
Vikas Singhal – Founder of InstaWP
I am Vikas Singhal, the founder of InstaWP. I live in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. I am a Computer Science engineer by profession who decided to come out from the world of complex servers and work to improve WordPress. You can…

Hossni Mubarak – Founder of HMPlugin & WordPress Books Gallery
My name is Hossni Mubarak, the founder & CEO of HMPlugin. I have 15+ years of experience in web application development. I’m the lead and only developer of WordPress Books Gallery Plugin, a plugin that launched on WordPress.org back in…
Bridget Willard – Founder of BridgetWillard.com
May 20, 2020 / IndividualsMy 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.…
Adrian Spiac – Co-founder of TranslatePress
May 18, 2020 / PluginsI am Adrian Spiac, co-founder of TranslatePress & Cozmoslabs. We focus on building quality WordPress plugins while working 4 days/week (Fridays OFF). I’ve been using WordPress for over 11 years now and launched our first WordPress product in 2011. I’m currently…
Jan Koch – Founder of WP Mastery
May 14, 2020 / IndividualsMy 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 – Founder of ScaleMath
May 12, 2020 / AgenciesI 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 – Founder of SEOPress
May 8, 2020 / PluginsMy 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 – Founder of WebArx
May 7, 2020 / Plugins, WordCamp SpeakersI am Oliver Sild, the founder of WebARX, 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 CTF Pärnu,…
Maddy Osman – Founder of The-Blogsmith
May 2, 2020 / BloggersMy 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 – Founder of Convesio
April 30, 2020 / HostingI 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…
Yoni Luksenberg – Co-founder of Elementor
April 10, 2020 / PluginsMy name is Yoni Luksenberg and I am from Bnei Brak, Israel. I've been working with WordPress for close to ten years now. Before that, I was a video editor and used to work with animating flash banners. One day,…
Dusty Davidson – Co-founder of Flywheel
April 10, 2020 / HostingI am Dusty Davidson, the co-founder, and CEO of Flywheel, a delightful WordPress hosting and development platform built for designers, freelancers, and agencies. I spend about half my time recruiting exceptional people to build the Flywheel team and the other…
Gijo Varghese – Founder of WP Speed Matters
April 10, 2020 / BloggersMy name is Gijo Varghese, founder of WP Speed Matters, and a blogger (30%), developer (60%), and entrepreneur (10%). A WordPress speed enthusiast, from India, Kerala. I run WP Speed Matters, a blog, and a community that focuses on WordPress…
James Rose – Founder of Content Snare
April 10, 2020 / AgenciesI am James and I’m from sunny Brisbane, Australia. Most people call me Jimmy and others are still confused about what to call me. WordPress got onto my radar around 2006 when I started a silly personal blog. I was…