We Love Our Speakers – and You Will, Too!
WordCamp Atlanta 2018 will offer 4 tracks (concurrent sessions) for your viewing enjoyment, along with a few extras.
Our tracks are All Users, Design, Development, and Business. We’ll also have Special Beginner Workshops on Lucky Friday, April 13.
You’ll be able to learn from some of the best, and most entertaining, minds in the WordPress community.
Aimee Copeland – Keynote Speaker
WordCamp Atlanta 2018’s keynote speaker is Aimee Copeland, a 30-year-old necrotizing fasciitis survivor and quadruple amputee. She serves on the Board of Directors of Friends of Disabled Adults and Children and Tools for Life, which are non-profit organizations devoted to helping people with disabilities. She also acts as CEO of Aimee Copeland Foundation, a 501(c)3 organization she launched in 2017. Click learn more about Aimee.
Sean Murphy
Matt Barry
Mark Maunder
Gabe Hyde
I serve as an Engagement Architect (fancy term for Business Development) for IT Hands and help connect agencies and web companies with our team to get more projects done. I’ve been involved in the WordPress community for 2 years and have had the privilege to speak at multiple WordPress Meetups around the US around the topic of outsourcing. I travel often outside of Atlanta, including frequent trips to India.
Judi Knight
Judi Knight started New Tricks Web Design and Marketing, in 2008. Since that time, Judi and her team have built and maintained effective, WordPress websites for over 250 clients.
Judi is one of the original organizers of the Atlanta WordPress Meetup Group and also WordCamp Atlanta. She now coaches aspiring web designers through her online course to price, close, build and deliver effective WordPress websites.
Chris Edwards
Chris is co-owner of Data Driven Labs, a WordPress Maintenance and Marketing agency. He is a 17-year Internet marketing veteran with experience in web design & development, search engine optimization, online marketing, social media marketing and mobile development. He specializes in WordPress custom development utilizing either Genesis Framework or underscores and is very active in the WordPress Orlando community. Chris has held development and Internet marketing positions in some of Orlando’s top technology companies.
Heather Baker
Kathy Drewien
Kathy is all about forging meaningful connections and holds to the belief that nothing beats the power of in-person interactions for cementing relationships. She facilitates the Marietta WordPress Meetup (originated 2011), has served as a WordCamp Atlanta organizer for 8 years, and serves on the WordCamp US 2017-2018 organizer team.
Her firm, Kathy Drewien & Company, rescues abandoned, broken, ugly, orphaned, and non-productive websites. Kathy is an attentive listener who asks powerful questions in conversations that guide brave thoughtful freelancers and entrepreneurs to create life-changing results.
Aaron Reimann
I’m a designer that turned into a developer and now an agency owner (but I still try to write code when I can). I’ve been working with WordPress since 2008. I’ve worked with a couple of Fortune 100 companies but also with the local sewing machine shop. I co-lead a WordPress developer Meetup and the Atlanta WordPress Meetup. I’m an Atlanta native, I’m a father of four and when I can, host tours of Israel.
Charles Earl
Naomi C. Bush
Naomi’s been working with WordPress as a professional developer since 2005, and you can currently find her over at https://gravityplus.pro where she specializes in using WordPress form builders to quickly deliver custom business functionality at a fraction of the cost.
She contributes back to the WordPress project through the core code, documentation, free plugins, organizing the WordPress Gwinnett developer meetup, organizing WordCamp Atlanta, and speaking at WordCamps.
Howard Fore
I’m a longtime computer programmer (more than 35 years) that’s always in search of something new and interesting. Currently I’m living in the world of content management systems, building websites that have tentacles out to mobile apps and voice assistants (aka smart speakers, Alexa, Google Home, Cortana, and with some luck Siri). IRL I’m also a father of two, husband, and caretaker for a small menagarie of animals.
Julie Anderson
I am a project manager for Sideways8. I have worked in various capacities in the web development space for over 20 years but have found I most enjoy coordinating projects.
