Vasyl Martyniuk – Founder of Advanced Access Manager
My name is Vasyl Martyniuk. I was born and raised in Ukraine, and my first spark for computers came at the age of 8 when my cousin showed me how to write a game in the BASIC programming language. That…
Patrick Posner – Founder of Simply Static
I am Patrick Posner, the founder of Simply Static and the cofounder of OllieWP. I travel the world as a digital nomad, but I’m originally from Germany and have lived in Berlin for most of my life. I was always…
September 13, 2020 / PluginsMy name is Shikhil Sharma, an entrepreneur who loves the art of cybersecurity and building products that make the internet a more secure place. I got attracted to ‘hacking’ as a teenager. Breaking websites, learning how systems can be hacked…
August 30, 2020 / PluginsI am Natalie MacLees, the founder of Simply Schedule Appointments, but my friends and family affectionately call me "Nat." Experiences in my childhood highlighted the inequities in the world for me. As I grew up, I got more and more…
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August 4, 2020 / HostingMy name is Matt Connor, the founder & CEO of SSD Nodes. We’re a VPS hosting provider perfect for developers and business owners looking for reliable, high-performance cloud hosting & Linux servers. I currently live in Orange County, California, and…
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July 30, 2020 / PluginsI am Frank Goossens, founder of Optimizing Matters, the developer of Autoptimize, and some other WordPress plugins. Optimizing Matters houses the commercial aspects of my WordPress work. I was born, raised, and still living in the northern part of Belgium in…
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July 21, 2020 / IndividualsMy name is Ivica Delic, the Co-founder, and CEO of Freelancers Tools, #1 Hand Curated Software Portal for beginners & professionals with 4,000+ manually collected applications. Portal is created for helping freelancers, startups & others to choose the right &…
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July 18, 2020 / PluginsI am Brian Jackson, an entrepreneur, content marketer, and WordPress agency owner from sunny Scottsdale, Arizona. I’m a PK (pastor’s kid) and growing up, we moved around a bit. I've lived in a couple of interesting places over the years:…
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July 15, 2020 / HostingMy name is Bryan Muthig. I grew up in, currently reside, and co-founded A2 Hosting in the eponymous Ann Arbor, Michigan. (Go Blue!) Originally, my background is as a Unix Systems Administrator. My parents are from Germany and I am…
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July 13, 2020 / AgenciesWe are Hans Skillrud and Donata Skillrud, the founders of Termageddon, a generator of Privacy Policies for your websites that automatically update when the laws change. We have been into WordPress for the last couple of years and never looked back,…
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July 10, 2020 / PluginsI am Michael Makijenko, the founder and CEO of Visual Composer. I'm from Riga, Latvia, and together with my team we are proudly serving and helping users worldwide to get their business online. I have a master’s degree in Telecommunications,…
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July 9, 2020 / IndividualsMy name is Johnny Nguyen aka WPJohnny. I’m known in the WordPress community as a WordPress speed expert and web hosting expert. WPJohnny.com is my site for WordPress guides and reviews. JohnnyVPS is my ultra-fast WordPress hosting service. I was…
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July 6, 2020 / AgenciesI am Mario Peshev, a tech entrepreneur from Bulgaria passionate about business strategy and growth opportunities. I was an introverted nerd as a kid and spent most of my time with books or around computers. Currently, I run DevriX, a…
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July 4, 2020 / AgenciesMy name is Nando Pappalardo, founder of YITH (YIThemes). I was born in Acireale, a town in the province of Catania (Sicily), the first of the three children of my parents, Rosario and Carmela. As a boy, I loved computers…
