\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMary Baum\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t
\t\t\t\t\tSt. Louis native Mary Baum is a veteran creative and degreed designer who speaks on WP design and development. This spring, she’s launching the Antelope Valley WordPress Meetup in the high desert of southern California.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nA certified typography nut and competitive tennis player, Mary runs RacquetPress<\/a>, a practice that builds Genesis child themes, full sites and more for a variety of verticals in the tennis industry.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tShelly Peacock\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t
\t\t\t\t\tShelly Peacock, AKA @Spinbird, has been in sales and graphic design since 2001, moving focus to include Social Media Management and Digital Marketing in 2007. She built her first WordPress site in 2009- as a way to make her designs “do stuff”, and as a portfolio for her art business. Shucked it all to run The SpinBird Group, a WordPress consulting and design business. She likes short walks on the beach, cabanas, and shooting opossums off her back deck with her shotgun. Daily Mantra: Life is short- GET #FIERCE WITH IT.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDanielle Tillis\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t
\t\t\t\t\tDanielle Tillis is the host of Hollywood Breakthrough Show, with the flexibility and open platform of WordPress. Danielle was able to use her WordPress website that has ignited into a podcast.<\/p>\n
Danielle has interviewed some of the most talented people in the business, such as Academy Award Winner Nicolas Cage; Screenwriter of film \u201cBelle\u201d, Misan Sagay; Documentary Film Director of \u201cLife Itself – Roger Ebert\u201d, Steve James; Producer of the Film \u201cBeyond the Lights\u201d, Reggie Rock Bythewood; Tony Award Show Producer of \u201cKinky Boots\u201d & \u201cRocky on Broadway\u201d, Kat White; and Screenwriter \u201c Night of the Living Dead\u201d, John Russo. Screenwriters, directors, producers and entertainment industry professionals share inside perspective on writing, filmmaking, breaking into Hollywood, and navigating SHOW BUSINESS, along with stories of their journey to success!<\/p>\n
Check out:
\nHollywood Breakthrough Show :
\nhttp:\/\/www.hollywoodbreakthrough.com\/interviews\/<\/a><\/p>\nCheck out Hollywood Breakthrough Show on Itunes , Stitcher , Google Play Store. Also, coming soon her new podcast Tech Descendant.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRyan O’Neil\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t
\t\t\t\t\tRyan O’Neil started using “developing” websites by downloading WordPress themes online and clicking “activate.” Project by project, he taught himself everything from server maintenance to php development. He built Stemcounter.com<\/a> as a tool for his wife’s event floral company and it has grown to a recurring income stream. He’s a web developer, a branding nerd, a floral shop owner, and a Pastor.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMike Hale\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t
\t\t\t\t\tMike Hale is a developer at Rainmaker Digital where he helps build the Rainmaker Platform. He had over 15 years or software development experience and started working with WordPress in 2010 building custom plugins and sites using the Genesis Framework. He is also a writer, podcaster and co-organizer of the WordPress Naperville meetup.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDavid Smith\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t
\t\t\t\t\tDavid Smith is a systems engineer at Washington University in St. Louis. Prior to that, he was an everything-engineer for a small ISP, giving him a broad background in servers and networking. His Twitter (@dsXLII<\/a>) very rarely has anything related to WordPress.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRyan Markel\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t
\t\t\t\t\tRyan engineers happiness for WordPress.com VIP from St. Louis. He’s been blogging in some form or another since before WordPress was event a thing, eventually learning and loving WordPress. He enjoys the study of games, being part of Cardinal Nation, and helping his wife (try to) control his five children.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAlex Miller\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t
\t\t\t\t\tAlex Miller is the head of WordPress developer at IQComputing, a St. Louis web design company that specializes in custom WordPress website development featuring ground-up theme work.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLucas Lima\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t
\t\t\t\t\tI’m an active member of the WordPress Brazilian community and St. Louis WordPress community. Advocate of the Free Software and Open Source projects, I’ve been working hard to learn and spread the world of the free software and free web through WordPress and other amazing tools.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJennifer Swisher\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t
\t\t\t\t\tOriginally from the Grand Rapids, MI area, Jennifer came to St. Louis in 2008 to pursue a degree in music education. Four years later, and a college major change, Jennifer graduated with a degree in Web Design. Since then, she has worked as a PR\/Web Dev\/Graphic Designer\/Marketer\/Jen-of-All-Trades. Currently, she works for a managed care organization as a web specialist where she provides ongoing support for the websites of healthcare companies in 23 states.<\/p>\n
When Jennifer isn’t helping plan WordCamps, Jennifer volunteers at Blank Canvas Studios, where she helps adults with developmental disabilities create art and access their community.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tKristofer Raske\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t
\t\t\t\t\tI am a web developer working at Washington University in St. Louis. I spend most of my time working with PHP and JavaScript to create dynamic experiences using WordPress.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tEric Juden\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t
\t\t\t\t\tEric in an application developer at EPC, Inc. in St. Charles.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tChris Flannagan\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t
