WordCamp Miami Speakers: Round Five

April helps individuals and business become the best versions of themselves. This may come in the form of a new, or better, web site, or coaching to break through self-imposed limitations. As Director at Sugar Five Design specializes  in helping high-performers reach their goals online. She is heavily involved in Atlanta WordPress community, as a co-organizer of the Woodstock WordPress Meetup and am a former organizer for WordCamp Atlanta. As lead instructor at Local Service Academy she helps local service providers put growth strategies into action.

Irina Blumenfeld is a Web Consultant and Founder of Netmagik, a WordPress development company, based in Orlando. She has been building things on the web over 15 years. Prior to beginning her career, Irina studied Management Information Systems and Computer Science. Over the years, she branched out her skills to responsive design with a focus on website performance.
Originally from Ukraine, Irina has lived in the Orlando area for more than 20 years. While she is not working, she enjoys running and spending time with her husband and 2 girls.

Pam is the owner of Pam Ann Marketing and Stealth™ Search and Analytics. Both specialize in SEO, PPC, and Analytics. Through Stealth™, we work on a private-label basis through other agencies. Through Pam Ann Marketing, we work directly with well-established businesses and funded startups to take their search and analytics strategies to the next level.

Naomi’s been working with WordPress as a professional developer since 2005, and you can find her at gravityplus.pro, where she specializes in quickly delivering custom business applications at a fraction of the cost, and curating The Gravity Guide. She contributes back to the WordPress project through the core code, the codex documentation, free plugins, organizing the WordPress Gwinnett meetup, organizing WordCamp Atlanta, and speaking at WordCamps.

Christie Chirinos is one of the co-owners and the business development lead at Caldera Labs, a WordPress plugin company best known for its popular contact form plugin, Caldera Forms. Christie started making websites at the age of 14, and before joining Caldera Labs did everything from selling items on eBay to leading website re-launch projects for major nonprofit organizations – on WordPress, of course. Christie recently received her Master of Business Administration degree from Florida State University (2015), and is currently based out of New York City.

Rick Tuttle is a Senior Web Developer at National Auto Lenders in Miami Lakes where he leads a team building web and mobile apps. Rick is a supporter of the local tech community as an organizer and speaker at WordCamp Miami and other local meetups. He is a musician and an aspiring fiction author.

Rick is “The Guy in the Chair” for WordCamp Miami. When asked if his consciousness was downloaded in order to create our Wapuu SlackBot Rick said, “Yeah no! Pero like, we’re primos…supposably.” You can find Rick at papasoft.com.

Kevin joined Human Made in 2017, as a Senior WordPress Engineer. Before working with Human Made, he has worked for various agencies and had a large stint freelancing as well. Over the years, Kevin has expanded his knowledge of WordPress by working on projects ranging from small microsites to enterprise level customizations for companies such as ESPN, Disney, and BigTen Networks.