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  • Aaron Reimann

    Aaron is a PHP developer that started and sold an agency called Sideways8. He is currently running ClockworkWP, a design, development and hosting shop. He has built sites for companies of all shapes and sizes, ranging from small nonprofits to Fortune 100 companies, since beginning his work with WordPress in 2008. An organizer for WordCamp …

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  • Adam Silverstein

    Adam is a WordPress core committer where he works to fix bugs and to improve modern web capabilities and performance. As a Developer Relations Engineer on Chrome’s Web Platform team at Google, he focuses on making the open web better for everyone.

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  • Afshana Diya

    Afshana Diya is the CMO at WPDeveloper.com, a company that powers up over 5 million WordPress websites. In addition, she serves as the Community Deputy for WordPress.org and is a key organiser of various WordCamps.

  • Ahmed Kabir Chaion

    Ahmed is: Noteworthy Contributor to WordPress 6.1, 6.0, 5.9 & 5.8 Core Contributor to WordPress 6.2, 6.1,6.0, 5.9, 5.8, 5.7 & 5.6 Polyglots Team Rep and former Design Team Rep Release Squad Member for WordPress 5.9, 6.0 and 6.1 GTE for English_AU Yoast Care Recipient

  • Alice Orrù

    "Alice is a multilingual content writer and translator with a penchant for accessibility, software localization, and WordPress. She writes and translates content that describes the activity of freelancers and WordPress companies in a transparent, reliable and inclusive way. Alice joined the WordPress community in 2015 and works with the Italian Polyglots team. She co-authored the …

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  • Amir Arabnezhad

    Amir is a WordPress developer, who is currently working as a Tier 3 Technical Support and Junior Developer at Barn2 Plugins. He is a WordCamp Asia 2023 speaker and loves to explore new things with WordPress.

  • Amy Kamala

    Driven by passion and empathy, Amy has spent her career as a Full Stack Developer dedicated to facilitating the success of WordPress users and organizations around the globe.

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  • Ana Cirujano

    Ana is a digital business designer with a bachelor’s degree in Sociology with 15+ years of experience in web design, branding and web typography.

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  • Andrija Radojev

    Andrija Radojev has worked on various projects in the field of IT, which include websites, video games, and information systems. He is the founder of the video game studio Thunder Strike, which has received multiple awards at home and abroad for innovative and socially responsible projects.

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  • Anna Moragli

    Anna Moragli is Founder of Search Magic and an SEO Consultant with 7 years of experience. She works with companies around the world, helping them implement cutting-edge SEO processes, from link building strategies to site structure and technical setup.

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  • Anne McCarthy

    Anne McCarthy (she/they) works for Automattic as a sponsored contributor to the WordPress.org project, spearheading the FSE Outreach Program and participating on multiple release squads in various capacities.

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  • Ant Miller

    Ant has been delivering websites to clients for over 23 years, eight of those in the WordPress space. He's been a pm, a producer, account manager, product owner, client and commercial director, and worked on sites small and (very) large.

  • Ben May

    Ben May is Managing Director of The Code Company, a technical WordPress development agency based in Australia. The Code Company works with media companies in both the United States and the United Kingdom to deploy large, complex WordPress platforms.

  • Bernhard Kau

    Bernhard is a PHP developer living in Berlin. He is a passionate WordPress user, plugin developer and community member. Co-organises his local WordPress Meetup and WordCamp Berlin. He joined the WordCamp Europe organizing team in 2017 and was one of the Global Leads for WCEU 2020, 2020 Online and 2022.

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  • Birgit Olzem

    Birgit Olzem, a WordPress enthusiast extraordinaire, juggles diverse roles and advocates for mental health awareness, diversity, and unsung contributors. A proud mother and grandmother, she also consults on personal branding and explores surface pattern design. Birgit embodies the WordPress spirit, champions community, and connects humanity with humor and warmth.

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  • Bud Kraus

    Bud Kraus has been working with WordPress as an in-class and online instructor, site developer, and content creator for over 13 years. 

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  • Carolina Nymark

    Carolina Nymark is a member of the WordPress Core Team at Yoast. She is a developer from Stockholm, Sweden, and has contributed to WordPress and the official theme directory for over twelve years.

