I started using WordPress only a couple months after it was first released and have been a huge fan ever since. Early on I started tweaking themes and plugins and eventually got to the point where I was getting requests to do the same for others. In 2009 I quit my job and founded 9seeds, a WordPress development shop based in Las Vegas, NV.
When not traveling to WordCamps (this will be my 35th), I run the Las Vegas WordPress meetup and I enjoy providing in-person WordPress training classes.