Paul Sterling

Chief Technology Officer

Professional profile and credentials

Paul Sterling is Chief Technology Officer at Mold Inspection Sciences, co-creator of Moldware, a Skrift Magazine contributor, and an Umbraco speaker and former certified trainer whose work connects software development, environmental inspection technology, and digital marketing.

Chief Technology Officer · Mold Inspection Sciences

Professional certification

  • Umbraco Certified Master Developer
    Recognized by: Umbraco

Sources: Credential information

Areas of expertise

  • Software development and business systems
  • Environmental inspection and reporting technology
  • Digital marketing and educational content
  • Umbraco content management
  • Component-based web design
  • Marketing technology systems
  • Technical education

Speaking and teaching

Paul Sterling speaks about practical software development, content management, and the systems that connect technology with day-to-day business needs. As Chief Technology Officer at Mold Inspection Sciences and co-creator of Moldware, he brings a working business perspective to discussions of Umbraco, digital marketing, and content publishing.

His speaking experience includes Codegarden, the Umbraco U.S. Summit, and community events. He was an Umbraco Certified Trainer from 2009 through 2017.

Selected presentations

Umbraco U.S. Summit · October 2023 · Charlotte, North Carolina

An Unconventional Alliance: Building a Bespoke Design System with Umbraco and BlockList Components

Presented with Jason Prothero of ProWorks. Paul and Jason shared their work on a component-based design system for Mold Inspection Sciences. They recorded a version of the session after the event; the conference presentation itself was not recorded.

Codegarden · June 2021 · Online

Building a Sustainable SMB MarTech OS Using Umbraco

A presentation on using Umbraco within the marketing technology systems of a small or midsize business. Umbraco published the session in its official Codegarden 2021 recording collection.

CodePatch · May 30, 2020 · Online

Using Umbraco at the Center of Our MarTech Stack

A lightning talk for CodePatch, the virtual Umbraco community event organized by Candid Contributions. Paul prepared a shorter version of his planned Codegarden talk for the event.

Teaching and professional recognition

Umbraco Certified Trainer, 2009–2017: historical teaching experience. Paul no longer holds this trainer role.

Umbraco MVP: a multiple-time recipient, with recognition renewed in 2026. This is community recognition, separate from his professional certification.

Published writing

Paul co-authored Umbraco User’s Guide and writes and co-writes technical articles for Skrift Magazine, sharing practical approaches to content management, development workflows, and reliable web systems.

About Me

Professional background

Professional background

IAQ Experience

IAQ Experience

Co-created Moldware v1.0, the industry leading management software for IAQ companies, in 2005 . Involved in the technical aspect of delivering science-based mold, moisture, and other IAQ services to more than 75,000 clients.

Created and launched Moldware 2.0 in 2021 and Moldware Mobile in 2022 which are used daily by our teams to manage our process, collect data, communicate with our third-party laboratories and help to ensure data integrity at step in our process.

Pets

Pets

Zaki the English Labrador.

Hobbies

Hobbies

I spend most of my spare time outdoors, usually in the rain, running, hiking, biking, kayaking, sailing, pickleballing, and soaking up the liquid sunshine in the Pacific Northwest.

What else do you want our clients to know about you?

What else do you want our clients to know about you?

I am passionate about providing the most efficient systems that enable the highest integrity possible for our environmental inspection and testing organization dedicated to helping people live and work in healthy environments. 

Do you have a favorite quote/song/book/movie?

Do you have a favorite quote/song/book/movie?

Jitterbug Perfume, Tom Robbins