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  • Carrie Dils

    Carrie Dils is a WordPress-loving freelance developer with 20+ years of experience in web development and deep experience in full-scope WordPress projects.

  • Cathi Bosco

    Cathi is a UX Research Manager at Pantheon and works with top talent world-wide, using Open Source solutions to empower people to get the best possible UX Research & Design for their projects

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  • Chaya Oosterbroek

    Chaya is a passionate advocate for authenticity and equality. Her mission is to empower individuals to embrace their true selves and create a world where everyone has equal opportunities. Chaya believes that true progress can only be achieved by embracing diversity and fostering an inclusive society. Not only does she celebrate Pride within the Yoast …

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  • Chris Lubkert

    Chris has been on both sides of the investment table. He is the co-founder of Extendify, which has raised capital to help WordPress hosts create a better onboarding experience.

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  • Chris Miles

    Chris is a Product Manager for Bluehost in Salt Lake City, Utah. He has done freelance web development and marketing for over a decade. He discovered WordPress in 2011 and has used it to build sites for clients and non-profits ever since.

  • Constanze Kratel

    Senior Developer Relations Manager at BigCommerce focused upon integration of WP for ecommerce. Developer Advocate and Community Manager at Microsoft in the past. Mom of 2 boys and 2 cats. Loves to travel.

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  • Daniel Kanchev

    As SiteGround's Director of Product Development, Daniel Kanchev plays an important role in driving the company's AI initiatives. With a passion for technology, user experience, security, and performance, Daniel leads a dedicated AI team within the Product Development department to help shape SiteGround's long-term vision and goals. Daniel's expertise and enthusiasm make him a valuable …

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  • Dario Jazbec Hrvatin

    Dario is a Content Manager for OnTheGoSystems, the company behind WPML and Toolset plugins. Born in Croatia, Dario now lives in Slovenia with his wife, daughter, and our chihuahua dog.

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  • David Artiss

    By day, David Artiss works as the EMEA Support Lead at WordPress VIP. His thirty plus years of experience in IT support roles has given him the chance to cultivate the art of truly taking care of people and writing so anyone can understand. 

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  • Dawid Urbański

    Currently, a full-stack developer working primarily with JavaScript, TypeScript, and Node. Former JavaScript Technical Lead at CKSource. Die-hard WordPress fan. Raised on PHP and WordPress. In love with Gutenberg. Making websites since 2010. Plugins author and speaker. Certified Codeable expert.

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  • Fellyph Cintra

    His history with WordPress started in 2008 when he developed his first theme. After this, Fellyph used WordPress working in digital agencies, news portals, and most recently, with Google.

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  • Francesca Marano

    "I support developers who build the open web." I am a second-generation woman in tech, and I have been tinkering with computers since I was eight. I am the Director of Engineering Learning and Growth at XWP, where I support the professional growth of our engineering team, made up of over fifty people worldwide. I …

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  • Gabriella Laster

    As Senior Product Marketer at Elementor, Gabriella is responsible for increasing adoption, engagement, and awareness of the Elementor plugin, and spreading the word about Elementor AI among new and existing users.

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  • Giulia Laco

    Giulia is a web designer/developer who has been working on the web since its very beginning (mid ’90s), now evolved to be a web typography & web fonts specialist. She loves intersections among different disciplines. She loves both theory & practice. She loves optimizing websites from different perspectives.

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  • Hristo Pandjarov

    Hristo is a true WordPress pro and long-term WordPress community member, who’s done it all: from building WordPress websites, to designing WordPress themes and developing award-winning WordPress plugins, to building entire large-scale WordPress-based systems.

  • Ivan Popov

    Ivan is the CEO of Vipe Studio, а WordPress development agency. He was first introduced to web development as a kid, and his passion only grew further. He has years of experience in web development under his belt.

  • Ivo Oltmans

    Ivo is a Dutch native who lives in Barcelona. He leads sales at Quaderno.io and has helped thousands of companies with tax compliance.

