Category: Speaker Announcements

Lenora is a creative unicorn who decided to merge her love for art, psychology, and technology into a lucrative career called User Experience Design. She attended the University of Florida and graduated (2014) with a Bachelor’s Degree in Family, Youth, and Community Sciences. She knew her degree did not reflect the traditional route toward a career in technology so she became a lifelong learner. With the use of Youtube, Udemy, and attending a coding boot camp (Wyncode Academy), Lenora was able to transition from a High School Math Teacher to a Product Designer. Currently, she’s one of the awesome designers disrupting the business VoIP world at IDT Corporation.

When she’s not at work, Lenora enjoys spending time in her community speaking about design, mentoring students, and inspiring future creatives. Lenora believes tech is much more colorful and artsy than it seems. Through her story, she hopes to shed light on the arts and its place in technology.

US Marine combat veteran turned digital marketer by prank calling Fidel Castro. Now he builds automated systems attracting customers predictably and profitably. (…and some say he’s dang good at it)

William Jackson graduated from South Carolina State University earning a Bachelor’s in Education degree, he furthered his education earning a Masters of Arts in Teaching from Webster University with a focus on Educational Technology, Social Media and STEM. William’s career involves past teaching with NASA as an Internet and Technology instructor, technology consultant with the Florida Department of Education and current Professor with Edward Waters College teaching Educational Technology, Social Media and STEM. He has been involved in the field of education over 25 years in elementary and higher education. William has been involved in blogging as a national and international writer. Writing in media in the United States, Europe and on the African continent. Using the #myquesttoteach as a foundation to share content that is diverse in the way information can be applied and integrated in many areas.

An employee at Awesome Motive, Keri is the Head of Content Marketing for OptinMonster, easyWPForms, & MonsterInsights.

My name is Nakeesha Charles. I was born and raised in Springfield, Massachusetts. I lived in Atlanta, Georgia for ten years. I completed my undergraduate degree in journalism at Georgia State University in 2004. I have lived in the greater Baltimore, Maryland area. I have been dumb struck in love with Miami since my first visit in 2000. I relocated to Florida in 2005.

I am a writer. I teach English.

I’m a studious and dedicated eCommerce and Digital Marketing Professional that develops and implements digital marketing strategies for organizations, ensuring their messages, products and services reach all the right targets.

Jesse Velez is founder and Lead Creative at WeDoInternet.net. He enjoys working with web technologies and has for over 15 years. He continues to enjoys creating websites and building them with WordPress for the past 5+ years. In addition, Jesse spends some of his time working with Non-Profits and Churches, helping them to either build or fine tune their websites (among other things).

Karla Campos is a famous Latina entrepreneur mom, influencer, and author. She is a technical founder with a passion for education, community, and making the world a better place.

Karla has been featured on Entrepreneur.com, Inc.com, NBC6, Telemundo, and several media outlets for her knowledge and work with moms, entrepreneurship, and education.Karla Founded the consulting and education company Social Media Sass, and the Entrepreneur Moms Club with the mission of helping moms through the journey of entrepreneurship.

Karla enjoys teaching, writing, and discussing business, marketing, social media, issues affecting women, startups, all things digital, entrepreneurship, economic development, life, people relations, news, tech and apps, trending topics, and life as a mom to boys.

Andreas first encountered Web Design back in Germany while taking Media Design classes where he learned HTML & CSS raw – no CMS, no aiding tools, just notepad and a cheat sheet of tags.

He moved to South Florida, US in 2012 where he became an IT Admin in 2013 and Webmaster by default at a small startup. This is when he used WordPress for the first time in a professional way. And from there on it was a deep dive journey straight into E-Commerce which is why he considers himself now an E-Commerce specialist and knowing his way around Google Analytics to make sales happen.

He works full-time at a local business in West Palm Beach while freelancing on the side, allowing him to maximize his knowledge and make the dreams of others come true by creating their web presences and e-commerce channels.

