Alonso Indacochea
speaking at 9am on The New WordPress Paradigm in the General track
Alonso is making his first appearance at WCGR, having traveled all the way from Albuquerque, NM. He is fully immersed in WordPress and as the CEO of 11 Online, a full service digital agency, he and his team build, fix, and maintain websites for their clients.
WordPress aside, he is a lover of cinema and has an active family life which includes his wife, daughter, twin toddler boys, and their neurotic dog, Rafa.
Business site- https://11online.us
Speaker Deck- https://speakerdeck.com/alonso_in
Benjamin Turner
speaking at 9am on Developer Workflow Using Local by Flywheel in the Developer track
Benjamin, a full stack Web Developer since 2012, is tackling many firsts this year both as a new hire at Flywheel as a Happiness Engineer and making the long cross-country trip from Portland, Oregon to speak at WordCamp Grand Rapids. Aside from that, he can often be found working on both the front and back end of websites as well as handling content migration, DevOps, and the complexities of infrastructure.
LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/in/bgturner
Flywheel bio- https://getflywheel.com/layout/author/ben-turner
Flywheel team- https://getflywheel.com/about/team
RJ Mey
speaking at 9:30am on Lando: Making Local Development Absolutely Beautiful in the Developer track
A front end web developer, writer, and analyst with experience working for marketing agencies in the Metro Detroit area, RJ has 5 years experience with WordPress both as a user and developer. He’s thorough and smart and is currently applying these skills to his job at American Expedition Vehicles as well as helping out Girl Develop It Detroit, a nonprofit organization that exists to provide affordable and judgment-free opportunities for women interested in learning web and software development, as an instructor and teaching assistant.
LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/in/rj-mey-80b85447
WC Detroit- https://2018.detroit.wordcamp.org/speaker/rj-mey
Andrew Norcross
speaking at 10am on GDPR and Other Fun Things in the General track
A native of Princeton, New Jersey, Andrew is a tenured professor of archeology at Marshall College. He successfully protected the Ark of the Covenant, saved innocent lives, and found the Holy Grail! …Oh wait, that’s Indiana Jones. Andrew Norcross writes code, builds fancy things for the interweb, and drinks an absurd amount of coffee. He currently works at Liquid Web and lives in Florida with his two adorable rescue dogs.
LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/in/norcross
Personal site- https://andrewnorcross.com
SlideShare- https://www.slideshare.net/norcross
Michelle Schulp
speaking at 10am on Cheat Code, Combo, or Power-Up: Why We Choose Someone Else’s Code in the Developer track
Michelle used her education in Visual Communication, with minors in Psychology and Sociology, to build her business as an independent graphic designer and front-end developer based out of Minneapolis. Growing these skills, she has been able to move into front-end development and user experience design where she focuses on solving tangible problems and achieving real, people-driven goals through a strategy-based approach to design.
Fortunately for us, she is not all work and no play. Passionately active in the open source community, she can frequently be found speaking, volunteering, and organizing various events and workshops around the country.
Business site- http://marktimemedia.com
Personal site- http://mynameismichelle.com
Speaking list- http://mynameismichelle.com/talks