\t\t\t\t\tRaised in South Alabama, I started toying with computers at a very young age. By 12 I was building geocities websites and the rest is history. I picked up on WordPress in the mid 2000’s and really got serious about it a few years ago. I’ve been the Webmaster for Sarasota Memorial Hospital and University of South Florida (I won bid to bring first WP Campus to our school this July!) since living in Sarasota. I’ve developed plugins available at WordPress.org and been featured in blogs such as WordImpress! Shiny New Toys.<\/p>\n
Website: http:\/\/whoischris.com<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCurtiss Grymala\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t
\t\t\t\t\tCurtiss Grymala, the founder of Ten-321 Enterprises, is the Senior Web Technologist at the University of Mary Washington. Prior to starting that position in November 2010, he worked as the Webmaster at Lord Fairfax Community College in Middletown, Va. for nearly four years. He has consulted with various divisions and organizations at the University of Michigan, University of Virginia, Southern Arkansas University the University of Florida and others.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJames Hipkin\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t
\t\t\t\t\tJames is an accomplished, forward-thinking marketing professional with 25+ years of multi-disciplinary experience in marketing and marketing communications companies serving high-profile, global brands and B2C clients in consumer packaged goods, durables, transportation, telecommunications and financial services.<\/p>\n
He has been involved in digital for more than ten years, first as President of a direct marketing agency in San Francisco, where he led the evolution of the agency from traditional direct marketing to digital. Clients included Apple and Wells Fargo online bank. And then as the head of a mid sized agency’s interactive group, with Toyota as the main client. He joined Red8 Interactive<\/a>, a long term vendor, as an owner and managing director, five years ago.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTeresa Lane\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t
\t\t\t\t\tTeresa Lane is director of digital content strategy at Washington University. She stumbled upon the world of digital strategy after finishing graduate studies in literature and hasn’t looked back since. Teresa finds WordPress a godsend because it allows both sides of her brain to coexist in harmony; the writer\/editor side and the SEO side can finally play nicely. You can find her on Twitter @teresaalane<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBrian Hilliard\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t
\t\t\t\t\tBrian Hilliard is a popular speaker and author of the best-selling book Networking Like a Pro!<\/p>\n
As creator of the popular program How to Ask for the Business & Get Paid What You’re Worth<\/em>. Brian specializes in showing Designers, Developers, and WordPress Professionals how to ask for and get the business, while still being nice!<\/p>\nOver the last 15 years Brian has authored 5 books, created 3 blogs (all through WordPress) and published over 200 videos\/podcasts, and he can tell from firsthand experience what it takes to market and get more business through WordPress without feeling like a Used Car Salesman in the process.<\/p>\n
Some of Brian’s work has appeared nationally in Black Enterprise and the Martha Zoller Morning Show, where his interview was broadcast to over 2 million listeners.<\/p>\n
When not traveling and speaking at his popular ClientBuilder Networking Events, Brian enjoys playing golf, basketball and spending time with his wife and their dog Barley.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMike Schroder\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t
\t\t\t\t\tMike Schroder, known as Shredder to many, is a cross-cultural kid, coffee-drinking sailor, and lover of Open Source.<\/p>\n
Working at DreamHost as WordPress Platform Lead, he’s a Core Committer and was Release Lead for WordPress 4.5.<\/p>\n
You can find him blogging on geeky things at http:\/\/getsource.net<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tChris Lema\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t
\t\t\t\t\tChris Lema is a storyteller \u2013\u00a0and a storytelling evangelist.<\/p>\n
You heard that right.<\/p>\n
He tells stories about the importance of storytelling.<\/p>\n
Until mid-April\u00a0the CTO and Chief Strategist at Crowd Favorite, Chris has spent the last two decades managing high-performing teams\u00a0who build software products. (Largely, by telling them stories.)<\/p>\n
Usually, that’s\u00a0been\u00a0SaaS products across\u00a0a variety of B2B vertical markets.\u00a0But the description also applies to his coaching practice, as he’s helped startups\u00a0\u2013\u00a0in recent years primarily WordPress startups \u2013 develop more viable\u00a0products and take them to market faster.<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPippin Williamson\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t
\t\t\t\t\tA WordPress plugin developer from Hutchinson, KS, Pippin runs PippinsPlugins.com, \u00a0the founding\/parent company\u00a0of Restrict Content Pro, Easy Digital Downloads, AffiliateWP and many more.<\/p>\n
He’s\u00a0is the lead developer on those products as well.<\/p>\n
Outside\u00a0WordPress, Pippin has a love for sour beer and home brewing. He’s also an avid cyclist.<\/p>\n
Twitter:\u00a0@pippinsplugins<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNile Flores\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t
\t\t\t\t\tNile Flores is a long time WordPress designer and Developer. While she grew up a military brat, she eventually settled in the St. Louis metro east region. Nile blogs at Blondish.net<\/a>, where she covers topics on WordPress, Blogging, SEO, Social Media, and Web Design.<\/p>\nShe also loves contributing to WordPress, and that includes speaking at WordCamps across the United States. She loves helping people and supporting Open Source projects.<\/p>\n
In other news, Nile is a proud support member at Team Yoast<\/a>. She also runs a 8,000 member Facebook group dedicated to helping WordPressers, called All About WordPress<\/a>. Nile is also the 2014 and 2015 Community Choice Winner at the Small Business Influencer Awards, hosted by Small Business Trends. When Nile isn\u2019t knee deep in coding and design, she\u2019s spending time with her son, who is also a WordPress user.<\/p>\nTwitter: @blondishnet<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tChris Koerner\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t