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  • James Dominy

    After studying at the University of Natal in South Africa, and graduating with German and psychology as additional majors, James has moved through teaching, bioinformatics, working with small startups and onto more education – before returning to his roots at Amazon working on EC2 and more recently at WPEngine.

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  • James Giroux

    James Giroux, founder of TeamWP, brings over fifteen years of experience in the WordPress community, having worked alongside some of the industry's most renowned brands. James is dedicated to helping senior leaders and team managers enhance team engagement through data-driven insights and actionable strategies that promote open, people-first cultures.

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  • Jamie Madden

    I have extensive experience working with WordPress. I am founder of WC Vendors Marketplace. I am passionate about WordPress and have spoken at meetups, WordCamps and more.

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  • Javier Salinas

    As a designer with more than twenty years of experience, Javier has worked in almost all areas related to visual creation: graphic design, web design, photography, cinema, series, advertising, events, video art, and much more.

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  • Jessica Lyschik

    Jessica Lyschik is a frontend developer at Extendify with 17 years of experience creating web solutions for clients of all sizes. After spending almost a decade coding with Python, she went full-time on developing for WordPress in 2015. She enjoys diving deep into creating solutions with CSS, the block editor, and the performance optimization of …

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  • Jonas Andrijauskas

    @jonasltu@jonasltu Jonas is a husband, father of three, photography and moto enthusiast. Senior Software Engineering Manager at GoDaddy. Passionate about effective and customer-valued, focussed software development. He joined the WordCamp Europe organising team in 2017 and was one of the Global Leads for WCEU 2020. Session

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  • Jonathan Bossenger

    Jonathan is a developer, writer, and educator from Cape Town, South Africa with a passion for open-source software. Since 2022 he has been a full-time member of the WordPress Training Team, sponsored by Automattic.

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  • Jonathan Wold

    Jonathan joined the WordPress community 18 years ago and has been all in ever since. Jonathan thinks about WordPress as an Operating System for creating on the Open Web and invests his time and energy into growing the WordPress ecosystem. He enjoys reading widely, creating music, playing strategy games, and occasionally writing in third person.

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  • José Ramón “Moncho” Padrón García

    @monchomad@monchomad SiteGround Spain Country Manager. Meetup and WordCamp of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria’s co-organiser, Deputy of the WP Global Community Team and WordCamps mentor. Iria’s father, horse riding, metal music in a daily basis, foodie, sci-fi addicted. Session

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  • Josepha Haden Chomphosy

    Josepha Haden Chomphosy is an accomplished leader and technologist in open source software. As the Executive Director of WordPress, she oversees the strategic direction of the world's most widely used content management system (CMS), with 43% of all websites globally powered by WordPress.

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  • Junko Nukaga

    Junko Nukaga lives on a small island in Japan called Ogijima. She works as a freelance web designer and is the director of a non-profit library. Her contributions to the WordPress community began as co-lead organizer of WordCamp Osaka 2012, lead organizer of WordCamp Kansai 2014 and WordCamp Ogijima 2020, and a member of the …

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  • Laura Elizabeth

    Laura is a designer and the founder of 3 products: Client Portal – client-portal.io – (a super simple way to store your clients' deliverables), Design Academy – designacademy.io – (a design course for developers), and Project Pack – projectpack.co – (sets of templates and documents for freelancers and agencies).

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  • Lazar Bulatovic

    Lazar Bulatovic is the first and only blind public speaking coach in the world. He also performs web accessibility testing. Due to the difficulties to find the right employment and many unpleasant experiences with recruiters, he decided to start a public speaking and presentation skills agency.

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  • Lesley Molecke

    Lesley runs Cornershop Creative, a small WordPress agency that caters to non-profits in the United States. Gardener, cat and dog mom, and human mum too. Likes cookie dough more than cookies.

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  • Louise Towler

    Louise is the Founder of Indigo Tree, a digital agency with deep expertise in WordPress websites, technical SEO and commercial performance for clients across the UK. With over three decades of experience in software and website development, Louise is driven by a passion to deliver the very best combination of technology, sustainability and business excellence.

