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Andres Arias
Fullstack developer with 18+ years of experience building web applications in multiple languages, including Java, PHP, NodeJS and Python. Besides being a developer, I’ve been a fan of automation for over 10 years now, encouraging teams to automate repetitive tasks like regression testing, builds and deployments. Currently working as Senior Cloud Systems Engineer at Control4/SnapAV.
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Ben Jenkins
Ben Jenkins loves making pizza, homemade bread, and eCommerce websites. Ben is the owner of Wodobo which, in additional to building client websites, specializes in providing start-to-finish, solution-based training for entrepreneurs & marketing teams who want to sustainably design, build and maintain eCommerce, Membership, Business and other websites.
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Brett Palmer
I’ve been a professional software developer for over 20 years. For the past 12 years, I have been working as a independent software consultant working on DevOps, mobile computing and enterprise applications for both the private and public sector. I’m passionate about open source frameworks such as WordPress and help businesses and governments adopt open source standards. I am one of the organizers for SLC DevOps Days and run the monthly DevOps UT meetup.
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Cheryl Montgomery
I am the web director at Oozle Media, a digital marketing company that focuses on beauty schools, dentists, and local business. Our CEO is on the board of directors for AACS and we support many local Utah businesses in their marketing efforts. I started at Oozle 9 years ago as a developer. I eventually developed a standard for websites that was both user-friendly and economically effective. I drive myself to do things better every day that I’m at work. Lately, that means addressing accessibility and how it applies to our client sites.
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Chris Reynolds
Chris is a Senior Engineer at Human Made. Before joining Human Made, Chris has been a Developer Lead for WebDevStudios, an author of online training videos for Pluralsight, a developer, project manager and support technician at Event Espresso, a freelancer, and a Specialty Team member at Whole Foods. Though vegan, he can still be snobby about cheese and chocolate. Chris maintains a number of open source plugins on GitHub and WordPress.org and has been involved in WordCamp Salt Lake City since 2011. When not coding, he may be found cheering for his hometown National Women’s Soccer League team, Utah Royals FC.
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Dustin Nay
Dustin Nay plays Dungeons and Dragons on the weekend and pretends to write epic fantasy fiction… He has started several businesses over the years in marketing, web design, event planning, and game design. With hands-on experience in almost all aspects of digital marketing, web design, and brand strategy, he’s just dangerous enough to know what he’s talking about. Dustin has spoken at conferences and meetup groups, enjoys teaching marketing and marketing technology concepts, but is also introverted and wants to go hide before and after speaking. If there were an anonymous group for whiteboard junkies, he could join it, but then he’d have to agree that having 11 whiteboards in his office was a bad thing (which it obviously isn’t). Dustin lives in Salt Lake with his three daughters.
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Dustin Olsen
I have been building WordPress websites with Elegant Themes for nearly a decade, starting way back before Divi was even a theme. With its unmatched and unbridled potential, I have been using the Divi theme exclusively for all the websites I build – which has allowed me to build websites faster, more efficiently, and more creatively. All of which has laid the groundwork for the launching pad that was needed to go from side-hustle freelancer to full-time business owner. The more websites you build, the more you see (or break), and the more you learn the ins and outs of WordPress and Divi.
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Mike Adams
Mike Adams has been playing with computers since a TI 99/4A found its way into the house, if you don’t count Speak and Spell. 😉 Over the last five years Mike has been employed as a full time Instructor and Courseware author; A Linux, Systems/Network/Security Admin for a Payment Gateway company and most recently as a Freelance consultant, Instructor and Courseware Author focusing on Kubernetes.
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Mike Ebert
Hi, my name is Mike Ebert. I’ve been a web developer and web marketer for 15 years. I started out working for Bruce Rowe at Sebo Marketing back before it was officially called that. After working with Bruce for 5 years, I started my own “agency” which mostly means I did consulting and contract development. I had a brief successful stint at WhiteCanyon Software, and now I’m co-founder of a new company called Luhnar. We’re focused on democratizing innovative cloud tech, starting with a smart CDN.
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Ryan Sullivan
I was born and raised in Utah and love this great state. I’ve been involved in various open-source projects for over a decade, and I’ve been working with WordPress specifically for nine years now. I love the open web and all that it’s capable of accomplishing with the right community behind it. In 2012 I founded WP Site Care, a WordPress support and site management company. I grew that company and sold it in 2018 to the company I work for now, Southern Web. I spend my days doing everything from managing websites and troubleshooting complex issues, to helping small business owners level up their online presence.
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Velda
An artist raised by geeks, Velda first started creating websites in the 90s, learned enough PHP to get by in the early 2000s, and became a huge fan of WordPress in 2008. Her experience over the years includes everything from sever maintenance to marketing, but she especially enjoys design and helping others find success.
