Hi there! We wanted to introduce you to some new friendly faces you might have seen around WordPress.com VIP in the last few weeks, and a few more you’ll see in the coming weeks. So without further ado…

Dmytri Kleiner, VIP Wrangler

Berlin, Germany | Blog | Twitter

Dmytri grew up in Toronto, and has lived in Berlin for very many years with his wife and three children. He likes Linux, the command line, VIM and JavaScript. He has been editing text files since 1981. He is a developer with the VIP team and a member of the Telekommunisten art collective. He blogs about art, politics and technology at dmytri.info.

How You Might Meet Dmytri: He’ll be answering your questions and helping you make your code bulletproof.

Josh Betz, Code Wrangler

Madison, WI | Blog | Twitter

Josh currently lives in Wisconsin. He recently graduated from the University of Wisconsin — Madison with a B.S. in Computer Science. When he’s not reviewing code or building VIP tools, Josh enjoys running, reading about Computer Science research, and learning new programming languages.

How You Might Meet Josh: You’ll find him reviewing plugins and themes, maintaining the shared plugins repository, and launching new stuff that makes VIP even better.

Nick Gernert, Business Engineer

Winter Haven, FL | Twitter

Nick is a Florida-born and raised lover of web publishing and user experience. Before joining Automattic, Nick built and led the Voce/Porter Novelli Platforms team. Away from the keyboard you’ll find him geeking out on coffee, CrossFit, music and VWs.

How You Might Meet Nick: You’ll find Nick working on VIP service initiatives, working with you on strategic partnerships and hanging at our lovely events!

Ryan Markel, VIP Wrangler

St. Louis, MO | Blog | Twitter

Ryan has been engineering happiness for all of WordPress.com for four years and is joining the VIP team to do the same for you. He’s been using WordPress from the beginning and lives to help others use it, too. Ryan enjoys the study of games and game design, being part of Cardinal Nation, and helping his wife (theoretically) control his five children.

How You Might Meet Ryan: He’ll be answering support tickets, gathering information and understanding your requests to help our team work more efficiently.

Spencer Cameron-Morin, VIP Wrangler

Cullman, AL | Twitter

Born and raised in the Mitten, Spencer is no stranger to the cold. He first began programming at an early age around fireplaces and hot chocolate. After writing C/C++ for military applications and feeling very cool about it, the interwebs caught his eye. These days you can find him still pressing buttons for a living as a VIP Wrangler from a cozy historic town in Alabama.

How You Might Meet Spencer: You’ll likely cross paths with him while he’s answering support tickets, reviewing and deploying code, or building new things for the VIP platform.