Daniel Swain
“Daniel is the founder of JDS WebDesign, a Digital Marketing Strategy Company that helps small to mid-size companies. JDS WebDesign builds, supports and markets WordPress websites. Daniel has been building websites for 16 + years, and working as a free lance designer for JDS WebDesign since August 2007.
In his spare time, Daniel loves hanging out with his family, playing a round of golf, listening to some jazz, writing blog material, and working on his podcast.”
Jason McCullough
Front-End WordPress Developer, Digital Strategist, Videographer & Photographer. Proud Father and Husband. Freelancers Union organizer and Freelancer advocate. Host of the monthly Freelance Spark workshop.
Twitter: @jasonsmcc
URL: jasonmcc.com
Tonya Burge
“Tonya Burge
Your Marketing Lady
I help companies generate leads and new customers using Website Design and Social Media. Another major part of this is helping to build brand awareness, trust and credibility on the web.
I create websites that are visually appealing, easy to navigate and have powerful calls to action.
I also specialize in generating targeted leads and new customers for businesses using Facebook, Instagram, and Email Marketing.
I’ve been an Advertising Executive and Online Marketing Consultant for over 10 years and worked with some of the larger corporations including AT&T, YP and Web (dot) com. One of the things I found missing was a personal hands-on approach from beginning to end (no matter what the company size). I pride myself on providing just that, “a hands on personal approach”.
• Hootsuite Certified Social Media Consultant
• Featured In Huffington Post Article: “24 Top Social Media Managers Give Their Best Advice.”
• I Run A “Social Media For Business” Meetup Group With Almost 900 Members.
• I Conduct Numerous Workshops For Business Owners In Greater Atlanta Teaching Ways To Get The Most From Their Social Media Marketing.
“Tonya’s presentation…was a Gold Mine!! I’m working towards becoming as efficient and productive as her social media practices!””
– Pat M.
“”Tonya likes to deliver value., and does that well. Went to her two-hit presentation series, and walking away with lots of goodies. Thumbs up!””
-Joel A.”
Website: https://www.yourmarketinglady.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/UrMarketingLady
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourmarketinglady/
Bernard Ablola
“Bernard Ablola is the founder of Think Strategy, a marketing and communications firm, located in Irvine, CA. Think Strategy focuses on B2B sales development for enterprise level clients. He is a frequent speaker on the topic of WordPress and business development.
Prior to his role at Think Strategy, Bernard managed over $25MM in search and display advertising for Microsoft’s premier clients including McDonald’s, Toyota, Nissan, Ford and Wells Fargo.
He is an active board member for Holistic Life Foundation, Inc., a Baltimore based nonprofit, that teaches over 7,500+ children nationwide, the practice of mindfulness and yoga.
He received his BA from University of Baltimore and his MBA from Seattle University. On the weekends, you can find him hiking or skateboarding through SoCal, walking his Pomsky (Google it) or finding THE spiciest Asian food in the city. He is an avid traveler, visiting art galleries around the world, 8 countries in the last 12 months. Some of his favorite places include the Philippines, Hungary and Vienna. When in Asia, he highly recommends NOT eating the ice.”
Links under bio:
www.thinkstrategy.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/bernardablola/
Wolf Bishop
“Wolf Bishop lives in Southeast Missouri with his amazing family on 19 acres of off-grid Ozark paradise. He has been working with WordPress since 2003 and has focused heavily on WordPress security for more than 5 years. Currently, Wolf works for Pressable, a managed WordPress web host and also owns a small WordPress maintenance and security startup. He loves to teach WordPress to anyone willing to learn and is also constantly learning and growing his own skills.”
Please let me know if there is anything more you need from my end. Looking forward to my first visit to Atlanta and to WordCamp Atlanta!
Wolf Bishop
Ruslan Sukhar
A thirty-years-old digital entrepreneur from Moscow, Russia. CEO & Founder of Convertful.com — a free toolkit to grow email list and capture leads. Creator of CodeLights.com — free WordPress Plugin with 80k+ active installs. DigitalMarketer- and HubSpot-certified marketing specialist.
