Two weeks to WordCamp London 2019. What better time to introduce you to our second group of speakers.
Discover the wonderful individuals who will be presenting across three tracks during the afternoon of 6 April 2019. There will a total of 14 speakers covering business, community, development, and so much more. Just some of topics to be featured include automation, eCommerce, GraphQL, Cognitive Design, and Content Monetisation. Attendees will certainly be spoilt for choice.
There are still tickets available for the two-day conference on 6 – 7 April 2019, and for the free Contributor Day on the 5 April. You can find the full schedule at London WordCamp 2019.
Cue drumroll. Please welcome to the stage… our speakers for the afternoon of 6 April.
Alison Rothwell
A former charity and government press officer, Alison decided to take her offline marketing skills online and launched two web retail businesses. Once she got them to the top of the search engines she was hooked on WordPress!
Alison then created a website management company, WP Fiddly Bits, to work with small businesses to keep their websites safely up and running, fix those niggly issues that occur and enable them to keep their sites and their online marketing up to date.
WP Fiddly Bits has grown to a team of six based in the UK, the Philippines and India with clients worldwide. They work with businesses ranging from blast cleaners to soap actors.
When not buying domain names online ‘just in case’, Alison can be found walking her border terrier on the Lancastrian moors.
Bet Hannon
She has worked with businesses and non-profits for more than 10 years, helping them build WordPress websites, integrate other communication channels, and learn how to use digital marketing tools more effectively.
She is the founder and COO of BH Marketing, which designs, builds and maintains accessible sites, including membership and e-commerce sites. Bet is a member of the Make WordPress Support Team.
Bet lives in Bend, Oregon, US, and runs the WordPress MeetUp there. This will be her first trip to the UK.
Chris Brosnan
He is a self-taught developer with seven years of professional experience and several more as a hobbyist tinkerer.
Chris has a particular interest in PHP and developing for WordPress, and has shared his passion for both in different industries including the charity sector, travel, financial software, blockchain and property sectors. When not coding, he enjoys film, comic books, board games, blogging and watching football. He is also a part-time postgraduate student at Birkbeck College.
David Lockie
His interests are in WordPress, blockchain, and other associated open source and decentralised tech. David is the founder and director of Pragmatic – the largest WordPress agency in Europe, which he started in 2012. David loves working with the team at Pragmatic in delivering websites that add real value to businesses, and in turn enjoys sharing his expertise on this topic at international conferences, such as WooConf and WordCamp.
Last year, David set up Dcent – an agency specialising in blockchain development. Through Dcent, he’s looking forward to exploring the exciting possibilities decentralised technologies have to offer.
Felix Arntz
A Developer Programs Engineer at Google and WordPress core committer from Germany, Felix currently resides in Switzerland.
He has been involved in contributing to WordPress and the open web for several years. His efforts revolve around both user experience and developer experience, with adoption of progressive web technologies and modern best practices, and application of proper data structures and design patterns. Within the Make WordPress core team, he is a maintainer of the Multisite, Capabilities and REST API components. He has published numerous open source plugins and libraries. Before joining Google, he was a freelancer and part-time contractor for Yoast.
When not doing WordPress stuff, Felix spends his time producing music, playing the piano and soccer.
He also contributes to documentation, meta and plugins on Make WordPress, has been a WordCamp organiser and is a translator.
Josepha Haden Chomphosy
She has been organizing and promoting events across the US since 2010. With experience in SEO, data science, and excellent written communication skills, Josepha began working with MMGY Global, the largest travel and tourism marketing firm in North America.
She spent five years volunteering her time to the WordPress open source project.
In 2015, she was hired by Automattic. In her role, Josepha helps guide the future and support the ongoing health of the world’s largest volunteer open source community. This includes financial planning, sponsorship relations, volunteer training programs, and several diversity initiatives on a global scale.
She is also well-versed in conflict mediation tactics and has a knack for explaining complex topics clearly and respectfully.
Mark Wilkinson
A developer and co-founder of Highrise Digital, Mark has been using WordPress since late 2005, all the way back to version 2.0. He now focuses on building bespoke plugins and backend solutions for medium to large businesses.
He loves contributing to the WordPress community, particularly in the UK and you may have seen him speaking about development at your local MeetUp or WordCamp. He is a plugin developer contributor to Make WordPress.
Michael Burridge
A freelance WordPress theme and plugin developer based in Bristol, Michael was the Lead Organiser of the first do_action day in Europe.
A WordPress Evangelist, who enjoys reading all things about it. He is a WordCamp Europe 2019 organiser and contributes to the Make WordPress plugins team.
Ruth Raventós
She is one of the co-founders and CEO of Nelio Software, a startup focused on delivering WordPress-based services.
Before founding Nelio, she had worked in both the business world and at the University. She has been a University Lecturer at Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), Vice-Dean for Corporate Relations of the Barcelona School of Informatics, and Associate Lecturer at ESADE.
Sarah Semark
A designer, developer and world-traveller, Sarah ran a freelance design work business for eight years. She now works for Automattic, where she works on new products using emerging technologies.
She lives in Scotland in a small flat with very tall ceilings, but she can often be found in other parts of the world, tapping away anywhere there’s a power outlet – from ramshackle Soviet sleeper trains to a hut in the Amazon. When she’s not busy making things, Sarah likes obsessing on typography, collecting impractical footwear and exploring new places.
Sarah contributes to Make WordPress core, plugins, theme review and WordPress.TV teams.
Sean Gilroy
He co-created the BBC’s Neurodiversity initiative, CAPE (Creating a Positive Environment) in 2014 to improve awareness of hidden conditions such as Autism Spectrum Condition, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia and ADHD. The initiative has since produced interactive films, VR experiences, workshops, and accessible environment guidelines aimed toward improving employment opportunities for neurodivergent people.
Currently part of the BBC’s R&D team, Sean now leads the team bringing this experience to developing ideas around Cognitive Design, a new framework for design with Neurodiversity at its heart.
Tammie Lister
Working for Automattic as an experience producer, Tammie’s role is donated to the WordPress.org project full time.
Her background is varied and includes psychology, design, development and user experience. She is passionate about open source and community.
She has organised WordCamps and is a contributor on many Make WordPress Teams, including core, design, meta, theme review and plugins.
Tom Greenwood
Committed to sustainability, Tom is a designer and co-founder of the WordPress agency Wholegrain Digital.
He believes that design, technology and business can and should be used to create a better world that is truly sustainable. He is critically aware of the need to seek out the sweet spot between idealism and cold hard reality in order to drive forward progress.
Tom is a contributor to the Make WordPress plugins and has been supporting WordCamp London on sustainability.
When he needs to switch off, he will be found swimming in the sea or running around the woods with no shoes on.
Topher DeRosia
He is a WordPress developer from Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA, where he lives with his wife, two daughters and two little dogs.
Topher works as a WordPress Developer Evangelist for BigCommerce.
He contributes to Make WordPress core, plugin and Polyglots teams and has been both a WordCamp and MeetUp organiser.
FIND OUT MORE
The full schedule is available now and includes talks on Accessibility, Development, SEO and Design amongst others. Tickets are on sale, so what are you waiting for? Book your place.