  • Lovro Mrsic

    My name is Lovro Mrsic, and I am a driven high school student with a clear mission: to simplify the daily lives of individuals. Drawing on my innovative thinking and passion for creating user-friendly solutions, I developed a unique Collab Cart plugin designed to foster customer collaboration.

  • Luigi Teschio

    Luigi loves all the things that work with the bits. He strongly supports open source and the spirit of knowledge sharing. Software craftsman at Automattic: maintainer of WooCommerce Blocks project.

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  • Luis Herranz

    After some years working at recording studios, Luis started on his entrepreneurship path in 2011 with TrainYourEars, an ear training software that is still widely used.

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  • Maestro Stevens

    Maestro Stevens is a highly skilled marketer, webmaster, and founder of The Iconic Expressions creative agency. He has 8+ years of experience in digital marketing and expertise in areas such as marketing strategy, brand strategy, website development, and project management.

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  • Mainul Kabir Aion

    A data storyteller and marketing strategist. Involved in Meetups in Dhaka since 2017 and has been part of many global WordCamps as a speaker, organizer, and volunteer. Currently, helping multiple WordPress product companies to grow and market their products.

  • Marco Berrocal

    I'm a WordPress developer out of Costa Rica, and over the course of the years, have become very much involved with WordPress and the concept of community and serving others in order to help them grow as professional developer.

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  • Matías Ventura

    Matías Ventura is a visionary force at Automattic, leading the charge in revolutionising how we experience the digital world. With an unwavering passion for design and technology, Matías has been instrumental in shaping the future of web publishing and content creation. As the Product Architect of Automattic, Matías is a driving force behind the user-centric …

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  • Matias Ventura 

    Matías Ventura is a visionary force at Automattic, leading the charge in revolutionising how we experience the digital world. With an unwavering passion for design and technology, Matías has been instrumental in shaping the future of web publishing and content creation.

  • Matt Mullenweg

    Matt is co-founder of the open-source publishing platform WordPress, which now powers over one-third of all sites on the web. He is the founder and CEO of Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, WooCommerce, Tumblr, WPVIP, Day One, and Pocket Casts. Additionally, Matt runs Audrey Capital, an investment and research company.

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  • Merary Alvarado

    Merary is an accessibility evangelist with 12+ years of proven experience in executing, development and leading Accessibility processes in multiple digital industries. Merary trains clients on using accessibility monitoring software and assists in identifying strategies and solutions focused on A11y. Podcaster, Speaker, pet lover and passionate about data.

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  • Michael Burridge

    After a long career in web-development, primarily working with WordPress, Michael now works in Developer Relations and is passionate about assisting, guiding, and mentoring other developers to help them produce their best work.

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  • Milana Cap

    Milana Cap is a WordPress engineer at XWP, WordPress Documentation Team representative, and Documentation Focus lead for WordPress 5.8 and co-lead for WordPress 5.9, 6.0, and 6.1 release cycles. She has helped organise some of the largest WordPress conferences, WordCamp Europe 2018 and 2019, with a focus on Contributor Days.

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  • Miriam Schwab

    Miriam co-founded and built Strattic to bring an innovative and comprehensive approach to WordPress security and performance to the web at large. After being acquired by Elementor, Miriam continued to lead the Strattic unit until recently when she took on the role of Head of WordPress Relations at Elementor to act as a liaison between …

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  • Mitchell Leber

    Hi! I’m Mitchell Leber, Digital Designer at Level Level. I’m passionate about design, especially the visual aspect. For me the first impression is crucial, be it a physical product or a digital platform.

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  • Myles Lagolago-Craig

    With a career spanning over thirty years, Myles Lagolago-Craig has covered all the bases in the online media space, and different industries, at the enterprise level. He is the CEO of XWP, a enterprise-oriented WordPress agency, that delivers solutions for Earth’s biggest storytellers. He leverages curiosity and empathy to lead high-performing teams and make a …

  • Nahuai Badiola

    Nahuai is a WordPress developer who loves to share what he learns with the WordPress community. He contributes by giving talks, volunteering, translating and organizing events (Meetups, WordCamps…).

