Ben Sibley – Co-Founder of Independent Analytics
I grew up in West Chester, a cozy town in the suburbs of Philadelphia. I attended college at Temple University, and have been in Philly ever since. I’ve always been drawn to entrepreneurship and launched numerous side businesses during my…
Amir Helzer – Founder of WPML
My name is Amir Helzer, the Founder of WPML. Since 2021, I have been living in Madrid. When I was a kid, I loved building stuff and started programming on my Commodore 64 and Apple IIC when I was 12.…
January 10, 2023 / PluginsI am Saeed Threes, the Founder of MC WooCommerce Wishlist plugin, an adventurous person who loves to create functional digital products. As a teenager, I worked with a team to design WordPress websites for other businesses for 5 years. When…
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September 1, 2022 / PluginsI am Mark Westguard, the founder of WS Form. I live in Columbus, GA, USA but I am originally from the UK. I moved to the US in 2005 after meeting my New Orleans native wife there. We lived in…
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August 4, 2022 / Plugins, WordCamp SpeakersMy 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…
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May 18, 2022 / PluginsMy 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…
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April 23, 2022 / PluginsI 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…
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December 3, 2021 / PluginsI 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…
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September 7, 2021 / PluginsMy 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,…
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August 29, 2021 / PluginsI 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…
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August 7, 2021 / PluginsI 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…
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June 30, 2021 / PluginsMy 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…
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June 8, 2021 / Plugins, WordCamp SpeakersMy 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.…