Colby Dimock
Colby Dimock, proud alumnus of Samford University in Alabama, first found SEO through a college internship and immediately knew it was exactly what he wanted to do. Now, as SEO Specialist at Nebo, he sees it as the perfect blend of creative marketing and technical computer science. Colby’s passion for SEO quickly drove him to learn as much as he could about the intricacies of Google’s algorithm. Outside of SEO he enjoys being outdoors, doing everything from camping and hiking, to playing sports.
Tricia Clements
“Tricia has been involved in the WordPress community since attending her first WordCamp Atlanta in 2012. After a few years of tinkering around with it on personal websites, she launched her business site in 2015.
Tricia is not a developer, she loves finding out all that WordPress has to offer to help her business and make things easier.
While trying to create an intro video for her website and not having much success in front of the camera, she found Periscope in 2015 and things changed! Periscope is Twitter’s version of Facebook Live, but it was available to everyday people, whereas Facebook Live was originally only for celebrities.
Periscope was what helped he become comfortable in front of the camera. In 2016, she went “”Live”” every day for 6 months! She now creates weekly videos and live streams via Facebook Live once or more a week.
She focuses on pet businesses because of her love for her two rescue dogs, Riedi and Margi. They are often seen (and heard!) on her video’s and live streams.”
Steve Mortiboy
Steve Mortiboy is the COO and Service Delivery Manager for Semper Plugins. He leads the team that develops plugins such as All in One SEO Pack. He has been working with WordPress for over 8 years and devotes much of his time to helping people get the most from WordPress. He is also one of the organizers of WordCamp Raleigh and the Raleigh WordPress Meetup Group. When not hard at work he’s working on DIY projects at home or off traveling.
Steve Schwartz
My name is Steve and I’ve been developing WordPress Websites for about 10 years with my company in Charlotte, NC called AVT Marketing.
I’m a bit of a security nut and obsessed with educating people on online security. My teaching style has always been to try to take complex technical jargon and bring it down to a level where end users can understand it. I try to differentiate myself (with my YouTube videos) by being clear, articulate, and using the necessary software so that not only can viewers hear what I am saying, but see what I am doing at the same time.
twitter handle:@amazingvidtours
url: www.avtmarketing.com
Sheila Oliver
I’ve been designing websites for entrepreneurs and small businesses for over 15 years. My passion is teaching beginners how to use WordPress. I’m a co-organizer of the Gainesville WordPress Meetup, have spoken at several WordCamps and Geek Girl Tech Conferences.
Danny Peavey
ENFP. Enneagram: 6 + 7 wing. Missing socks that have been reunited with match: 113. Aspiring but not embodied bedtime: 9:30P. Coffee Game: Perfect 10. Founder of One Week Website
April Wier
April helps individuals and businesses become the best versions of themselves. This may come in the form of a new, or better, web site or coaching to break through self-imposed limitations. She specializes in helping high-performers reach their goals online. She is heavily involved in the Metro Atlanta WordPress community, is a co-organizer of the Woodstock WordPress Meetup and is a former organizer team member for WordCamp Atlanta.
sugarfivedesign.com
Evan Mullins
Evan Mullins uses WordPress daily at the (home) office. He is currently Senior Front End Engineer at 10up, a global WordPress agency that makes finely crafted websites and tools for content creators. He blogs at circlecube.com and has even been known to dream in WordPress. With a background in digital media art, he now embraces the dark side and has found a strong creative outlet programming websites. Evan loves the problem solving aspect of web development and shines at harnessing WordPress as a true CMS & making interactive designs – interactive. He strives to make the web a prettier, more pleasant and all-around better place for you & your grandma. Outside of work, Evan is a dedicated husband, father of four and soccer coach who loves rock music, audiobooks, chocolate and good pizza.
Joshua Giowaya
I’m Passionate about creating well-crafted, visually engaging and highly usable digital experiences. I have 10+ Years in web design & development at advertising and digital agencies, plus a number of years running my own consultancy. I also bring an extensive background in design that has proven invaluable when contributing to the design process and communicating with creative teams. Currently, I’m a WordPress consultant extremely active in the WordPress community. I regularly attend and speak at local WordPress Meetups. My hope is to give back to a community that has shared so much knowledge with me.
