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Sean has been a full-stack PHP web developer since 2002. His current specialties have been in WordPress powered sites since 2011 and WooCommerce powered shops since early 2017. Sean co-organizes and speaks at the West Valley WordPress Meetup<\/a> as well as the WooCommerce Los Angeles Meetup<\/a>. At his day job Sean is Founder at Coded Commerce, LLC<\/a>, where he helps his clients with WordPress and WooCommerce, powered online stores.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSarah Decker\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Sarah is the Senior Search Strategist at TopHatRank.com LLC, a Los Angeles-based SEO Agency. She comes from a web development and marketing background and transitioned into SEO in 2011. She loves cats and foxes, basically anything furry, and is an avid outdoor adventurer.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJason Orellana\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Jason graduated from ITT with a degree in Software Development but most of his practical knowledge in web development came from a wide array of online courses. After going on a few interviews and being unable to land an entry-level programming\/ development job that paid, he leveraged the WordPress platform, specializing in page builders, to build sites for customers and growing his skills, building unique sites for clients.
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJen Miller\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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As an international speaker and host of the Be Seen Blogging podcast, Jen Miller has entertained and trained audiences large and small on topics such as Content Strategy, Brand Voice, Local SEO, Developing Community, Business Systems, and Content Curation. With more than twenty years of journalism, public relations and copywriting expertise, Jen Miller helps clients gain skills and share stories through Need Someone To Blog, a highly-targeted, hyperlocal blogging service founded in 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Previous speaking locations include Paris, Nijmegen, Raleigh, Irvine, Los Angeles, San Diego, Sacramento and Riverside with audiences ranging anywhere from 30-1500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miller has served on the org teams for several WordCamps in Southern California and founded WomenWhoWP.org, an organization which supports women in WordPress. She also volunteers on the Make.WordPress.org Marketing Team and is a MeetUp organizer for her local WordPress group.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAmy Hall\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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It\u2019s not a surprise that Amy Hall is referred to as the MacGyver of MailChimp. For the last ten years, Amy has been taking content management out of the hands of business owners who are already juggling too many tasks. Not only is she a certified MailChimp Partner & Expert, but she builds WordPress websites, writes optimized content, and provides hands-on WordPress training to her clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When it comes to speaking, Amy is a natural. After all, she started the Carlsbad WordPress Meetup. Amy is in her element when showing WordPress users how to optimize their forms, perfect their lead generation, and make their WordPress sites perform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When she\u2019s not training clients on how to best create their business funnel, she spends time with her husband, a minister in Carlsbad, takes her grandkids to museums, painting classes, and enjoying nature. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Say hi to Amy on Twitter at @GenuineAmyHall and check out her bio at amyhall.biz.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSumner M Davenport\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Sumner Davenport creates, manages and protects the online exposure of clients in selected niches, through her long-standing organization, Sumner M. Davenport & Associates, LLC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sumner is a specialist in Web Accessibility (WCAG 2.0). She is active in Accessibility and legal conferences and educational venues and speaks regularly on topics related to compliance issues for websites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She is a member of the International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP).\u202f She and her team have built, maintained, evaluated and corrected dozens of WordPress websites to Accessibility standards. She is owned by a rescue dog named Tigger and his rescue cat, Merlin. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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Tatiana Garrett Mulry has been leading cross-functional teams, making and implementing profitable decisions in large global corporations, and expanding non-profits and high growth startups for more than 25 years. With a passion for always helping others expand their skill mastery to unveil new opportunities, she created a business growth agency in 2010, then opened an entrepreneur resource and empowerment center called Steamwork in 2017. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also teaches digital media skills at the University of Southern California, and has combined her rich background in marketing, leadership and education to provide live and online workshops to corporate leaders, educators and students. She is committed to equipping the next generation of doers with the skillset to decide and act with clarity, character and confidence.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTaylor Waldon\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Taylor Waldon is the Content Writer for Impress.org, creators of GiveWP and WP Business Reviews. She has a passion for WordPress and over 8 years of professional experience in marketing, website content management, as well as content writing and editing. She spent a few years traveling and living in various locations around the United States while supporting herself through remote work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recently, Taylor resettled in her hometown of San Diego, where she lives with her two dogs and explores San Diego through mini-hiking adventures.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tChris Aldrich\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Chris is a biomedical engineer with interests in the entertainment, publishing, education, and journalism sectors and is a strong advocate of the IndieWeb movement.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJoseph Dickson\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Joseph is a web developer in higher education at Pitzer College and an avid fan of the WordPress.org project. He is also a member of the Inland Empire WordPress Meetup group and part of WordCamp Riverside’s team of organizers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Previously, Joseph has spoken at WordCamp Los Angeles and Riverside on Child Theme development and WordPress multisite.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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Mikey is a researcher, writer, and speaker who specializes in malware identification and taxonomy. He is passionate about information security, data privacy, and the open source community. He holds a GWAPT certification and is a member of the GIAC Advisory Board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a Threat Analyst at Defiant, Mikey analyzes threat intelligence in order to provide up-to-date malware signatures and firewall rules to Wordfence users worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Outside of his work he enjoys tabletop gaming and cooking, and dreams of starting a nonprofit to make DFIR more accessible to charities.

