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Paul G.

Energizer · DISC type I
Chief Product Officer at Squarespace
📍 Encinitas, California, United States

Paul is the Chief Product Officer at Squarespace, with over 25 years of experience delivering solutions for creative professionals. His career is highlighted by founding a company acquired by Macromedia and leading strategic product and design teams at Adobe. He studied Drama at Purchase College, SUNY.

His educational background in drama points to a passion for creative expression and narrative. This aligns with his professional mission to build tools that empower people to tell impactful stories, a theme consistent throughout his career in technology.

Unique fact: Paul founded, ran, and successfully sold his own company, CyberSage Software, to Macromedia in 2003.

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Experience
30 Years
Current Role
Chief Product Officer
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Encinitas, California, United States
Personality Overview

How Paul shows up

Enthusiastic
Relationship Oriented
Informal

They are not always early adopters but can be pursuaded by leveraging strong relationships. They are really good at seeing what the long-term impacts of their decisions could be. They are friendly, approachable and love to make new connections.

Priorities

Topics Paul cares about

Empowering Creatives
His stated passion is building tools and services that inspire and empower people to tell their best stories with impact.
Product & Design Leadership
He oversees product management and design for Squarespace, and previously led Product Management and Engineering for major business units at Adobe.
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Career

Work history

7-2020
Chief Product Officer
Squarespace
11-2005 - 7-2020
VP, Design & Web
Adobe
3-2003 - 11-2005
Sr. Dir of Engineering
Macromedia, Inc.
1-2000 - 3-2003
President & Co-Founder
CyberSage Software
1996 - 2000
Sr. Consultant
Marotz (now acquired by Hansen)
In the press

Media appearances

Circle Day 2025: Product Keynote with Chief Product Officer Paul G. (Squarespace). Featured in Squarespace Blog
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Squarespace Appoints Paul Gubbay as Chief Product Officer. Featured in PRNewswire
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Education
1985 - 1986
Drama
Purchase College, SUNY
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Influence (I)

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