Micah Wood
Micah is an professional WordPress developer local to Atlanta, Georgia. He’s written and publicly released over a dozen WordPress plugins, is a core contributor and specializes in enterprise WordPress development. He has a passion for learning best practices and sharing his knowledge with the greater WordPress community.
URL: https://wpscholar.com/
Twitter: @wpscholar
Jodie Riccelli
“A lover of all things Philly, intrigued by tech, a self-proclaimed foodie, music lover, book hoarder, and a restless soul, Jodie started using WordPress in 2006. Her husband innocently suggested they needed a website for their music consulting business. One Saturday morning, she awoke to find a new laptop with video tutorials already loaded and manuals downloaded. After spending the weekend learning to use WordPress, she created their first website.
A graduate of Millersville University, Jodie brings fifteen years of sales and marketing experience to WebDevStudios. Her marketing expertise and ability to restructure and to systematize businesses has been recognized by entrepreneurs in real estate, the music industry, technology start-ups and education. Now she assists in creating unique web strategies and solutions for clients.
She is was on the organizing team for WordCamp US in 2015 and 2016, sits on the advisory board for PHL Diversity (a division of the Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau), Blackboard Labs board, and is a member of the Philadelphia Chapter of The Recording Academy. In her downtime, she shares life experiences about screwing up on Izzabeth.com and has been known to get lost in old book stores avoiding the fact that there is no more shelf space at home.”
Adam Walker
I’m a husband, father of 5, digital agency co-founder / owner and nonprofit co-founder / executive director. I’m a digital marketing strategist at heart, though I have a background in design and development as well. I have been working with WordPress since 2005 and started an agency dedicated to custom WordPress design and development in 2010. I love to speak at WordCamps and Meetups and geek out talking about digital marketing strategy.
Juan Pablo Gomez
NYC based Web Designer. Built my first table-based site in 2004. Currently designing for FC Harlem, New York City FC. UX Design Mentor at Bloc.io
Beka Rice
Beka is Head of Product at Jilt, where she focuses on building lifecycle emails that help store owners drive more revenue. Jilt is built by the SkyVerge team, who is the largest official WooCommerce.com extension provider. SkyVerge focuses on building tools to help eCommerce merchants using WooCommerce, Shopify, and Easy Digital Downloads.
Liam Dempsey
A community organizer in suburban Philly, Liam Dempsey works to bring people together for the empowerment of all. He’s the organizer of the Philly ‘burbs WordPress Meetup and the lead organizer of WordCamp Philly. He served on the organizing team for WordCamp US in 2015 and 2016. He’s also active outside the WordPress community. Liam’s active as a volunteer with Joseph’s People, a non-profit that supports unemployed and underemployed people. Liam owns and runs the friendly marketing and design consultancy, LBDesign.
The Blind Blogger Maxwell Ivey
Maxwell Is the totally blind son of carnival owners who turned to helping others sell their amusement equipment after his father’s death forced the closure of the family’s small carnival. He had to learn so much including hand coding html. He was eternally grateful when Word Press came along allowing hm a much easier more accessible way to run his website and blog. People told him he was inspiring them by his willingness to take on new challenges and opportunities and not letting his blindness be an excuse. He has since started a second website and blog and written three books. His latest is about his crazy solo trip to New York City during the Christmas and New Year’s holidays as one of the 2016 Amtrak Writers IN Residence. He has become an online media rock star and now coaches fellow bloggers on how to use online media to share their stories, reach wider audiences, and build their platforms. He loves helping others accomplish their goals and dreams. You may meet him out there as he is currently traveling the world sharing his message of accomplishing big goals by finding solutions instead of making excuses. For as so many have told him if Max can do it then what is my excuse. He welcomes new friends and unusual questions. Don’t hesitate to contact him through his website Thanks,
Sinoun Chea
Sinoun (pronounced ‘sin-noon’) is the founder of ShiftWeb Solutions, a web design and SEO company. She has lived and breathed WordPress since 2009 and hasn’t turned back since! Sinoun is passionate about working with small businesses to help them achieve a sexier presence on the world wide web. She is both an artist and entrepreneur at heart. In her spare time, Sinoun is always working on various projects that stimulate her brain. She also aspires to be a professional picnicker, an air floater, and an expert sleeper.
