William Bay
William Bay is the Chief Flaunteprener at FlauntYourSite.com. He’s studied all kinds of SEO goodness, and what makes great web site design. On a typical day, he’ll be immersed in code, or dissecting rankings, or sneaking in a quick yoga session between client calls.
When he’s not photographing, SEO’ing, or designing, he’s dreaming about surfing the perfect peeling reef breaks in the Mentawai Islands.
William will be presenting the Session: SEO Simplified
Marc Benzakein
Marc Benzakein is the Operations Manager at ServerPress.com, the company behind DesktopServer. Marc started programing at the age of ten when he was given access to the main frame at the university in which is father worked. In the mid 90s he caught the internet bug and helped to start up and build a small, independent ISP in Southern California working as a network administrator designing and building the network from the ground up. It quickly became one of the fastest growing regional ISPs in California. He has been involved in almost every aspect of technology throughout. In 2009, he discovered WordPress Development; first for his own purposes and then for clients.
Marc will be presenting the Session: From v1.0 to Infinity (and Beyond)
and will be a part of our Panel: Building your WordPress Focused Business
Sam Jadali
Sam is the Founder & CEO of Host Duplex and the CIO at Mandala, a digital asset exchange. As a cybersecurity researcher and crypto activist, Sam’s dedication and passion in the cloud space was alive well before the term cloud was born. He has spent the last 20 years in the hosting industry and he founded Host Duplex 9 years ago. His clients include some of the most visited WordPress sites on the internet including MacRumors and AppShopper. With his depth of knowledge in security and compliance regulations, he continually advises his clients on how to be preemptive with security while maintaining the performance they expect. An avid Big 10 fan (Go Hawkeyes), Sam escaped the Iowa cold and moved to Southern California
8 years ago. He currently resides in downtown San Diego and is learning the ropes of raising a new puppy.
Sam will be presenting the Session: Firewalls & Data Privacy begin with audits.
Taylor Waldon
Taylor Waldon is a content writer for GiveWP, a popular WordPress plugin that allows people to accept donations on thier site.
Taylor will be presenting the Session: Start Your SEO Strong with 4 Key Pieces of Content
Matt Kopala
Geek, engineer, world traveler, passionate developer, and father to a little girl and a little dog. Founder of @SiteDistrict and @TaskBump.
Mike will be presenting the Session: Stop Guessing: Diagnosing & Fixing WordPress Performance
Bridget Willard
Bridget Willard is a marketing consultant who brings her teaching and accounting background together to help small businesses. She began her marketing career in construction, then worked in franchise development, nonprofits, and tech. She is especially known for her brand building for Riggins Construction and GiveWP. Bridget co-hosts WPblab with Jason Tucker — a podcast and live YouTube show on the WPwatercooler network.
Bridget will be presenting the Session: Relationship Marketing on Twitter: Your Clients are Your Community