Anthony is a brand-builder and spends his time building brands for people, programs, and organizations. He founded and currently directs the FIU Master of Science in Marketing program, the only one in the world with a three-part focus on Digital Marketing, Brand Development, and Marketing Analytics. He leads FIU’s Marketing and Logistics department, and was recently appointed as the college’s Executive Director of Marketing and Analytics. Online, you can connect with him on LinkedIn, follow him on Twitter (@SensibleFolk), and catch his weekly YouTube #MarketingMinute videos (be sure to subscribe). Anthony’s a firm believer in people, truly constructive feedback, and the value of tangible results. If you cross paths with him at the conference, ask him when he’ll help you build your brand (for free of course).

Dr. Nancy Richmond is a professor and leading speaker in social media, personal branding and marketing. Her passion is to empower and train leaders in effectively leveraging social media for their careers and business. She teaches social media classes for the College of Business and is the co-founder of the Social Media Association at Florida International University

Dr. Richmond has worked with leading universities including MIT, Harvard University, Florida International University and Northeastern University.

Nancy has a passion for social media with over 80,000+ followers on Twitter, 5,000+ connections on LinkedIn and 7,000+ followers on Instagram. Nancy’s most recent project and research #LeadersGetSocial explores how leaders can use social media to succeed in their careers and organizations.

Mark is a Sales Manager at Avalara, a company that works within your own financial, billing, ecommerce, or point of sale system to deliver accurate tax calculations in real time via a secure Internet connection.

Georgina is the Chief Executive Officer at Shazzam Media, a Branding and Marketing company offering innovative leading-edge solutions. She is a leader in SEO services, industry analytics, social media ecosystem strategies, building trendy websites and storefront eCommerce solutions for over a decade. She is a speaker at WBO groups, Meetups and Wordcamps in Florida, an active organizer, and sponsor at Wordcamp Jax. As a previous IBM VAR business owner, Georgina is a consummate professional! When she’s not working, she is spending time with her husband and 4 kids, or traveling the world with their oldest daughter, a professional golfer on the world’s leading tour, the LPGA .

WordCamp Miami speaker for a third time, Sze has been speaking at WordCamp Miami, WebCongress and other conferences focused around E-commerce and Search Engine Optimization (SEO). She has been a WordPress designer and developer since she started her first web and marketing company in 2010. Since then, Sze has become a WooCommerce expert and launched many WordPress websites specifically with E-commerce solutions for myriad of clients. In 2017, she co-founded WM.Digital, a creative agency based here in Miami focusing on bringing the best in online experiences and interfaces for clients focused on all things digital. Prior to starting her own companies, Sze had worked for Fortune 500 companies in strategy and marketing.

Sze holds a B.S. in Marketing and International Business from Florida Atlantic University, as well as an MBA from University of Miami.

Natalia Real started building websites on WordPress in 2012 and has been learning nonstop ever since. She’s a Web Designer/Developer-turned-Digital Strategist at Website Superhero and loves using technology to help make the world a better place.

Nat’s career path has taken her from copywriting and WordPress maintenance and optimization, to content marketing, team management, and SEO. She’s passionate about meditation, psychology, mountains, and bad puns.

Alejandro Sanchez, its a Computer Science Engineer that has been coding websites since he was 13 years old, currently a founder and Managing Director at 4Geeks Academy a Miami based coding school with advanced courses in WordPress, React and other technologies.

Before the coding academy, Alejandro founded and managed 4Geeks, a software development company with operations in 4 countries in Latin America.

Zac Gordon is a professional educator, with a current focus on JavaScript development with and alongside WordPress. Zac has years of experience teaching at and developing curriculum for high schools, colleges, bootcamps and online learning sites like Treehouse, Udemy and Frontend Masters. In addition to teaching, Zac also runs Web Hosting for Students, one of the world’s largest hosting companies dedicated to students and teachers.

Chris Lema is Vice President of Products & Innovation at Liquid Web, a blogger (at chrislema.com and leaders.blog), the author of several ebooks and a public speaker. He loves to tell stories – helping people learn how to leverage technology for their business and personal use.

Pascal Depuhl is a visual content creator at Photography by Depuhl, a Miami-based production company. He’s been capturing still images for over 25 years and even though he got into video only 5 years ago, you’ll find his award-winning and mind changing videos on National Geographic, Netflix, the BBC and many of his clients’ websites. It’s common to find him in the mountains of Afghanistan or the jungles of South America and it’s just as common to walk away from one of his short documentary style films with your mind blown.

