Speakers

Bobby Bryant

Bobby has been involved in the WordPress space as a Developer for over 2 years. Prior to getting involved with WordPress Bobby spent 13+ years in the United States Marines as Ground Electronics Technician.

He currently works for 10up as a Web Developer. 10up is a full distributed agency of people from around the world focused on build great Publishing experiences. While Bobby spends most days working on both the front and backend of WordPress, he has a secret passion for Javascript. Which means he spend a lot of time, reading, writing, and working on JS heavy projects.

Bobby is also the developer behind “Develop with WP.” A youtube channel focused on tutorials covering what he calls WordPress Development 201 (as opposed to WordPress 101).

Mitch Canter

Mitch Canter is a digital strategist and WordPress developer from Franklin, TN. His mission: to push the limits of technology and help people tell their story online.

Katie Wilkerson

Katie has spent six years working in digital advertising and publishing. Previously a marketing manager at The AtlanticKatie is currently an audience and revenue strategist at 10up, building monetization strategy for companies like 9to5Mac, Boston Magazine, Maine Today Media, Cleveland Clinic, and AwesomenessTV.

Adam W. Warner

Adam W. Warner discovered the world of WordPress in 2005 and has been working within the community ever since. To feed his entrepreneurial spirit, he founded several WordPress-focused businesses that provide education, plugins and consulting services for online business owners. He is a true product evangelist for WordPress in spirit and personality, and that also happens to be his job title at SiteLock. In addition to WordPress, Adam is passionate about his family, robots and of course, life, the universe and everything.

Dustin Hartzler

Dustin is a Happiness Engineer at Automattic, providing support for the popular eCommerce plugin, WooCommerce. He is also the host of the weekly WordPress podcast of “Your Website Engineer.” When not spending time with WordPress, he can be found traveling around the world, biking and reading.

Joe Ponzio

A plugin author, theme developer, and WordPress consultant with more than 400 custom sites under his belt, Joe Ponzio has been working exclusively in WordPress since 2008. He has built custom themes and plugins for some of the largest companies in the world; so, it’s no wonder that some of the world’s greatest agencies rely on Joe and his team with their most important projects. Founder of New Nine Media and managing director at Louisville’s Makespace! Web, Joe is also the author of Font Awesome 4 Menus, a free plugin with more than 165,000 downloads.

Chris Rogers

Co-Organizer of WordCamp Las Vegas 2014 and 2016.
Co-Organizer & Frequent Speaker of Vegas WP Meetup Group.
Professional actor with BFA in Acting & Minor in Voice from U of Louisville.
Degree in MultiMedia from West Los Angeles College.