{"id":6799,"date":"2025-09-09T18:01:34","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T22:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/?post_type=wcb_speaker&#038;p=6799"},"modified":"2025-09-10T18:40:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T22:40:25","slug":"robert-jacobi","status":"publish","type":"wcb_speaker","link":"https:\/\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/speaker\/robert-jacobi\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Jacobi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-style-default speaker-highlight-column is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-b45a17c0 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group has-custom-grey-faint-background-color has-background wp-container-content-9cfa9a5a has-global-padding is-content-justification-center is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-94e8c8d1 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"min-height:100%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-container-content-b1208fed\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6875\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/speaker\/robert-jacobi\/jacobi\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/files\/2025\/09\/jacobi-e1757475445430.png?fit=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"jacobi\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/files\/2025\/09\/jacobi-e1757475445430.png?fit=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/files\/2025\/09\/jacobi.png?ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6875\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3\/4;object-fit:cover\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-group has-custom-grey-faint-background-color has-background wp-container-content-8f85718f has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-69d0b17a wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Robert Jacobi ran 3.5% of the internet. Today as Chief Experience Officer (CXO) for Blackwall, Robert connects Backwall\u2019s security message and solutions with partners, customers, investors, as well as the greater security, open source, and online industries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With 20 years experience and two successful acquisitions, Robert focuses on strategy and marketing. As Director of WordPress, Cloudways, he was instrumental in the $350 million acquisition of Cloudways by DigitalOcean. Additionally, he is an international, and respected speaker and has served and serves in multiple industry and open source roles, including: President, Open Source Matters; Make WordPress Hosting; ICANN; and Internet Infrastructure Coalition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Robert loves his two and four legged family, as well as preparing all sort of meals, ask him about his annual marinara weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-accent-1-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-87b6431f wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:10px;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"sessions\">Check out Robert&#8217;s Session<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;\" class=\"wp-block-wordcamp-speaker-sessions\"><li><p><a href=\"https:\/\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/session\/the-return-of-invisible-cms\/\">The Return of Invisible CMS<\/a><\/p><p class=\"wordcamp-speaker-sessions__session-info\">October 16, 2025 at 9:15 am in <span class=\"wordcamp-speaker-sessions__track slug-track-1\">Track 1<\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert Jacobi, CXO at Blackwall, blends 20+ years in strategy, marketing, and open source leadership, driving security, growth, and global community impact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3657560,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"speaker-series","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_wcpt_user_name":"robertpd","footnotes":""},"speaker_group":[],"class_list":["post-6799","wcb_speaker","type-wcb_speaker","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/234aefddcb9efb971609d18e1c2f5071911c407e7542932851ad5ca5d0c13ff0?s=24&r=g","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/234aefddcb9efb971609d18e1c2f5071911c407e7542932851ad5ca5d0c13ff0?s=48&r=g","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/234aefddcb9efb971609d18e1c2f5071911c407e7542932851ad5ca5d0c13ff0?s=96&r=g","128":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/234aefddcb9efb971609d18e1c2f5071911c407e7542932851ad5ca5d0c13ff0?s=128&r=g","256":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/234aefddcb9efb971609d18e1c2f5071911c407e7542932851ad5ca5d0c13ff0?s=256&r=g","512":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/234aefddcb9efb971609d18e1c2f5071911c407e7542932851ad5ca5d0c13ff0?s=512&r=g"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/6799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wcb_speaker"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3657560"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6799"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/6799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6968,"href":"https:\/\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/6799\/revisions\/6968"}],"sessions":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/6797?_embed=1&context=view"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wcb_speaker_group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speaker_group?post=6799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}