\t\t\t\t\tChris Koerner’s devotion to people and technology\u00a0show in just about everything he does.<\/p>\n
By day, he’s a\u00a0Community Liaison<\/a>\u00a0for\u00a0the Wikimedia Foundation<\/a>,\u00a0working closely with volunteers and developers to make magic happen.<\/p>\nUnder the shadow of night (and weekends!) he helps local nonprofits and small businesses build their web presences using \u2014 you guessed it! \u2014\u00a0WordPress.<\/p>\n
Chris is\u00a0also a co-organizer of the\u00a0St. Louis WordPress community<\/a> and WordCamp St. Louis.<\/p>\nChris blogs at\u00a0clkoerner.com<\/a>
\nTwitter:\u00a0@ckoerner<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMichele Butcher\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tShelly Peacock\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tShelly Peacock, AKA @Spinbird, has been in sales and graphic design since 2001, moving focus to include Social Media Management and Digital Marketing in 2007. She built her first WordPress site in 2009- as a way to make her designs “do stuff”, and as a portfolio for her art business. Shucked it all to run The SpinBird Group, a WordPress consulting and design business. She likes short walks on the beach, cabanas, and shooting opossums off her back deck with her shotgun. Daily Mantra: Life is short- GET #FIERCE WITH IT.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDanielle Tillis\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDanielle Tillis is the host of Hollywood Breakthrough Show, with the flexibility and open platform of WordPress. Danielle was able to use her WordPress website that has ignited into a podcast.<\/p>\n
Danielle has interviewed some of the most talented people in the business, such as Academy Award Winner Nicolas Cage; Screenwriter of film \u201cBelle\u201d, Misan Sagay; Documentary Film Director of \u201cLife Itself – Roger Ebert\u201d, Steve James; Producer of the Film \u201cBeyond the Lights\u201d, Reggie Rock Bythewood; Tony Award Show Producer of \u201cKinky Boots\u201d & \u201cRocky on Broadway\u201d, Kat White; and Screenwriter \u201c Night of the Living Dead\u201d, John Russo. Screenwriters, directors, producers and entertainment industry professionals share inside perspective on writing, filmmaking, breaking into Hollywood, and navigating SHOW BUSINESS, along with stories of their journey to success!<\/p>\n
Check out:
\nHollywood Breakthrough Show :
\nhttp:\/\/www.hollywoodbreakthrough.com\/interviews\/<\/a><\/p>\nCheck out Hollywood Breakthrough Show on Itunes , Stitcher , Google Play Store. Also, coming soon her new podcast Tech Descendant.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRyan O’Neil\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRyan O’Neil started using “developing” websites by downloading WordPress themes online and clicking “activate.” Project by project, he taught himself everything from server maintenance to php development. He built Stemcounter.com<\/a> as a tool for his wife’s event floral company and it has grown to a recurring income stream. He’s a web developer, a branding nerd, a floral shop owner, and a Pastor.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMike Hale\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMike Hale is a developer at Rainmaker Digital where he helps build the Rainmaker Platform. He had over 15 years or software development experience and started working with WordPress in 2010 building custom plugins and sites using the Genesis Framework. He is also a writer, podcaster and co-organizer of the WordPress Naperville meetup.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDavid Smith\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDavid Smith is a systems engineer at Washington University in St. Louis. Prior to that, he was an everything-engineer for a small ISP, giving him a broad background in servers and networking. His Twitter (@dsXLII<\/a>) very rarely has anything related to WordPress.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRyan Markel\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRyan engineers happiness for WordPress.com VIP from St. Louis. He’s been blogging in some form or another since before WordPress was event a thing, eventually learning and loving WordPress. He enjoys the study of games, being part of Cardinal Nation, and helping his wife (try to) control his five children.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAlex Miller\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAlex Miller is the head of WordPress developer at IQComputing, a St. Louis web design company that specializes in custom WordPress website development featuring ground-up theme work.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLucas Lima\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tI’m an active member of the WordPress Brazilian community and St. Louis WordPress community. Advocate of the Free Software and Open Source projects, I’ve been working hard to learn and spread the world of the free software and free web through WordPress and other amazing tools.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJennifer Swisher\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOriginally from the Grand Rapids, MI area, Jennifer came to St. Louis in 2008 to pursue a degree in music education. Four years later, and a college major change, Jennifer graduated with a degree in Web Design. Since then, she has worked as a PR\/Web Dev\/Graphic Designer\/Marketer\/Jen-of-All-Trades. Currently, she works for a managed care organization as a web specialist where she provides ongoing support for the websites of healthcare companies in 23 states.<\/p>\n
