2018 Fayetteville WordCamp Speakers
Brandon Kelley
Leveraging the WordPress platform for happy clients since 2008, Brandon Kelley is a recent import to North West Arkansas from the gritty streets of Oakland, California. Currently Brand Director at Vellomedia Strategic, Brandon has had the pleasure of working alongside such venerable brands as Redken and L’Oreal and across diverse industries from beauty and wellness to audiophile electronics. When not pitching ad concepts down the hallway, Brandon enjoys unplugging, trail running, and getting lost in Mother Nature.
Aaron Campbell
Aaron is the WordPress Security Team lead, has been a regular contributor to WordPress for more than a decade, and is currently funded by GoDaddy to work full time on the WordPress open source project. He has over eighteen years of web development experience and worked with clients ranging from small local businesses to Google, Yahoo, Disney, and Harvard.
He’s been called both a coffee snob and a beer snob, but considers both to be compliments. When not buried in code, he enjoys spending time with his wife and son, riding his motorcycle, and reading sci-fi/fantasy books.
Dominick Montgomery
I’m inspired by the vision and intricacies of internet marketing and motivated by creating great content that is effective in opening the doors for engagement.
At the beginning of 2015, I decided to venture off on my own after working for agencies for 5+ years. I grew tired of the “quantity-over-quality” method of thinking and started The Montgomery Group. TMG focuses on “digital brand advancement”. We pride ourselves in actually taking the time to learn about a customer’s company and provide them with whatever tools we feel will help them reach their goals quickly and effectively.
I embrace challenges, take educated risks, and learn from failures
Mary White
Mary White is the owner of a small design studio (MW for Designs) working for small business partners. An Adjunct CSIT and continuing education instructor at Johnson County Community College. Crazy artist and Dog/Puppy lover at wayside waifs.
About MW for Designs studio -established in 2008 designing and developing WordPress websites for small businesses -creating collateral design materials to establish your brand -teaching and passing along my knowledge to you.
Mike Demo
Mike “Demo” Demopoulos is a lover of open source first, specific tools later. Because of this, he speaks at Ignite! Conferences, Meetups, WordCamps, Joomla! Events, and more. Mike volunteers with The Joomla! Project as the treasurer of Open Source Matters (the not for profit organization for Joomla!) as well as serving on the Joomla! World Conference and Capital teams. He also co-organizes JoomlaDay Minnesota. Mike Demopoulos has spoken on various open source topics including WordPress and Joomla! in addition to marketing related talks which include A/B testing content. Before coming to BoldGrid as a community evangelist, Mike spent years building a strong client base in the financial and insurance industries. He believes in sharing his business acumen and marketing insight as it fits within his main goal of building community. When he’s not spending time with his wife Kayla, you may find Demo at a Disney Theme park, collecting artwork, or hanging out with his dog B’Elanna. Be sure to say hi to Mike Demopoulos on Twitter at @MPMike.
Eric Huber
Eric Huber, Chief Creative Officer and co-founder of Blue Zoo Creative, in Bentonville, Arkansas, has been developing websites for 21 years and working with WordPress since 2008.
It is the core CMS used by his company. When not running his business, Eric focuses on helping people on how to tap into their creativity, build skills in design, and how to communicate effectively in graphic design (digitally and in print
Rebecca Haden
Rebecca is the Founder and Creative Director of Haden Interactive, a content-focused WordPress web firm based in Fayetteville, AR. She holds a BA in Linguistics from UC San Diego and an MA in Linguistics from San Diego State University, and taught college writing for many years.
Rebecca has been writing for the web since the 20th century. Featured in the Wall Street Journal in 2009, Rebecca serves clients on four continents with web content, blogging, SEO strategy, analytics, and inbound marketing, helping organizations large and small establish thought leadership online.
Mat Casner
Mat Casner is a web/graphic design veteran of 25+ years. He has worked in/for a wide variety of KC-based businesses including startups, boutique agencies, national ad firms, non-profits and Fortune 500 companies.
A full-time freelancer for 17 years, Mat is the owner of Redlogic Communications, Inc., his freelance design agency which is located in the small town of Mound City, KS (pop. 650). Mat is also the founder of Freelance On Fire, a freelance coaching business that helps aspiring freelancers learn how to build a thriving full-time career or launch a successful freelance side-hustle.
Mat is married to Regina. They have four teenage children. He is also the mayor of Mound City and in his spare time enjoys music, nature, laughing and spending time with family and friends.
Nathan Ingram
Nathan is the Host at iThemes Training where he teaches WordPress and freelance business development topics via live webinar. He is also the creator of >ADVANCE Coaching, working with WordPress business owners individually and in groups to help them become more successful in their businesses. Nathan has been a freelance web developer since 1995, and is based in Birmingham, Alabama where he is the lead organizer of WordCamp Birmingham. You can learn more about Nathan at https://nathaningram.com.
Wolf Bishop
I have been involved in WordPress since 2005. I have devoted my professional life to WordPress as a freelancer, in my career at Pressable, and now in my own company WP Top Hat. I have a background in hosting and design, but my passions are teaching, securing, and managing WordPress. I am married to an amazing woman and together we have 3 beautiful children. When I am not working in WordPress, I am with my family, riding my 4-wheeler, or airgun hunting on my Ozark mountain paradise. We maintain a 19 acre off-grid homestead where we are working towards 100% self-sufficiency.
Jamie Smith
Jamie Smith of Jamie’s Notebook gives companies and organizations “a voice with the written word.” Her mission is to help businesses and organizations discover and express their passion and purpose through the content they produce.
Jamie has become well-known in Northwest Arkansas for her ability to create content that informs, inspires and enlightens. Her business and writing expertise is often sought through one-on-one consulting, as well as when she leads seminars for various organizations.
Lance Howell
I enjoy spending my time on the computer. I loves helping others. I enjoy designing and developing websites for myself and others. I’ve been in the WordPress community for 2-3 years. I have developed websites since 1998 using FrontPage 98, and then ASP classic. I also have a BS degree in Computer Information System Security and BS in Criminal Justice.
Collin Condray
Collin Condray is a technologist and entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience in helping companies architect and manages their online presence. He has worked in the retail analysis field as a business analyst for 3M and Tyson Foods, and as a digital strategist for Collective Bias and Saatchi & Saatchi X.
Travis Pflanz
Travis Pflanz is a search engine optimization strategist and owner of WebWorks of KC . Travis specializes in SEO and content marketing for small businesses who target local customers and clients. Travis is also a co-organizer of WordPress KC – the Kansas City area WordPress enthusiasts Meetup group – and has been on the WordCamp Kansas City organizing team since 2014, serving as Lead Organizer in 2015 & 2016. When not building WordPress websites and creating SEO strategies, Travis volunteers at Wayside Waifs Humane Society, serves on the Spay & Neuter KC Advisory Council and organizes the Kansas City Dog Club – a social club for dog lovers and their pooches.
Rachel Korpella
Dave Navarro Jr.
I am a paid WordPress Geek. I work for a large media broadcasting company as a WordPress developer where I write custom plugins and child themes for over 400 websites operated by our company. I am a photographer and multimedia geek. I have the most amazing fiancee in the world that I do not deserve. I am a father of three amazing young ladies and the grandfather of three even more amazing young girls.
Ben Pollock
Since summer 2016 Ben Pollock has been a digital media specialist for the University of Arkansas College of Education and Health Professions, overseeing some four dozen websites, as a content manager with some design skills. He has been building websites since 2003, using WordPress nearly from the start. Ben’s other profession is journalism. He lives with his wife and their animals in Fayetteville. benpollock.com