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDavid Nuon\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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David Nuon is a fullstack software engineer from Long Beach, CA. His technical interests include website architecture and image processing. When he’s not laughing at his own jokes, he mentors fledgling developers or making art commenting on our fast-paced tech world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He hosts Code and Coffee, Long Beach and is an active member of the Long Beach chapter of the Los Angeles WordPress meetup. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAmit Ojha\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Amit is a results-oriented technology professional with years of diversified and global experience. Thoroughly versed in all aspects of Architecture, Development, and Operations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have demonstrated success in managing global technology teams with a focus on aligning technology goals and maintaining cost-effective approach that anticipates and exceeds business and customer needs. I specialize in strategic planning to achieve business goals by identifying and prioritizing development initiatives and setting timetables for the evaluation, development, and deployment of all technology.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJason Cosper\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Jason gets paid to nerd out over WordPress and make it go fast. No, really. TBH, it’s pretty nice work if you can get it. He also spends a ton of time with his wife Sarah and chihuahua, Gomez. Jason’s passions include hanging out in musty record stores, drinking whiskey, smoking meats, and sampling craft beers.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tKat Christofer\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Kat is a WordCamp Europe 2019 co-organizer and part of the WooCommerce team, writing and editing documentation for core and 150+ products. Her WordPress journey began in 2007 at WP.com, then moved to self-hosted and building eCommerce stores. A digital nomad for three years, she travels 24\/7\/365 and is in love with the sea but surfs badly.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJessi Gurr\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Jessi has been hand-coding websites since the day her dad brought home an AOL floppy disk in 1993. She started a website development company in 2005, and today runs a website development company in Minnesota, with 9 employees. A passionate entrepreneur, Jessi loves creating jobs, speaking about her experience growing a company, and mentoring freelancers and aspiring entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jessi lives in Anoka, MN with her two young boys Cedar and River. Her six-year-old designs her hair color(s). When not running a business or chasing children, you can find her in the vegetable garden or whipping up an impromptu vegan dinner.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGlenn Zucman\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Hello! I’m Glenn Zucman, a Free Culture artist. I believe in inclusive, Open Source art forms like Street Photography, Social Practice, and Public Art. Forms that include an active audience as co-creators in works that explore the depth and diversity of humankind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve created dozens of WordPress “Art Websites”. WordPress is the perfect tool for projects like Runaway University, Medici University, Letters to Skynet, Love Beach and others. The technical power and functional ease of WordPress make it ideal for these projects. Perhaps more importantly, as an Open Source platform that respects freedom, WordPress is a tool that is completely consistent with my values as a creator. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve taught art at Long Beach State University for the past 14 years. At the beginning of this year I launched the Nonfiction Photography Workshop, a Meetup group for photographers interested in photojournalism, documentary, and street photography.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMatt Kopala\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Matt is the founder of SiteDistrict, a powerful & flexible WordPress hosting platform. He has a degree in Computer Engineering and was on the design team for AMD’s first 64-bit processor. Matt is passionate about understanding and helping people solve technical problems. He feels that WordPress hosts should do as much as possible to provide good performance, security, and automation. He enjoys travel and has spent close to 4 years backpacking around the world.
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tKameron Jenkins\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Kameron Jenkins is the founder of Soapboxly, an agency specializing in content marketing and strategy, as well as the SEO Wordsmith at Moz, a leading voice in the field of search engine optimization. She’s one of the authors of the famous Beginner’s Guide to SEO and formerly served as the VP of SEO at Scorpion, a digital marketing agency in Valencia. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDave Braun\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Dave loves to work with clients to help their websites be the hub of their marketing wheel! He’s invested years learning the technical aspects of WordPress web design as well as writing copy to help make client’s messages clear and not confusing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, Dave helps web developers and others find virtual assistants and helps them be more productive through his programs at HireMyVA.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also partners with Larry Broughton on several projects and businesses, including coaching and masterminding and has consulted with hundreds of entrepreneurs these last few years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prior to Pro Website Creators, Dave worked at a semiconductor company for almost 30 years, led teams across multiple continents, and holds six patents. He also has co-created several iPhone apps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dave enjoys spending time with his wife, working out, attending church in Irvine, CA, and is a certified John Maxwell team coach. He has been married to his amazing wife of more than 35 years, Cheryl. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBill Weissbard\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Bill Weissbard has been an avid WordPress user for 10 years and a developer for over a year. He has taught website programming languages to High School students.
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSergio Scabuzzo\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Sergio Scabuzzo has been in the sustainability world for many years, helping build gardens, bee keeping, teaching about (and installing) water harvesting systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Has been working with computers for even longer. It all started with his first computer (Windows 95). Interest on all things internet quickly escalated to, among other things, setting up web and email servers on his desktop. Then in 2008 he switched gears and started using, and fell in love with, WordPress. It felt natural to merge his two passions to form Ecotechie.io. Since those days he’s been helping non profits spread their message by maintaining better performing and more secure WordPress sites.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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Jon is a payments expert and has spent the last ten years helping web hosts, software companies and developers earn recurring revenue by bundling payment processing with their core product offering as a value-added-service. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jon attended 11 WordCamps last year and is passionate about empowering the community by educating store owners and store builders on how to lower costs through interchange optimization and increase security through best practices. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When he is not snuggling with his cats and cooking with wife he loves to travel and enjoys seeking adventure in the places he visits through watching live music, rock climbing, trail running, hiking and surfing.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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Chris Lema has been building eCommerce sites since 1997, back when it would take a lot of time, cost a lot of money, and still didn\u2019t work perfectly. Today he\u2019s the VP of Products at Liquid Web, where he\u2019s designed and launched a new platform dedicated to WooCommerce stores.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":13667951,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PamRTD-8","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/santaclarita.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/santaclarita.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/santaclarita.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/santaclarita.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13667951"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/santaclarita.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/santaclarita.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2314,"href":"https:\/\/santaclarita.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions\/2314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/santaclarita.wordcamp.org\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}