When Jennifer isn’t helping plan WordCamps, Jennifer volunteers at Blank Canvas Studios, where she helps adults with developmental disabilities create art and access their community.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tKristofer Raske\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tI am a web developer working at Washington University in St. Louis. I spend most of my time working with PHP and JavaScript to create dynamic experiences using WordPress.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tEric Juden\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEric in an application developer at EPC, Inc. in St. Charles.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tChris Flannagan\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRaised in South Alabama, I started toying with computers at a very young age. By 12 I was building geocities websites and the rest is history. I picked up on WordPress in the mid 2000’s and really got serious about it a few years ago. I’ve been the Webmaster for Sarasota Memorial Hospital and University of South Florida (I won bid to bring first WP Campus to our school this July!) since living in Sarasota. I’ve developed plugins available at WordPress.org and been featured in blogs such as WordImpress! Shiny New Toys.<\/p>\n
Website: http:\/\/whoischris.com<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCurtiss Grymala\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCurtiss Grymala, the founder of Ten-321 Enterprises, is the Senior Web Technologist at the University of Mary Washington. Prior to starting that position in November 2010, he worked as the Webmaster at Lord Fairfax Community College in Middletown, Va. for nearly four years. He has consulted with various divisions and organizations at the University of Michigan, University of Virginia, Southern Arkansas University the University of Florida and others.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJames Hipkin\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJames is an accomplished, forward-thinking marketing professional with 25+ years of multi-disciplinary experience in marketing and marketing communications companies serving high-profile, global brands and B2C clients in consumer packaged goods, durables, transportation, telecommunications and financial services.<\/p>\n
He has been involved in digital for more than ten years, first as President of a direct marketing agency in San Francisco, where he led the evolution of the agency from traditional direct marketing to digital. Clients included Apple and Wells Fargo online bank. And then as the head of a mid sized agency’s interactive group, with Toyota as the main client. He joined Red8 Interactive<\/a>, a long term vendor, as an owner and managing director, five years ago.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTeresa Lane\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTeresa Lane is director of digital content strategy at Washington University. She stumbled upon the world of digital strategy after finishing graduate studies in literature and hasn’t looked back since. Teresa finds WordPress a godsend because it allows both sides of her brain to coexist in harmony; the writer\/editor side and the SEO side can finally play nicely. You can find her on Twitter @teresaalane<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBrian Hilliard\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBrian Hilliard is a popular speaker and author of the best-selling book Networking Like a Pro!<\/p>\n
As creator of the popular program How to Ask for the Business & Get Paid What You’re Worth<\/em>. Brian specializes in showing Designers, Developers, and WordPress Professionals how to ask for and get the business, while still being nice!<\/p>\nOver the last 15 years Brian has authored 5 books, created 3 blogs (all through WordPress) and published over 200 videos\/podcasts, and he can tell from firsthand experience what it takes to market and get more business through WordPress without feeling like a Used Car Salesman in the process.<\/p>\n
Some of Brian’s work has appeared nationally in Black Enterprise and the Martha Zoller Morning Show, where his interview was broadcast to over 2 million listeners.<\/p>\n
When not traveling and speaking at his popular ClientBuilder Networking Events, Brian enjoys playing golf, basketball and spending time with his wife and their dog Barley.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMike Schroder\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMike Schroder, known as Shredder to many, is a cross-cultural kid, coffee-drinking sailor, and lover of Open Source.<\/p>\n
Working at DreamHost as WordPress Platform Lead, he’s a Core Committer and was Release Lead for WordPress 4.5.<\/p>\n
You can find him blogging on geeky things at http:\/\/getsource.net<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tChris Lema\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChris Lema is a storyteller \u2013\u00a0and a storytelling evangelist.<\/p>\n
You heard that right.<\/p>\n
He tells stories about the importance of storytelling.<\/p>\n
Until mid-April\u00a0the CTO and Chief Strategist at Crowd Favorite, Chris has spent the last two decades managing high-performing teams\u00a0who build software products. (Largely, by telling them stories.)<\/p>\n
Usually, that’s\u00a0been\u00a0SaaS products across\u00a0a variety of B2B vertical markets.\u00a0But the description also applies to his coaching practice, as he’s helped startups\u00a0\u2013\u00a0in recent years primarily WordPress startups \u2013 develop more viable\u00a0products and take them to market faster.<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPippin Williamson\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA WordPress plugin developer from Hutchinson, KS, Pippin runs PippinsPlugins.com, \u00a0the founding\/parent company\u00a0of Restrict Content Pro, Easy Digital Downloads, AffiliateWP and many more.<\/p>\n
He’s\u00a0is the lead developer on those products as well.<\/p>\n
Outside\u00a0WordPress, Pippin has a love for sour beer and home brewing. He’s also an avid cyclist.<\/p>\n
Twitter:\u00a0@pippinsplugins<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNile Flores\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNile Flores is a long time WordPress designer and Developer. While she grew up a military brat, she eventually settled in the St. Louis metro east region. Nile blogs at Blondish.net<\/a>, where she covers topics on WordPress, Blogging, SEO, Social Media, and Web Design.<\/p>\nShe also loves contributing to WordPress, and that includes speaking at WordCamps across the United States. She loves helping people and supporting Open Source projects.<\/p>\n