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  • Niels Lange

    Niels also works as a JavaScript Engineer for Automattic where he mainly works on the WooCommerce Blocks plugin. Outside work, he organises WordCamps and WordPress Meetups both in Europe and Asia.

  • Nora Ferreiros

    Nora is an UX/UI freelance designer based in Barcelona. From being part of the WordPress Community, Nora learned about the ability and power technology has to change and improve things. As a designer, she works to raise awareness of the impact our work in tech has on society and the planet.

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  • Oliver Sild

    Oliver is the CEO and co-founder of Patchstack. His company launched the very first bug hunting program for WordPress plugins (Patchstack Alliance) and is providing vulnerability intelligence & virtual patching solutions to many of the largest web hosting companies in the world.

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  • Patricia Brun Torre

    Patricia likes to get involved in the WordPress community, as it’s a pleasant way to give back to WordPress what WordPress allows her to accomplish on Virtuaza, PatriciaBT.com and Interaction.Site. Patricia co-organises the WordPress meetups in Geneva since 2013. She has been part of the WordCamps organisation teams in Swiss WordCamps since 2016. She has …

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  • Patrick Posner

    I’m one of those product guys in the WordPress space. Building plugins, tools, and frameworks for the best content management system in the world. I’m pretty good at writing PHP and have a solid understanding of the typical frontend stack. Sometimes I experiment with stuff like React or Node.js.

  • Pedro Crespo

    Pedro is a developer specialised in WordPress and WooCommerce and partner of mowomo, a company dedicated to custom development of themes and plugins.

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  • Petya Petkova

    WordPress is in my blood and my DNA is a full-stack developer ever since 2013. My passion is to create complex and creative front-end layouts but I mostly love to dive into the back-end universe with WordPress, where I combine the power of both worlds seamlessly.

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  • Petya Raykovska

    Petya is the Director of Agency Operations at Human Made, a global distributed WordPress agency. In 15+ years of experience in the software development industry, Petya’s held roles in product marketing and event management, enterprise media, product development, business operations, project management, and resource management. Petya has volunteered, lead, and enabled global open source communities, …

  • Rahul Bansal

    @rahul286@rahul286 India Rahul is the founder & CEO of rtCamp — an enterprise-grade WordPress consultancy agency based in India and the USA.  Rahul started using WordPress as a professional blogger in 2007, later he moved to freelancing and then to start the agency business, he is still leading.  All these years, he has contributed to …

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  • Rian Rietveld

    Rian is a digital accessibility specialist and web developer from the Netherlands. She works in Rotterdam for the WordPress agency Level Level as an accessibility consultant and is a trainer for the online learning platform about web accessibility: The A11Y Collective. She is part of web projects from start to finish, training both the Level …

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  • Robert Richardson

    Robert Richardson founded PeakZebra in 2020 to build tools to enhance user interaction on WordPress sites. Previously he served as editorial director of TechTarget’s Security Media Group, responsible for SearchSecurity.com and Information Security Magazine.

  • Rocío Valdivia

    Community Wrangler @ Automattic for WordCamp Central Spanish WordPress and Buddypress developer. Future is cooperation, not competition 🙂

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  • Roger Rosweide

    Roger is a former WordPress agency owner turned multi-tenant WordPress cloud platform CCO where their vision is that the next frontier of WordPress is SaaS. Roger has seen and practiced nearly all business models for agencies and propose that the way forward is product-led. There's a thriving future beyond the unexplored horizon: WordPress-based SaaS

  • Roslyn Lavery

    Entering the WordPress ecosystem in 2009 Roslyn joined the WooCommerce partnerships team 2 years ago. Roslyn brings a wealth of knowledge and experience across WordPress, partnerships and payments, from building WordPress and WooCommerce sites, to leading partnership efforts (both technology and technical/banking). She is passionate about open source, the communities that surround it, and the …

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  • Sarah Galantini

    Sarah is a creative coder from Brazil who was introduced to the world of WordPress after moving to the North Pole 9 years ago. She’s the lead Frontend Developer at Tromsø-based web agency, Gnist Design.

