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Jeff Starr, Founder of Perishable Press

June 23, 2025 / Plugins

Hello, thank you for the chance to do this interview and tell my story. I grew up in Washington state; have lived in Spokane, Seattle, Bellingham, Vancouver, Tacoma, and the small town of Moses Lake. After high school, I went…

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Andrew Georges — Co-Founder and (CCO) of Pressidium

June 5, 2025 / Hosting

My name is Andrew Georges, and I am the Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) of Pressidium. I have been working in IT for as long as I can remember, from back when connecting to the internet sounded like a…

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  • Mario Peshev of DevriX

    July 6, 2020 / Agencies

    I 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…

  • Nando Pappalardo of YITH

    July 4, 2020 / Agencies

    My 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…

  • Jean Baptiste of WP Rocket

    June 8, 2020 / Plugins

    I am Jean-Baptiste Marchand-Arvier (a pretty complicated name right?), people call me JB that’s much easier. I’m the co-founder and CEO of WP Media. Our mission is to help people having faster websites. We have two products so far WP…

  • Anthony Gordon of WooSignal

    May 27, 2020 / Plugins

    My name is Anthony Gordon, founder of WooSignal, RoomsLocal, CodaMarket, and a few other startups. I’m originally from Birmingham, UK (near Moseley Village). I still visit Birmingham now and again but I travel around more nowadays. My childhood has been…

  • Jason Resnick of NurtureKit

    May 24, 2020 / Agencies

    I am Jason Resnick and I live in NY with my wife and 2 young sons, living my dream. I’m the founder of NurtureKit and rezzz and have run my own business since 2010. My parents were divorced when I…

  • Bridget Willard WordPress Consultant

    May 20, 2020 / Individuals

    My name is Bridget Willard. I grew up in Central California and went to college in Southern California to be a teacher. After I realized that parents were the worst bosses ever, I went back to my trade: secretarial work.…

  • Jan Koch of WP Mastery

    May 14, 2020 / Individuals

    My name is Jan Koch, a WordPress developer from Germany. I have an integrated degree in Business Informatics and live in the countryside in North-West Germany, close to the North Sea. My wife and I have a nice property in…

  • Alex Panagis of ScaleMath

    May 12, 2020 / Agencies

    I am Alex Panagis. I’m the founder of ScaleMath – an SEO & marketing agency. I’m currently living and working out of the UK, but I grew up all over the world including Nigeria, Leeds, Bahrain, Oman, and Switzerland… The…

  • Benjamin Denis of SEOPress

    May 8, 2020 / Plugins

    My name is Benjamin Denis, founder of SEOPress, I live in Anglet, France (right next to Biarritz, which is popular among surfers). 12 years ago I started working with WordPress in my spare time as a student of Economics Management…

  • Oliver Sild of WebArx

    May 7, 2020 / Plugins, WordCamp Speakers

    I am Oliver Sild, the founder of WebARX (now Patchstack), a web security company protecting websites from third-party code (such as WordPress plugins/themes) vulnerabilities. I live in Estonia where I have previously co-founded a co-working space and a cybersecurity community…

  • Maddy Osman of The-Blogsmith

    May 2, 2020 / Bloggers

    My name is Maddy Osman, the Founder of The Blogsmith. I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, IL, and went to college at the University of Iowa. After graduating, I worked at Groupon and a Chicago social media agency…

  • Tom Fanelli of Convesio

    April 30, 2020 / Hosting

    I am Tom Fanelli, the CEO and Founder of Convesio, a company focused on hosting high performance, scalable WordPress sites. I have a long history in the WordPress space that eventually led to our unique take on WordPress hosting. The…

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