In other news, Nile is a proud support member at Team Yoast<\/a>. She also runs a 8,000 member Facebook group dedicated to helping WordPressers, called All About WordPress<\/a>. Nile is also the 2014 and 2015 Community Choice Winner at the Small Business Influencer Awards, hosted by Small Business Trends. When Nile isn\u2019t knee deep in coding and design, she\u2019s spending time with her son, who is also a WordPress user.<\/p>\nTwitter: @blondishnet<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tChris Koerner\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChris Koerner’s devotion to people and technology\u00a0show in just about everything he does.<\/p>\n
By day, he’s a\u00a0Community Liaison<\/a>\u00a0for\u00a0the Wikimedia Foundation<\/a>,\u00a0working closely with volunteers and developers to make magic happen.<\/p>\nUnder the shadow of night (and weekends!) he helps local nonprofits and small businesses build their web presences using \u2014 you guessed it! \u2014\u00a0WordPress.<\/p>\n
Chris is\u00a0also a co-organizer of the\u00a0St. Louis WordPress community<\/a> and WordCamp St. Louis.<\/p>\nChris blogs at\u00a0clkoerner.com<\/a>
\nTwitter:\u00a0@ckoerner<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMichele Butcher\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
\t\t\t\t\tShelly Peacock, AKA @Spinbird, has been in sales and graphic design since 2001, moving focus to include Social Media Management and Digital Marketing in 2007. She built her first WordPress site in 2009- as a way to make her designs “do stuff”, and as a portfolio for her art business. Shucked it all to run The SpinBird Group, a WordPress consulting and design business. She likes short walks on the beach, cabanas, and shooting opossums off her back deck with her shotgun. Daily Mantra: Life is short- GET #FIERCE WITH IT.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDanielle Tillis\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDanielle Tillis is the host of Hollywood Breakthrough Show, with the flexibility and open platform of WordPress. Danielle was able to use her WordPress website that has ignited into a podcast.<\/p>\n
Danielle has interviewed some of the most talented people in the business, such as Academy Award Winner Nicolas Cage; Screenwriter of film \u201cBelle\u201d, Misan Sagay; Documentary Film Director of \u201cLife Itself – Roger Ebert\u201d, Steve James; Producer of the Film \u201cBeyond the Lights\u201d, Reggie Rock Bythewood; Tony Award Show Producer of \u201cKinky Boots\u201d & \u201cRocky on Broadway\u201d, Kat White; and Screenwriter \u201c Night of the Living Dead\u201d, John Russo. Screenwriters, directors, producers and entertainment industry professionals share inside perspective on writing, filmmaking, breaking into Hollywood, and navigating SHOW BUSINESS, along with stories of their journey to success!<\/p>\n
Check out:
\nHollywood Breakthrough Show :
\nhttp:\/\/www.hollywoodbreakthrough.com\/interviews\/<\/a><\/p>\nCheck out Hollywood Breakthrough Show on Itunes , Stitcher , Google Play Store. Also, coming soon her new podcast Tech Descendant.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRyan O’Neil\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRyan O’Neil started using “developing” websites by downloading WordPress themes online and clicking “activate.” Project by project, he taught himself everything from server maintenance to php development. He built Stemcounter.com<\/a> as a tool for his wife’s event floral company and it has grown to a recurring income stream. He’s a web developer, a branding nerd, a floral shop owner, and a Pastor.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMike Hale\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMike Hale is a developer at Rainmaker Digital where he helps build the Rainmaker Platform. He had over 15 years or software development experience and started working with WordPress in 2010 building custom plugins and sites using the Genesis Framework. He is also a writer, podcaster and co-organizer of the WordPress Naperville meetup.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDavid Smith\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDavid Smith is a systems engineer at Washington University in St. Louis. Prior to that, he was an everything-engineer for a small ISP, giving him a broad background in servers and networking. His Twitter (@dsXLII<\/a>) very rarely has anything related to WordPress.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRyan Markel\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRyan engineers happiness for WordPress.com VIP from St. Louis. He’s been blogging in some form or another since before WordPress was event a thing, eventually learning and loving WordPress. He enjoys the study of games, being part of Cardinal Nation, and helping his wife (try to) control his five children.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAlex Miller\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAlex Miller is the head of WordPress developer at IQComputing, a St. Louis web design company that specializes in custom WordPress website development featuring ground-up theme work.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLucas Lima\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tI’m an active member of the WordPress Brazilian community and St. Louis WordPress community. Advocate of the Free Software and Open Source projects, I’ve been working hard to learn and spread the world of the free software and free web through WordPress and other amazing tools.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJennifer Swisher\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOriginally from the Grand Rapids, MI area, Jennifer came to St. Louis in 2008 to pursue a degree in music education. Four years later, and a college major change, Jennifer graduated with a degree in Web Design. Since then, she has worked as a PR\/Web Dev\/Graphic Designer\/Marketer\/Jen-of-All-Trades. Currently, she works for a managed care organization as a web specialist where she provides ongoing support for the websites of healthcare companies in 23 states.<\/p>\n
