
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…

Parvez Akhter – Founder and CEO of ThriveDesk, ThemeXpert, & WPSmartPay
My name is Parvez Akhter, the Founder, and CEO of a consortium of WordPress and Joomla-based companies: ThemeXpert, ThriveDesk, and WPSmartPay. I currently reside in Turkey with my family. My journey in entrepreneurship began during my college years when I…
Rogier Lankhorst – Co-Founder of Really Simple SSL
My name is Rogier Lankhorst, the Co-founder of Really Simple Plugins, living in the north of the Netherlands in the beautiful city Groningen. I grew up in a very small town of 300 inhabitants. I studied mechanical engineering and somehow…
Lars Koudal – Owner of WP Security Ninja
My name is Lars Koudal, the owner of WP Security Ninja; I was born and raised in Denmark by two loving parents and a fantastic older sister. I was introduced to computers at an early age. My mother's computer from…
Huu Thinh – Founder of Password Protect WP
I am Huu Thinh - the founder and lead developer of Password Protect WP (PPWP Pro) - the most trustworthy and flexible password protection plugin for WordPress. I was born and raised in the peaceful imperial Hue city on the…
Tadej Bogataj – Co-founder of CartBoss
I am Tadej Bogataj, the Co-Founder of CartBoss, a service for recovering abandoned carts with text messages on autopilot. My business partner and I are both from Slovenia, a small country from Europe with a strong presence in the eCommerce…
Shane Bishop – Founder of EWWW Image Optimizer
My name is Shane Bishop, a WordPress plugin developer, and website performance nut. I’m the lead and only developer of the EWWW Image Optimizer, a plugin that I launched on WordPress.org back in 2012. That was over 9 years ago,…
Amit Keren – Founder of Unlimited Elements
I am Amit Keren, 36 Years old, married with 2 children. I grew up in the USA in Denver Colorado and moved to Israel when I was 12. Since I was a child I have loved graphic design. I was…
Andrew Palmer – Founder of Divi Sorted
I am Andrew Palmer, living 24 miles West of London UK. I grew up in many towns and villages across England as we seemed to move a lot and I have no formal education. I was the last of 8…
Arindo Duque – Founder of WP Ultimo
My name is Arindo Duque, the founder, and CEO of a WordPress plugin shop called NextPress. I was born and raised in Brazil (which is where most of our staff is also from), but I’ve been living in Madrid, Spain…
Jamie Madden – Founder of WC Vendors
My name is Jamie Madden, the founder and lead developer of WC Vendors, and co-organizer of the Saigon WordPress meetup. I grew up in Brisbane, Australia, where I spent my childhood and university years. Now, I’m living in Saigon, Vietnam.…