First batch of WordCamp speakers announced
Hamilton’s annual WordPress conference WordCamp Hamilton is taking place on Saturday June 4th at McMaster Innovation Park!
The first batch of speakers has been announced – check out the line-up below!
Speakers
BEN COOL
My name is Ben Cool and I work for A2 Hosting as the Application Optimizer / WordPress Evangelist. I have three kids and live across the lake in Ann Arbor, MI, USA. I have given presentations on System Administration topics at WCCBUS and WCA2. I am a co-organizer for WordCamp Ann Arbor in charge of volunteers and contributor day. I am a member of the WordPress.tv team (no badges). As a developer for a Hosting company, I am responsible for developing internal tools and websites as well as performance optimization tools for customers such as A2 Optimized (https://wordpress.org/plugins/a2-optimized-wp). Attending the WordPress community summit was a highlight for me last year.
RYAN WELCHER
Ryan Welcher has been a web developer for over 12 years and over the course of his career has had the opportunity to work with many coding languages, frameworks and technologies. He is currently a Senior Web Engineer at 10up where he builds enterprise level WordPress themes and plugins. In his spare time you may find him contributing to WordPress core, reading up on a new technology or spending time with his wife and three children.
ARLEY MCBLAIN
I’m a front-end developer from Burlington. I’ve been making websites for over twenty years, and WordPress themes for nearly ten! I spend most of my time with Object Oriented CSS, experimenting with streamlining workflows, and optimizing tools. I currently lead a team of developers at Carpages.ca, and love to nerd out about keyboards.
KATHLEEN FARLEY
Kathleen Farley is a computer geek, teacher, learner, vinyl junkie, hockey fan, and recovering non-profit executive. Occasionally she breaks (and fixes) computers. Not necessarily in that order.
The Montreal-born technologist trained as an audio engineer before moving to Hamilton, Canada in 2007. She now runs Maisonneuve Music, a Hamilton-based independent record label.
Kathleen has been teaching web technology and data management to beginners since 2009 under the moniker Robobunnyattack! She’s currently a bestselling web technology course author on Udemy with over 11,000 students. She also serves on the faculty at Harris Institute, a private music industry school in Toronto where she teaches future rock stars how to make websites and other cool things.
Along with her partner Michael Chambers, Kathleen is the co-founder of Audiohackr, a startup that helps indie musicians, producers, and DIY labels make the most of technology.
Udemy: https://www.udemy.com/u/robobunnyattack/
LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/kfarley
JAI SANGHA
I am involved in content creation and management in a number of ways. I work in communications at TD Bank, write weekly posts for two eCommerce blogs (SellwithWP.com and ShopStorm.com/blog), and have done copywriting for websites through a marketing agency. I finished my bachelors degree with a focus on communications from University of Toronto.
You can find my social profiles on jaisangha.com
MARIE WIESE
Marie Wiese is founder of Marketing CoPilot, a leading Canadian digital marketing agency that helps companies’ increase sales using digital and content marketing. In addition to running Marketing CoPilot, Marie is also an Executive-in-Residence at the Innovation Factory, a Regional Innovation Centre in Hamilton, Ontario where she coaches early stage companies on how to develop digital go-to-market strategies. Marie is author of The Essential Guide to Better Content Marketing and other related marketing guides. She is an entrepreneur, keynote speaker, mom and writer. Marie has spoken at industry events for the Canadian Marketing Association and Marketing Sherpa in the United States. She can be found online at https://ca.linkedin.com/in/marketingcopilot
MARCELO GRANADOS
I am a certified scrum master, passionate about Agile methodology and frameworks, over 15 years of experience on software and web development, I enjoy to work on teams sharing ideas to produce optimal results and release valuable products through WordPress as main development platform. www.marcelogranados.com