Michael joined Automattic, the makers of WordPress.com, as part of the acquisition of IntenseDebate Corp., a comment system for blogs and websites that he helped develop. As Automattic’s Schmooze Engineer, he leads business development and customer management for IntenseDebate, in addition to his work on other Automattic projects.

He has seen the movie Big Trouble In Little China more times than anyone ever should. While he wanted to be a kung fu master, he went a less violent route and has since perfected the art of schmoozing kung fu.

You can find him online at mikelberry.com and about.me/mikelberry.