other languages.

In my personal time, I created and maintain the [Friends Plugin](https://friends.kirk.at/)
and the [Enable Mastodon Apps plugin](https://ema.kirk.at) which I believe can help
us return to the [original idea of a decentralized web](https://alex.kirk.at/2021/01/21/reducing-our-dependency-on-third-party-platforms-for-our-online-activity/).
On this site you can learn about [these and other plugins that I created](https://alex.kirk.at/wordpress-plugins/)
as well as [talks and podcasts](https://alex.kirk.at/speaking/).

### Impressum

Alexander Kirk
Gaswerkstraße 5/HO31210 WienAustria

You can contact via e-mail at `ablog25 (a}_ kirk.at` or find me on [GitHub](https://github.com/akirk),
[WordPress.org](https://profiles.wordpress.org/akirk/), or [@alex@kirk.at](https://alex.kirk.at/@alex)
on the Fediverse.