Speakers

Upon graduation from ASU with a bachelor’s in Computer Information Systems, I was graciously invited to co-run Sethmatics, Inc by Seth Carstens, where I got my introduction to WordPress. I’ve been hooked ever since. I now build plugins and themes from scratch and recently started my own WordPress-based company: Web Guys. We provide website management services for our clients to take care of all their website needs (all based on WordPress, of course).

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.

Josh is the Manager of the Customer Security Products team at Go Daddy and specializes in WordPress security.

Kurt contributes to core and unit tests. He works on the P3 Plugin and helps out with WordPress projects in Go Daddy’s hosting department.

I am a freelance graphic designer and IT professional at Mesquite Elementary in Tucson, AZ. I use WordPress on a daily basis to help Mesquite effectively communicate with parents, students and the community, as well as helping teachers use WordPress as a digital hub for assignments and communication.

I recently graduated with a degree in Graphic Design and Web Design and have begun freelancing. In addition to helping companies develop strong identities, printed materials and packaging, I use WordPress (almost exclusively) to help them build a strong online presence and connection with their target market.

Together, Mesquite and freelancing take up most of my time, but I do also manage to cram in a few fun things like AIGA events, plenty of movies and of course the weekly episode of Walking Dead.

I am the founder of Entourage Marketing, a boutique digital marketing firm in Scottsdale, AZ, and the Creator of the Strategic Marketing Compass, a system that helps small business owners think more strategically about their business.

I use WordPress for all of my client websites and personal websites. I have built over 25 websites with the WordPress platform and use it on a daily basis. I use WordPress to build entire websites, custom blogs, squeeze pages, and marketing funnels.

Mike Schroder, known as Shredder to most of his colleagues, is a sailor, cross-cultural kid, and lover of Open Source. He currently works at DreamHost, contributing to the WordPress core and community projects including wp-cli. You can find him blogging on various geeky things at http://www.getsource.net

In Andorra Noah Dyer was a 6 terms senator.
In Burundi he led the transition an organized criminal syndicate into an upstanding oil conglomerate
In Cameroon he bore a son named Cameron.
In Djibouti Noah fought with pirates.
In Equatorial Guinea he made it snow.
In Fiji he was a tribal dance instructor.
In Guatemala he learned every language and dialect spoken by the indigenous tribes.
In the Holy See he smoked with the Pope.
In Italy he consulted with a number of auto makers regarding the form factors of their 2008 models.
In Jamaica he shot a Sheriff, but he did not shoot a deputy.
In Kiribati he did work worthy of nobel prize, but instead released his findings anonymously with a GNU license.
In Liberia he liberated a town oppressed by a war lord.
In Maldives he fasted from food and water for 40 days, during which he gained no particularly profound insight.
In Nepal he scaled several mountains nakedly.
In Oman he wrote a prayer that has since been recited by millions for comfort.
In Pakistan he monopolized the kashmir trade for over a decade.
In Qatar he invented a system of measurement superior to the metric system, but which has not been implemented due to governmental laziness.
In Rwanda he ran a hotel.
In Saint Lucia he saw the face of Sir Thomas Aquinas in a bowl of rice and beans.
In Tajikistan he sang a duet with Andrea Bocelli.
In Uruguay he had a chance lunch with Paulo Coehlo. Paulo did not think the experience remarkable.
In Vanuatu he went back to the future.
In Yemen he memorized 3.14 million digits of pi.
In Zambia he danced with MC Hammer.

Currently a resident of the United States, Noah Dyer runs a boutique modern marketing firm, Sure Spark. He also teaches classes at the University of Advancing Technology. He frequently writes and speaks on marketing and technology.

I started blogging in 2009 when I was a law student at ASU. Now I’m a licensed attorney and I own Carter Law Firm in Phoenix. My firm focuses on social media law, intellectual property, business formation and contracts, and flash mob law. I also wrote the book The Legal Side of Blogging: How Not to get Sued, Fired, Arrested, or Killed.

I have two WordPress sites: my personal blog (undeniableruth.com) and my law firm’s site (carterlawaz.com). I write blog posts for them every week. I love how easy it is to use WordPress to post blogs and also to create a custom website.

I am a freelance web developer and help my clients develop and implement a comprehensive web strategy via custom WordPress themes and functionality, UX-based design and content development.

I also serve as a business advisor for the Small Business Development Center hosted at Long Beach City College, where I advise small business owners on their websites, teach workshops in beginning and intermediate WordPress use, and speak to small business owners and small business advisors about the Internet, marketing, social media and the wonders of WordPress.

I am also a regular contributor to the weekly webcast WPWatercooler!

Suzette Franck is the WordPress Evangelist Lead for Media Temple, a web hosting company located in Culver City, California. She has been doing web development for 17+ years, but discovered WordPress four years ago and has used it to create over 200 WordPress sites, ranging from BuddyPress, multisite, membership to portfolio sites, with a variety of different designs and requirements. Suzette is passionate about open source software, loves to blog and teach others on the wonders of WordPress.

Hi there! My name is Tiffany France. I am a web developer and UI designer. I have been developing on the web since Netscape Navigator was cool. I currently work full time for Ironworks/ICF in Richmond, VA , and part-time CMS Advertising Group in Washington D.C. I’ve used WordPress for about 5 years as a blog and a CMS. My framework of choice is Genesis. My passion is interactivity, mainly creative uses of javascript in a friendly CMS environment.

I also like red wine. A lot.