Rytis Lauris – Founder of Omnisend
I am Rytis Lauris, co-founder of Omnisend, and I live in Vilnius, Lithuania. I spend the majority of my time there, but due to business needs, I travel quite a lot, primarily to the United States, the UK, Australia, and…
Aurelio Volle – Founder of WP Umbrella
I am Aurelio Volle, currently living between the vibrant city of Lyon and Briançon in the French Alps, where I do a lot of climbing and ski-touring. My academic journey led me through a rich tapestry of experiences, including a…
Brian Jackson – Founder of Perfmatters & Forgemedia
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:…
Michael Makijenko – Founder of Visual Composer
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,…
Jean Baptiste – Co-founder of WP Rocket
June 8, 2020 / PluginsI 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 – Founder of WooSignal
May 27, 2020 / PluginsMy 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…
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…
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 (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…
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,…