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  • Shane Pearlman

    Shane Pearlman has been deeply embedded in the WordPress community for approaching 2 decades. Founder of Modern Tribe, The Events Calendar, and now part of the leadership team at Stellar WP. Find me and let's chat! Entrepreneur, Freelance Evangelist, Speaker, Writer, Surfer, Kid Wrangler, Goat Herder, Real Estate & Renewable Energy Investor, Teacher, Intrepid Traveler …

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  • Silvio Endruhn

    Silvio is a media designer from Cologne who creates professional websites according to the latest standards. He specialises in designing individual layouts according customers' needs to bring the outdated site up to date.

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  • Siobhan McKeown

    Siobhan is COO of Human Made, a global enterprise WordPress agency and the makers of Altis DXP. She is one of the founders of WordCamp Europe, and a long-term contributor to the WordPress project, where she once led the docs team and wrote a book about the history of the project. She is a remote …

  • Sujay Pawar

    Sujay Pawar is the CEO of Brainstorm Force, a company he co-founded in 2009. With a passion for creating innovative solutions for WordPress users, Sujay has led the development of several popular products, including the Astra theme, Starter Templates, Ultimate Addons, CartFlows, Spectra and more. 

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  • Taeke Reijenga

    Taeke is a long-time WordPress enthusiast and actively involved in the community. He is the founder and CEO of Level Level, the founder of The A11Y Collective, drone pilot, sourdough baker and overall foodie.

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  • Tess Coughlan-Allen

    Tess is Head of Growth at Atomic Smash, a website performance agency in Bristol that specialises in WordPress and WooCommerce. Passionate about communicating ideas in creative ways, Tess loves finding new ways to build narratives around technology and collaborating with clients.

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  • Thelma Mutete

    I’m part of the WP community in Zimbabwe. I’ve worked with WP, volunteered & organised WordCamps in the past 5 years. I work at Automattic and I’m a digital nomad, invite me to your city!

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  • Thierry Muller

    Thierry is a Swiss Digital Wrangler leading the CMS ecosystem team and projects @Google as a Software Engineering Manager. He is truly passionate about code quality, open source, community driven projects and building enterprise solutions. He spent a great part of his career building products and web solutions for WordPress as well as driving open …

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  • Thijs Buijs

    Thijs runs Yellowlime, a digital agency, successfully. He’s based in Utrecht, The Netherlands. In his daily life he tries to act as sustainable as possible.

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  • Thomas Roberts

    Thomas is an active developer within the WooCommerce Blocks team and knows first-hand how you should build extensions for WooCommerce Blocks.

  • Tim Nash

    Tim is a WordPress security consultant. He helps organisations become more security conscious and keep themselves and you safe on the web. He is also known to give the odd talk here and there, as well as writing for and occasionally starring in some of the weirdest security improv comedy talks.

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  • Tor-Björn Fjellner

    Professional linguist, and Project Manager in IT and Telecommunications. On his free time — devoted WordPress contributor, most notable: – Global Mentor in WordPress “Polyglots” team – Main contributor in the Swedish community support forums.

  • Tycho de Valk

    Tycho de Valk is 16 years old and has almost three years experience as a WordPress support engineer. He recently started his own web development agency called Filius web solutions. Tycho lives in the Netherlands and still attends high school.

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  • Vassilena Valchanova

    Vassilena is a digital marketing strategist, trainer, and speaker. She has more than 15 years of experience in marketing strategy, content marketing, brand messaging, and CRO.

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  • Vikas Singhal

    Vikas is a passionate programmer and enterpreneur. He has been building sites and projects since he was a kid. He has been in the WordPress ecosystem for last 5 years, from building a plugin/theme company to a SaaS project, backed by Automattic. He is father of 2 lovely kids and loves to play volleyball in …

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  • Viola Gruner

    Marketing has fascinated me since I was young. I can hardly imagine a more exciting field of work in which creativity, communication and the ability to work in a team come into play more effectively. I gained some experience while working for a fulfilment scaleup as head of marketing and experienced two companies’ growth as …

  • Viola Gruner

    Marketing has fascinated me since I was young. I can hardly imagine a more exciting field of work in which creativity, communication and the ability to work in a team come into play more effectively.