When Jennifer isn’t helping plan WordCamps, Jennifer volunteers at Blank Canvas Studios, where she helps adults with developmental disabilities create art and access their community.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tKristofer Raske\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tI am a web developer working at Washington University in St. Louis. I spend most of my time working with PHP and JavaScript to create dynamic experiences using WordPress.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tEric Juden\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEric in an application developer at EPC, Inc. in St. Charles.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tChris Flannagan\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRaised in South Alabama, I started toying with computers at a very young age. By 12 I was building geocities websites and the rest is history. I picked up on WordPress in the mid 2000’s and really got serious about it a few years ago. I’ve been the Webmaster for Sarasota Memorial Hospital and University of South Florida (I won bid to bring first WP Campus to our school this July!) since living in Sarasota. I’ve developed plugins available at WordPress.org and been featured in blogs such as WordImpress! Shiny New Toys.<\/p>\n
Website: http:\/\/whoischris.com<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCurtiss Grymala\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCurtiss Grymala, the founder of Ten-321 Enterprises, is the Senior Web Technologist at the University of Mary Washington. Prior to starting that position in November 2010, he worked as the Webmaster at Lord Fairfax Community College in Middletown, Va. for nearly four years. He has consulted with various divisions and organizations at the University of Michigan, University of Virginia, Southern Arkansas University the University of Florida and others.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJames Hipkin\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJames is an accomplished, forward-thinking marketing professional with 25+ years of multi-disciplinary experience in marketing and marketing communications companies serving high-profile, global brands and B2C clients in consumer packaged goods, durables, transportation, telecommunications and financial services.<\/p>\n
He has been involved in digital for more than ten years, first as President of a direct marketing agency in San Francisco, where he led the evolution of the agency from traditional direct marketing to digital. Clients included Apple and Wells Fargo online bank. And then as the head of a mid sized agency’s interactive group, with Toyota as the main client. He joined Red8 Interactive<\/a>, a long term vendor, as an owner and managing director, five years ago.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTeresa Lane\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTeresa Lane is director of digital content strategy at Washington University. She stumbled upon the world of digital strategy after finishing graduate studies in literature and hasn’t looked back since. Teresa finds WordPress a godsend because it allows both sides of her brain to coexist in harmony; the writer\/editor side and the SEO side can finally play nicely. You can find her on Twitter @teresaalane<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBrian Hilliard\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBrian Hilliard is a popular speaker and author of the best-selling book Networking Like a Pro!<\/p>\n
As creator of the popular program How to Ask for the Business & Get Paid What You’re Worth<\/em>. Brian specializes in showing Designers, Developers, and WordPress Professionals how to ask for and get the business, while still being nice!<\/p>\nOver the last 15 years Brian has authored 5 books, created 3 blogs (all through WordPress) and published over 200 videos\/podcasts, and he can tell from firsthand experience what it takes to market and get more business through WordPress without feeling like a Used Car Salesman in the process.<\/p>\n
Some of Brian’s work has appeared nationally in Black Enterprise and the Martha Zoller Morning Show, where his interview was broadcast to over 2 million listeners.<\/p>\n
When not traveling and speaking at his popular ClientBuilder Networking Events, Brian enjoys playing golf, basketball and spending time with his wife and their dog Barley.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMike Schroder\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMike Schroder, known as Shredder to many, is a cross-cultural kid, coffee-drinking sailor, and lover of Open Source.<\/p>\n
Working at DreamHost as WordPress Platform Lead, he’s a Core Committer and was Release Lead for WordPress 4.5.<\/p>\n
You can find him blogging on geeky things at http:\/\/getsource.net<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tChris Lema\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChris Lema is a storyteller \u2013\u00a0and a storytelling evangelist.<\/p>\n
You heard that right.<\/p>\n
He tells stories about the importance of storytelling.<\/p>\n
Until mid-April\u00a0the CTO and Chief Strategist at Crowd Favorite, Chris has spent the last two decades managing high-performing teams\u00a0who build software products. (Largely, by telling them stories.)<\/p>\n
Usually, that’s\u00a0been\u00a0SaaS products across\u00a0a variety of B2B vertical markets.\u00a0But the description also applies to his coaching practice, as he’s helped startups\u00a0\u2013\u00a0in recent years primarily WordPress startups \u2013 develop more viable\u00a0products and take them to market faster.<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPippin Williamson\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA WordPress plugin developer from Hutchinson, KS, Pippin runs PippinsPlugins.com, \u00a0the founding\/parent company\u00a0of Restrict Content Pro, Easy Digital Downloads, AffiliateWP and many more.<\/p>\n
He’s\u00a0is the lead developer on those products as well.<\/p>\n
Outside\u00a0WordPress, Pippin has a love for sour beer and home brewing. He’s also an avid cyclist.<\/p>\n
Twitter:\u00a0@pippinsplugins<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNile Flores\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNile Flores is a long time WordPress designer and Developer. While she grew up a military brat, she eventually settled in the St. Louis metro east region. Nile blogs at Blondish.net<\/a>, where she covers topics on WordPress, Blogging, SEO, Social Media, and Web Design.<\/p>\nShe also loves contributing to WordPress, and that includes speaking at WordCamps across the United States. She loves helping people and supporting Open Source projects.<\/p>\n
