Author: Dave Ryan

Announcing our Sixth Round of Speakers

Posted on by Dave Ryan

In a little over a month, some of the best and brightest in the WordPress community will be descending on Downtown Phoenix for WordCamp Phoenix 2019!

We’re thrilled to be offering two days of sessions with three tracks in addition to longer, deep-dive workshops at the Phoenix Convention Center in February. We’ll also be running a Contributor Day where anyone can get involved with contributing to the WordPress Project with code, design, writing, translation, marketing and more!

Make sure to get your tickets soon as this event frequently sells out!

April Wier

Panel: Growth & Scaling

April specializes in helping high-performers reach their goals online. She is heavily involved in the Metro Atlanta WordPress community. Her day job is running Sugar Five Design, a WordPress exclusive digital marketing shop.

Mike Demo

Mike “Demo” Demopoulos is a lover of open source first, specific tools later. Mike is a Community Evangelist with BoldGrid and InMotion Hosting. Mike speaks frequently at tech conferences including at Ignite! Conferences, Meetups, WordCamps, Joomla! Events, and more.

Steve Ryan

Block Party Decor with TwentyNinteen

I am a WordPress Engineer for the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. Although I’m fairly new to developing for higher education, I’m a WordPress enthusiast and have been happily hacking away on various WordPress projects for at least ten years.

Cody Landefeld

Re-platforming your Online Store to WooCommerce

Adopted by Christ. Saved by grace. Husband, Father, and Pet-owner. Co-Founder at Mode Effect. ECommerce consultant and strategist. Music, Sports, and Comics.

Scott DeLuzio

Automated Testing of Site Functionality

Scott is the prolific plugin developer behind Amplify Plugins, as well as a husband, father of three, and Army veteran, who unintentionally stumbled into web development while getting his degree in accounting.

Kevin Marshall

Workshop: Driving Sales and Loyalty with WooCommerce Marketing Automations

Kevin Marshall is the founder of ShopMagic, a native marketing automation solution for WooCommerce. Kevin has been writing code for over 20 years and has been an avid WordPress fan since 2011. He spent over 7 years in corporate I.T. at a Fortune 100 company and a nationally-recognized school system.

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The WordCamp Phoenix Team

Announcing our Fifth Round of Speakers

Posted on by Dave Ryan

In a little over a month, some of the best and brightest in the WordPress community will be descending on Downtown Phoenix for WordCamp Phoenix 2019!

We’re thrilled to be offering two days of sessions with three tracks in addition to longer, deep-dive workshops at the Phoenix Convention Center in February. We’ll also be running a Contributor Day where anyone can get involved with contributing to the WordPress Project with code, design, writing, translation, marketing and more!

Make sure to get your tickets soon as this event frequently sells out!

Lindsay Halsey

⚡️Getting Into Position Zero – How to Leverage Content to Rise Above the Competition

I am a co-founder of Pathfinder SEO and webShine. I don’t think you need to be an SEO expert to get found in Google. Rather, you just need a process or a map. I enjoy sharing that process and teaching site owners and freelancers about holistic SEO.

Joe Howard

Panel: Working Remotely

Hi! Joe here. I’m the Head Buff at WP Buffs, a 24/7 WordPress website maintenance service for serious website owners and white-label partners. Whether you’re looking after 1 site or 1000, we’ve got your back!

John Gough

Workshop: Designing Systems

I’m the Principal Strategist at Skyhook Interactive, an interactive agency focused on designing and developing high-performance marketing websites.

Steph Orsini

Workshop: Designing Systems

Owner of Distill Mill and recent add to the awesome team at Skyhook Interactive, one of the top WordPress Marketing and Development agencies in the valley of the sun – and excited by the prospect and good fortune of getting to collaborate with other creative minds.

Cate DeRosia

Panel: Working Remotely

A writer, editor, and nearly retired home school teacher, I have worked alongside my developer husband for over 20 years. I currently focus on communication and business operations for other developers.

Vicki DeLuzio

Solopreneur Planning and Organization

Vicki DeLuzio is a wife to her WordPress Loving Husband Scott and mom to three wonderful kids. She spends her time blogging about things to do with travel, kids, exercise and lots of fun things and has been named a top blogger in the Phoenix area and in all of Arizona. Vicki enjoys running, hiking and exploring the world around her.

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