
Hari Shanker – Program Manager at Automattic
I am Hari Shanker, an Open source Program Manager at Automattic. I consider myself a community-oriented person, dedicated to supporting and contributing to the open-source ecosystem. I reside in the vibrant city of Kochi, located in the southern state of…

Topher DeRosia – Founder of HeroPress
I am Topher DeRosia, the founder of HeroPress. I live in the USA. I grew up in a forest full of green in the summer and full of snow in the winter. Far from people with animals in the woods…
Justin Ferriman – Founder of GapScout & LearnDash
My name is Justin Ferriman, Founder of GapScout. Originally hailing from Michigan, I currently live in California. I’m a person with a passion and keen awareness of life. I choose to put all my energy into making my passions a…
Morten Grauballe – CPO of one.com
I am Morten Grauballe, the Chief Product Officer at group.ONE, and always has been a product person, deeply rooted in the software world. I started working with operating systems on the B2B side of things before moving to middleware and…
Fernando Tellado – Founder of AyudaWP
My name is Fernando Tellado, the Founder of AyudaWP. I live in Spain, I have three kids and two dogs, and my passions are country life, music, and helping those who are starting with WordPress. For many years I worked…
Laura Nelson – Content Marketer at WooCommerce
I am Laura Nelson and I’m the content marketer at WooCommerce. I live in Brighton in the UK. It's a lovely seaside town about an hour away from London. I originally moved there for university and have been living for…
Jason Tucker – Founder of WPwatercooler
I am Jason Tucker, a WordPress web developer, and IT Director. I work for Whittier Area Community Church as their IT Director and I’m the founder and host of WPwatercooler a WordPress podcast that I started back in September of…
Shawn Hesketh – Founder of WP101
I am Shawn Hesketh, the creator of WP101® — the popular video tutorial series that’s helped millions of site owners learn how to use WordPress to build their own website or blog. Before launching WP101, I worked for 26 years…
Nile Flores – Founder of Nile Flores Media
I am Nile Flores, founder of Nile Flores Media (formerly Blondish.net), a WordPress designer, and developer, as well as a Professional blogger, from the St. Louis Metro East (aka, the Illinois side.) I grew up a U.S. Air Force military…
Michelle Frechette – Founder of WPCoffeeTalk
My name is Michelle Frechette. I’m a podcast barista at WPCoffeeTalk, the founder of WPCareerPages, co-founder of UnderRepresentedInTech, head of customer success at GiveWP, board member, and volunteer at Big Orange Heart, and lover of all things WordPress and our…
Shay Toder – Page Speed Optimization Expert
My name is Shay Toder, a Page Speed Optimization Expert. Got 1st place in 2019 & 3rd place in 2020 in a worldwide WordPress performance contest. Owner of ShayToder.com - a blog dedicated to page speed optimization. The Journey Began…