In other news, Nile is a proud support member at Team Yoast<\/a>. She also runs a 8,000 member Facebook group dedicated to helping WordPressers, called All About WordPress<\/a>. Nile is also the 2014 and 2015 Community Choice Winner at the Small Business Influencer Awards, hosted by Small Business Trends. When Nile isn\u2019t knee deep in coding and design, she\u2019s spending time with her son, who is also a WordPress user.<\/p>\nTwitter: @blondishnet<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tChris Koerner\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tChris Koerner’s devotion to people and technology\u00a0show in just about everything he does.<\/p>\n
By day, he’s a\u00a0Community Liaison<\/a>\u00a0for\u00a0the Wikimedia Foundation<\/a>,\u00a0working closely with volunteers and developers to make magic happen.<\/p>\nUnder the shadow of night (and weekends!) he helps local nonprofits and small businesses build their web presences using \u2014 you guessed it! \u2014\u00a0WordPress.<\/p>\n
Chris is\u00a0also a co-organizer of the\u00a0St. Louis WordPress community<\/a> and WordCamp St. Louis.<\/p>\nChris blogs at\u00a0clkoerner.com<\/a>
\nTwitter:\u00a0@ckoerner<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMichele Butcher\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
\t\t\t\t\tDanielle Tillis is the host of Hollywood Breakthrough Show, with the flexibility and open platform of WordPress. Danielle was able to use her WordPress website that has ignited into a podcast.<\/p>\n
Danielle has interviewed some of the most talented people in the business, such as Academy Award Winner Nicolas Cage; Screenwriter of film \u201cBelle\u201d, Misan Sagay; Documentary Film Director of \u201cLife Itself – Roger Ebert\u201d, Steve James; Producer of the Film \u201cBeyond the Lights\u201d, Reggie Rock Bythewood; Tony Award Show Producer of \u201cKinky Boots\u201d & \u201cRocky on Broadway\u201d, Kat White; and Screenwriter \u201c Night of the Living Dead\u201d, John Russo. Screenwriters, directors, producers and entertainment industry professionals share inside perspective on writing, filmmaking, breaking into Hollywood, and navigating SHOW BUSINESS, along with stories of their journey to success!<\/p>\n
Check out: Check out Hollywood Breakthrough Show on Itunes , Stitcher , Google Play Store. Also, coming soon her new podcast Tech Descendant.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t Ryan O’Neil started using “developing” websites by downloading WordPress themes online and clicking “activate.” Project by project, he taught himself everything from server maintenance to php development. He built Stemcounter.com<\/a> as a tool for his wife’s event floral company and it has grown to a recurring income stream. He’s a web developer, a branding nerd, a floral shop owner, and a Pastor.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t Mike Hale is a developer at Rainmaker Digital where he helps build the Rainmaker Platform. He had over 15 years or software development experience and started working with WordPress in 2010 building custom plugins and sites using the Genesis Framework. He is also a writer, podcaster and co-organizer of the WordPress Naperville meetup.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t David Smith is a systems engineer at Washington University in St. Louis. Prior to that, he was an everything-engineer for a small ISP, giving him a broad background in servers and networking. His Twitter (@dsXLII<\/a>) very rarely has anything related to WordPress.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t Ryan engineers happiness for WordPress.com VIP from St. Louis. He’s been blogging in some form or another since before WordPress was event a thing, eventually learning and loving WordPress. He enjoys the study of games, being part of Cardinal Nation, and helping his wife (try to) control his five children.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t Alex Miller is the head of WordPress developer at IQComputing, a St. Louis web design company that specializes in custom WordPress website development featuring ground-up theme work.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t I’m an active member of the WordPress Brazilian community and St. Louis WordPress community. Advocate of the Free Software and Open Source projects, I’ve been working hard to learn and spread the world of the free software and free web through WordPress and other amazing tools.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t Originally from the Grand Rapids, MI area, Jennifer came to St. Louis in 2008 to pursue a degree in music education. Four years later, and a college major change, Jennifer graduated with a degree in Web Design. Since then, she has worked as a PR\/Web Dev\/Graphic Designer\/Marketer\/Jen-of-All-Trades. Currently, she works for a managed care organization as a web specialist where she provides ongoing support for the websites of healthcare companies in 23 states.<\/p>\n When Jennifer isn’t helping plan WordCamps, Jennifer volunteers at Blank Canvas Studios, where she helps adults with developmental disabilities create art and access their community.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t I am a web developer working at Washington University in St. Louis. I spend most of my time working with PHP and JavaScript to create dynamic experiences using WordPress.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t Eric in an application developer at EPC, Inc. in St. Charles.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t Raised in South Alabama, I started toying with computers at a very young age. By 12 I was building geocities websites and the rest is history. I picked up on WordPress in the mid 2000’s and really got serious about it a few years ago. I’ve been the Webmaster for Sarasota Memorial Hospital and University of South Florida (I won bid to bring first WP Campus to our school this July!) since living in Sarasota. I’ve developed plugins available at WordPress.org and been featured in blogs such as WordImpress! Shiny New Toys.<\/p>\n Website: http:\/\/whoischris.com<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t Curtiss Grymala, the founder of Ten-321 Enterprises, is the Senior Web Technologist at the University of Mary Washington. Prior to starting that position in November 2010, he worked as the Webmaster at Lord Fairfax Community College in Middletown, Va. for nearly four years. He has consulted with various divisions and organizations at the University of Michigan, University of Virginia, Southern Arkansas University the University of Florida and others.