Jean Felisme has been a builder of things on the web for 10 plus years, as a freelancer and entrepreneur. He fell into WordPress back in 2008 and has never looked back. Now, he is a co-founder of RateMyBarber.com and a teacher of web development skills to students of all ages.

Father of two sugar filled girls and husband of a very forgiving wife. Best friend to the Stewmister, Miniature Schnauzer, that always has his back. He is also a big Football fan and music lover.

Annejeanette M. Washington is a dedicated educator and professor in Broward County, Florida for the past 25 years. A graduate of The University of Miami and Nova Southeastern University, she shares her passion for educational technology teaching her students WordPress, Microsoft Office 365, Canvas, Edmodo and other LMS platforms. Most notably, Annejeanette uses WordPress to spotlight STEM trends and empowering mothers. Annejeanette has presented at local, state, and international platforms notably Edu-Match Podcasts.

In addition to teaching, Annejeanette is a conference speaker, photographer, website designer, social media blogger, and community servant. She volunteers with Dare to Care Outreach, Black Girls Code Miami Chapter, The National Alliance of Black School Educators- Broward County Chapter, DadsBeonDuty.com, and The Faith Center Ministries Women and Youth Department just to name a few.

Jayda Washington-Boothe is a 4th grade Honor-Roll Student at Manatee Bay Elementary. This is her 2nd year at WordCamp Miami 2018. The experiences she gained at last year’s event has thrusted her into the local, state, and national spotlight as a girl who loves STEM. Currently, she is learning more features in WordPress, and continues using Microsoft Office 365 ‘s SWAY, Minecraft, Code.org. and was introduced to the MIT AI2 App Companion.

Jayda is a member of Black Girls Code- Miami Chapter, Manatee Bay Elementary Student Council Secretary and the US Track and Field Association. She volunteers at Dare to Care Outreach, The Faith Center Ministries Youth Department, The Mayors Chess Challenge of Broward County, and loves dancing Hip-Hop! Her future career path is to become an engineer.

Rian Kinney, founder of The Kinney Firm, is a licensed Florida attorney, legal consultant and author; with experience in market and business strategy. In the spirit of the open source community, she wants to take the mystery and FUD out of CYA’ing your site and contracts. Today her firm represents and advises founders and businesses of every size, across industries in the areas of corporate formation, copyright, trademark, e-commerce, as well as strategy and long-term planning.

Andrew (or Norcross, as most know him) is a Senior Engineer and Developer Advocate at Liquid Web, focusing on internal product development and being a voice inside the WP community itself.

Victor is an Account Executive for Sucuri. A technology enthusiast focused on expanding his knowledge of online security. When away from the keyboard, going out for long runs or watching sports with his family.

Adam W. Warner discovered WordPress in 2005 and has been working within the community ever since. To feed his entrepreneurial spirit, he founded several WordPress-focused businesses that provide education, plugins and consulting services for online business owners.

He is a true WordPress Evangelist in spirit and personality, and that happens to have been his job title when joining SiteLock.com. Today, he’s the Open Source Community Manager there, continuing to bring his experience and knowledge of the web, business, and security to many other communities.

Adam is also passionate about his family, robots, and of course Life, the Universe and Everything.

Beka Rice is the Head of Product at Jilt, where they focus on helping merchants increase revenue through automated lifecycle emails. Jilt’s goal is to level the playing field for e-commerce growth by taking enterprise-level tools and strategies, and making them available to any merchant.

Jilt is built by SkyVerge, the top WooCommerce.com extension provider, and maker behind some of the most popular extensions, such as WooCommerce Memberships.

When she’s not keyboard-punching, Beka enjoys hiking, reading, and playing music.

Patrick Alexander is the founder of WPBICO, an all in one WordPress platform which provides every tool (domain,email,theme,hosting, plugins & training) required for a WP website at one affordable price. An avid WordPress enthusiast and lover of all things tech, Patrick has devoted himself to the tech industry for over 15 years gaining extensive experience in Programming, Web Development, System Administration and Technician; and a resume with related positions in the U.S military, Universities and several Internet Start Ups. He is also Professor at MiamiDade College and the founder of www.balambico.co, www.wpbico.com and www.collegepaperreview.com.