Pat Lockley (@pgogy) started out in WordPress at the University of Nottingham as a blogger.
He then went to work at the University of Oxford on a WordPress OER project as a developer. When that ended, he worked on another WordPress OER project
He then went to the University of London, where amongst other things, he helped redesign their blog
For the last four years, he’s been self-employed and doing a lot in WordPress
You can see more on his WordPress dot Org profile