Melanie G Adcock
“Melanie G Adcock has been designing websites since the late 90’s. In November of 2010 Melanie became a full-time freelance Web Designer / Developer. She has been using WordPress exclusively since 2011. Her current clients include several small businesses, continuing care retirement communities, churches, non-profit organizations, and small businesses. Melanie Adcock is a past presenter at WordCamp Atlanta, WordCamp Birmingham, and WordCamp Miami and various local WordPress MeetUp Groups. She lives in Stuart, Florida.”
Jake Aull
Jake Aull has been creator, principal and chief SEO at Zen Fires Digital Marketing since 2010. But has been in the internet marketing business since such a label existed. Jake began doing web design and branding in the late ’90s as a partner in his own creative agency. While transitioning deeper into online marketing strategies, analytics, research and search engine optimization, Jake completed an M.S. in Marketing from Georgia State University’s Robinson College of Business in 2009. There he customized his degree program and executed an independent capstone thesis project on social media marketing. In late 2010 GSU RCB asked him to write and teach its first course on Social Media Marketing, which he continues today, bringing in real-world companies and projects for students. He was the author for the Instructor’s Manual of Pearson-Prentice Hall’s first Social Media Marketing text book. He wrote another book on digital marketing, WordPress SEO Success: Search Engine Optimization for your WordPress Website or Blog, again published by Pearson-Prentice Hall, as both a print and e-book in 2014 available at Barnes and Noble and Amazon. He has been published in interviews from sources such as WSB-TV, the Atlanta Business Chronicle, Oz Magazine and Atlanta Business Radio X. He has spoken in conferences and webinars across the US for SEMrush, WordCamp and others on topics of search engine and social media marketing. Jake Aull has been Chair for both the Atlanta Interactive Marketing Association Social Media SIG and Search Marketing SIG, speaking and bringing in prominent experts for business community seminars. Jake was similarly a co-founder and instructor for The Change Challenge, an educational experience for non-profits to learn digital marketing. He is currently president of SCAD Alumni in Atlanta and is principal of Zen Fires Search Marketing.
Bobby Kircher
Bobby Kircher is a digital marketing consultant focused on SEO, digital advertising, and analytics based in the Atlanta, Georgia. Since 2004, his company Papaya Internet has helped small businesses find opportunities for new business online.
url: https://papayainternet.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/bobbykircher
Raquel Landefeld
*Raquel Landefeld* is a serial volunteer with a young soul. In 2010 she co-founded Mode Effect a Phoenix-based WordPress agency that specializes in WooCommerce integration. Intentional about community building, she believes that wherever her feet are is where the building happens. Currently she is active in several communities from tech to government to neighborhoods and more. You can usually find her organizing a WordCamp or volunteering pretty much anywhere.
On the personal side of her life she is a wife & mum, an active dancer, a music lover, an amateur photographer, and has a 20-year-curated Wonder Woman collection.
*Loves doing cartwheels*
Harry Hayes
“For over 25 years, Harry Hayes created funny, engaging and effective advertising for brands like AT&T, Budweiser, Carhartt, Coca-Cola, DirecTV, Intel, Hitachi, McKesson and InterContinental Hotels.
And now, as head of his own company, he’s directing his efforts into the world of video content.
He’s worked with some of the world’s top commercial directors, editors and producers. And now, he’s applying that knowledge and experience to helping businesses of all size, from Wall Street to Main Street.
His biggest strength is storytelling.
As Owner and Chief Content Creator at Content Puppy, Harry writes, shoots and edits video content to craft stories for brands, businesses and nonprofit organizations. ”
website url ContentPuppy.com, Twitter handle @Content_Puppy
Pam Ann Aungst
Pam is the owner of Pam Ann Marketing and Stealth™ Search and Analytics. Both specialize in SEO, PPC, and Analytics. Through Stealth™, we work on a private-label basis through other agencies. Through Pam Ann Marketing, we work directly with well-established businesses and funded startups to take their search and analytics strategies to the next level.
