{"id":15,"date":"2017-04-21T05:16:44","date_gmt":"2017-04-21T05:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ericmcconnell.com\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2025-09-22T04:08:46","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T04:08:46","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ericmcconnell.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-section-1 has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fd7faf85 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained is-style-section-1--1\" style=\"min-height:100vh;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-633b684a wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"515\" src=\"https:\/\/ericmcconnell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bannerimage-e1754862950922.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-198\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:150px;border-bottom-right-radius:150px;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ericmcconnell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bannerimage-e1754862950922.png 1024w, https:\/\/ericmcconnell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bannerimage-e1754862950922-300x151.png 300w, https:\/\/ericmcconnell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/bannerimage-e1754862950922-768x386.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-stretch is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-d8dce8eb wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">Welcome<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m Eric McConnell, a product leader with 15+ years across Amazon, Google, Rockstar, and EA SPORTS. 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