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t James is an accomplished, forward-thinking marketing professional with 25+ years of multi-disciplinary experience in marketing and marketing communications companies serving high-profile, global brands and B2C clients in consumer packaged goods, durables, transportation, telecommunications and financial services.<\/p>\n He has been involved in digital for more than ten years, first as President of a direct marketing agency in San Francisco, where he led the evolution of the agency from traditional direct marketing to digital. Clients included Apple and Wells Fargo online bank. And then as the head of a mid sized agency’s interactive group, with Toyota as the main client. He joined Red8 Interactive<\/a>, a long term vendor, as an owner and managing director, five years ago.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t Teresa Lane is director of digital content strategy at Washington University. She stumbled upon the world of digital strategy after finishing graduate studies in literature and hasn’t looked back since. Teresa finds WordPress a godsend because it allows both sides of her brain to coexist in harmony; the writer\/editor side and the SEO side can finally play nicely. You can find her on Twitter @teresaalane<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t Brian Hilliard is a popular speaker and author of the best-selling book Networking Like a Pro!<\/p>\n As creator of the popular program How to Ask for the Business & Get Paid What You’re Worth<\/em>. Brian specializes in showing Designers, Developers, and WordPress Professionals how to ask for and get the business, while still being nice!<\/p>\n Over the last 15 years Brian has authored 5 books, created 3 blogs (all through WordPress) and published over 200 videos\/podcasts, and he can tell from firsthand experience what it takes to market and get more business through WordPress without feeling like a Used Car Salesman in the process.<\/p>\n Some of Brian’s work has appeared nationally in Black Enterprise and the Martha Zoller Morning Show, where his interview was broadcast to over 2 million listeners.<\/p>\n When not traveling and speaking at his popular ClientBuilder Networking Events, Brian enjoys playing golf, basketball and spending time with his wife and their dog Barley.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t Mike Schroder, known as Shredder to many, is a cross-cultural kid, coffee-drinking sailor, and lover of Open Source.<\/p>\n Working at DreamHost as WordPress Platform Lead, he’s a Core Committer and was Release Lead for WordPress 4.5.<\/p>\n You can find him blogging on geeky things at http:\/\/getsource.net<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t Chris Lema is a storyteller \u2013\u00a0and a storytelling evangelist.<\/p>\n You heard that right.<\/p>\n He tells stories about the importance of storytelling.<\/p>\n Until mid-April\u00a0the CTO and Chief Strategist at Crowd Favorite, Chris has spent the last two decades managing high-performing teams\u00a0who build software products. (Largely, by telling them stories.)<\/p>\n Usually, that’s\u00a0been\u00a0SaaS products across\u00a0a variety of B2B vertical markets.\u00a0But the description also applies to his coaching practice, as he’s helped startups\u00a0\u2013\u00a0in recent years primarily WordPress startups \u2013 develop more viable\u00a0products and take them to market faster.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t A WordPress plugin developer from Hutchinson, KS, Pippin runs PippinsPlugins.com, \u00a0the founding\/parent company\u00a0of Restrict Content Pro, Easy Digital Downloads, AffiliateWP and many more.<\/p>\n He’s\u00a0is the lead developer on those products as well.<\/p>\n Outside\u00a0WordPress, Pippin has a love for sour beer and home brewing. He’s also an avid cyclist.<\/p>\n Twitter:\u00a0@pippinsplugins<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t Nile Flores is a long time WordPress designer and Developer. While she grew up a military brat, she eventually settled in the St. Louis metro east region. Nile blogs at Blondish.net<\/a>, where she covers topics on WordPress, Blogging, SEO, Social Media, and Web Design.<\/p>\n She also loves contributing to WordPress, and that includes speaking at WordCamps across the United States. She loves helping people and supporting Open Source projects.<\/p>\n In other news, Nile is a proud support member at Team Yoast<\/a>. She also runs a 8,000 member Facebook group dedicated to helping WordPressers, called All About WordPress<\/a>. Nile is also the 2014 and 2015 Community Choice Winner at the Small Business Influencer Awards, hosted by Small Business Trends. When Nile isn\u2019t knee deep in coding and design, she\u2019s spending time with her son, who is also a WordPress user.<\/p>\n Twitter: @blondishnet<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t Chris Koerner’s devotion to people and technology\u00a0show in just about everything he does.<\/p>\n By day, he’s a\u00a0Community Liaison<\/a>\u00a0for\u00a0the Wikimedia Foundation<\/a>,\u00a0working closely with volunteers and developers to make magic happen.<\/p>\n Under the shadow of night (and weekends!) he helps local nonprofits and small businesses build their web presences using \u2014 you guessed it! \u2014\u00a0WordPress.<\/p>\n Chris is\u00a0also a co-organizer of the\u00a0St. Louis WordPress community<\/a> and WordCamp St. Louis.<\/p>\n Chris blogs at\u00a0clkoerner.com<\/a>
\nHollywood Breakthrough Show :
\nhttp:\/\/www.hollywoodbreakthrough.com\/interviews\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRyan O’Neil\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMike Hale\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRyan Markel\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAlex Miller\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLucas Lima\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJennifer Swisher\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tChris Flannagan\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJames Hipkin\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTeresa Lane\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBrian Hilliard\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMike Schroder\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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