Christefano is CEO and founder of Large Robot. Having created his first weblog in 1994 and quite possibly the world’s first built-in searchbox for web browsers in 1996, he continues today as an active developer and innovator. He’s worked in nearly every role in the industry, and especially enjoys development, system administration, project management, and product management.
In addition to running Large Robot, Christefano contributes to a number of open source projects, including WordPress, Drupal, and Kanboard, runs several chess clubs, including the McMinnville Chess Club, and is the founder of Chess Zendō, a studio that develops chess tournament management software and publishes articles and books on chess.
Previous to his current work, he helped organize workshops and conferences for teenagers and led discussions about citizen journalism, intellectual property, and online identity and privacy rights. In yet another career, Christefano was a contributing writer and columnist for technology magazines and has been published in Macworld, MacAddict and MacDirectory. Even earlier in life, he was born naked and defenseless and managed to overcome all odds.
In 2006, Christefano was honored by Time Magazine by being selected as Person of the Year.