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Paul started his web development journey in ’94 in vi on a SunSparc machine hand coding HTML tables. Since then he’s gone on to found a digital marketing agency ConnexSocial.com which focuses on helping mid to large businesses market their … Continue reading Paul Kortman Speaker Interview →

David is a digital marketer and online business builder who started building WordPress sites for Michigan-based small businesses in 2008. He has since shifted to the marketing realm, having led SEO and PPC campaigns for several national and global brands, … Continue reading David Veldt Speaker Interview →

Joe Rozsa has 30 years of design experience; 7 designing and using WordPress sites. He’s spoken at multiple WordCamps including Toronto (3 times), Buffalo, Columbus (2 times) and most recently was lead organizer for WordCamp North Canton. He’ll be presenting You Want … Continue reading Joe Rozsa Speaker Interview →

Jeff is the man behind WPTavern.com. On WPTavern, you’ll find reviews, news, screencasts, guest blog posts from some great WordPress community members and much more. He’ll be a panelist on Q&A Panel: Commercial Themes and Plugins. Interview Why do you use WordPress? … Continue reading Jeff Chandler Speaker Interview →

Doug jumped into WordPress in 2005 and has since put it to work on dozens of sites for clients, non-profit organizations, and just for fun. He is currently the co-owner of @SimplyCM, a homeschool curriculum publisher, where WordPress and bbPress … Continue reading Doug Smith Speaker Interview →

Kurt Hansen advises small to medium size businesses on their web presence. He delivers high quality websites using the wildly popular WordPress platform. His expertise includes finding solutions to real business needs using off-the-shelf components. Education has been an important … Continue reading Kurt Hansen Speaker Interview →

Dustin Hartzler is a WordPress developer and podcaster. In addition to building websites for clients, he is the host of one of the most popular WordPress podcasts; Your Website Engineer Podcast. He enjoys digging into topics and teaching listeners how … Continue reading Dustin Hartzler Speaker Interview →

Patrick spends most of the work day slicing and dicing code to help out WooThemes customers. He also organizes the Appleton WordPress Meetup and regularly speaks at the Web920 Meetup. Patrick loves to be outside, to run, and to practice … Continue reading Patrick Rauland Speaker Interview →

Lisa Ghisolf is Gizmo Creative Factory, with 17+ years in print, web & email design, and 10 years in business. She’s worked with big and small agencies alike, creating print work and websites for Kraft, Allstate & many corporations & … Continue reading Lisa Ghisolf Speaker Interview →

Christoph has lived in Eastern Iowa since 1995 after moving to Iowa City from Germany. He’s currently United Way of East Central Iowa’s VP of Communications and Innovation. Before that he was United Way’s marketing manager, worked as a newspaper … Continue reading Christoph Trappe Speaker Interview →