Rich Tabor
“Rich Tabor is a designer, developer, all-around product guy and lover of all things WordPress. Since first discovering WordPress, Rich has been building beautiful themes and plugins, essentially non-stop.
He found his passion for developing WordPress themes at his theme shop, ThemeBeans, the premier theme shop for professional creatives. Rich is particularly known his design chops and for building purposeful products that are hyper-focused on user experience.
Away from omnipresent viewports, Rich enjoys spending time with his family and friends and playing the occasional guitar lick.”
Twitter: https://twitter.com/richard_tabor
Website: https://richtabor.com
David Zimmerman
“David Zimmerman is an internet marketing consultant who specializes in search. He has several years experience working with B2B companies, especially manufacturers. He started his own consultancy, Reliable Acorn LLC, after working in several agencies.
David grew up in Wichita, Kansas as the son of an electrical engineer and an art teacher. He brings these dramatically different perspectives together to help his clients. This allows David to understand the technical and creative aspects to internet marketing. He is equally comfortable speaking with developers and designers.
David’s core belief is that all marketing should be measured. Measured marketing is more effective and less expensive. There’s no excuse, in David’s mind, for marketing efforts whose results are not measured.
As a consultant, David is often hired to supplement existing marketing teams. Sometimes these companies aren’t as familiar with internet marketing. Other times these companies don’t have time to execute an internet marketing campaign. This is where Reliable Acorn can help.
David Zimmerman on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidzimm”
Succeed at internet marketing and reclaim time for what you do best.
Frank Corso
“Frank has been working with WordPress since 2009 and is the founder of Markasio, an agency that creates digital marketing software products. He is the organizer of Gainesville’s Digital Marketing Meetup, WordPress Meetup, and PHP Meetup. In his spare time, he is also an adjunct professor at the University of Florida where he teaches web development.
He loves to blog about marketing, business, and user research. Above all else, he enjoys spending time with daughter.”
https://frankcorso.me
Dougal Campbell
“Dougal was one of the original WordPress developers, contributing features such as XML-RPC API support, Post Custom Fields, mass re-enabling of plugins, and Conditional GET support for feeds.
He has contributed several plugins to the WordPress ecosystem over the years, including Fancybox Gallery, Easy Gravatars, and a filter for Talk Like a Pirate Day which has been subsequently adapted for numerous other systems including Drupal and Joomla.”
Erick Arbe
Erick is a WordPress developer focusing on custom theming and applications for a wide array of clients throughout the US. He has built hundreds of custom WordPress websites and is also partner in an e-commerce startup called HIBR which sells sleep products online.
Marty Eason
I develop software and plugins with the team at Sideways8.
Aaron D. Campbell
Aaron is the WordPress Security Team lead, has been a regular contributor to WordPress for more than ten years, and is currently funded by GoDaddy to work full time on the WordPress open source project. He has over seventeen years of web development experience and worked with clients ranging from small local businesses to Google, Yahoo, Disney, and Harvard. He’s been called both a coffee snob and a beer snob, but considers both to be compliments. When not buried in code, he enjoys spending time with his wife and son, riding his motorcycle, and reading sci-fi/fantasy books.
@AaronCampbell
https://AaronDCampbell.com/
Matt James
IT professional who moved to Marketing in 2014. Found WordPress. Built some sites. Co-leads a Meetup. Currently works as the Operations Manager for GreenMellen – a web design agency in Marietta, Georgia.
Ali Green
A gifted problem solver, Ali is able to convert a daunting mix of wishes, ideas and technical requirements into elegantly simple outcomes by clarifying client goals, stimulating their strategic and tactical thinking and solving design challenges at each stage of a project, always with the end-user in mind.
Ali is a partner and creative director at GreenMellen in Marietta.
Kim Camp Smalley
Kim Camp Smalley is a freelance web accessibility consultant and web developer. She is a Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies (CPACC) by the International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP). Kim’s full-time gig is working with The University of Alabama’s Technology Accessibility Initiative as the Technology Accessibility Specialist in the Office of Information Technology. Previously, she worked for The University of Alabama Libraries as a Web Developer where she focused on accessibility and user experience and as a Web Developer in the UA’s College of Human Environmental Sciences. Kim’s interests include working with WordPress web development, accessibility, user experience, and analytics.
Nathan Ingram
“Nathan is the Host at iThemes Training where he teaches WordPress and freelance business development topics via live webinar.
He is also the creator of >ADVANCE Coaching, working with WordPress business owners individually and in groups to help them become more successful in their businesses.
Nathan has been a freelance web developer since 1995, and is based in Birmingham, Alabama where he is the lead organizer of WordCamp Birmingham.
You can learn more about Nathan at https://nathaningram.com.”
Alison Chandler
“From non-profits to agencies to sustainable brands, my clients share the same big picture goal—to make a difference! I help each organization communicate their distinctive qualities and increase brand awareness with cohesive marketing materials, such as logos, websites and print collateral. Design has great power and my passion is using that power for good! Let’s connect at alisonchandler.net.”
Su Schaer
I grew up in Milwaukee, WI (Yep, a Cheesehead!) and went to work in my dad’s Commercial Art studio after completing my BA at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem, Israel. I moved to Atlanta with my daughter (and previous husband) in the summer of 2000. After living happily in the land of print (and logo/identity) design for over 25 years, I started working in WordPress, which has opened many new doors for me. A collaborative creative process is what I love most. The Atlanta WordPress community is the Best!
Contact:
Twitter: @NimbleDesignATL
Website: nimbledesignteam.com
Mark Deal
Guiding experts to showcase authority through podcast interviews and advising companies to build exposure through branded shows – I’m a content guy that loves syndicatable media creation. I also build niche websites and host live events such Podcast Atlanta (local podcast event group) and PMx (National TEDx style talks for podcasters). Essentially: I’m a facilitator of relationships, curator of content, and builder of focused communities.
Jocelyn Mozak
“Owner, Web Designer, Mom and WordCamp Speaker
Born and raised on the East Coast, Jocelyn attended Cornell University, graduating Cum Laude with a Bachelor’s degree. She continued on to Stanford University, where she obtained her Master’s in Electrical Engineering.
While her education in engineering certainly refined her technical and analytical skills, it is her passion for what she does that makes her an outstanding WordPress web designer. She is an expert in thinking outside the box and filtering out the key points amidst all the noise.
Jocelyn loves to joke: I am a CSS Goddess with a Magic Wand. Just send me your issue and “poof” it’s fixed!
In her ‘off time’ you can find her helping her sons with their homework, scouting, school field trips and all activities involving kids, animals and husband!
Jocelyn loves life, family, friends and running my business with her team!”
Jenny Munn
Jenny Munn is a Digital Marketer specializing in Search Engine Marketing (SEM/SEO) for the K-12 Education Industry. She is focused on generating awareness, traffic and conversions to help businesses fill their pipelines faster. Jenny is passionate about her field, and is a frequent speaker on SEO and website marketing. Jenny has taught SEO at EdNET, WordCamp Atlanta, NAIS, PRSA, Digital Atlanta, Business Marketing Association, Atlanta Tech Village, and various digital marketing organizations. Find out more at https://jennymunn.com/.
Christine Laikind
Been self employed for over 15 years as a entrepreneur, as marketing strategist, graphic designer and website designer. Born deaf, mainstreamed at early age. While living in the hearing world, am amused how people take sound for granted.
Bret Phillips
“I’m Bret Phillips, an Entrepreneur, Musician, and Web Master.
In general I’m drawn to technology. The math and science of how things works. Things like “”systems and processes”” get my adrenaline pumping, and enjoy finding solutions. The internet and music have much in common from that perspective.
Tech
I’m a Business Consultant for the Digital Marketing agency Sideway8. National Committee member for 48in48 (48 websites in 48 hours for 48 nonprofits). Organizing Committee of WordCamp Atlanta and ATL WordPress Meetup.
Music
Multi-instrumentalist, producer, recording engineer. I really enjoy the process of writing and recording music. My focus primarily consists of progressive rock, metal, hip hop, and jazz.”