I’m a speaker and educator, passionate about translating stupid financial speak* into plain English so Freelancers and Agency Owners can understand it.

“I call it “accountantese” – an overly complex language that is most often spoken by financial planners and accountants.

I could, literally, talk all day. So here is the short version of “The Life of Nev”.

Michelle completed her MBA in Marketing, E-Commerce and Information Systems from the University of Rochester’s Simon School of Business. She has over twenty years of experience in higher education; ten years owning a web design and marketing company; and currently serves as the Head of Customer Success for Impress.org (developers of GiveWP.com and WPBusinessReviews.com).

Michelle is a veteran of public speaking. She’s been an instructor for a wide variety of topics including Using Quantitative Data Analysis Software, Meditative Drawing, Intro to WordPress, and Marketing for Massage Therapy. Michelle speaks at conferences all over North America. You can find many of them recorded on WordPress.tv including “Little Things That Make a Big Difference” and “Hidden Features of WordPress Revealed,” as well as panel discussions on ethics, marketing, page builders, and women in technology.

Served in 2006-2011 as an active U.S. Army Interrogator where I got a deep understanding of human behavior, psychology and ticks. Transitioned from military into Product Marketer for a government enterpirse platform (apan.org) – Managed a agile development team on the communities feature while promoting campaigns both internal and external. Decided to go freelance after I helped a friend generate 20k on 1k ad spend. From there I took what I learned and started offering my services and went to build a team, won awards, and grew a bunch of companies (as their digital marketer) and have been doing that for the past 5 years as a full-time freelancer.

WENDY GUESS

Dr. Wendy Guess has studied and taught transformation and behavior change for over 20 years. She has expertise in the promotion, communication, and marketing of health, wellness, across a variety of platforms and settings. Currently, Dr. Guess is an award-winning faculty member of the Dept. of Marketing and Logistics at FIU.

Rahul has been working in the web hosting industry since 2005 and started using WordPress in 2008. Since then he has helped scale web and cloud infrastructure for companies like General Mills, Saks, CSX, and PetSmart. Rahul is now the co-founder and CEO at ScaleDynamix, where he manages 15,000+ WordPress and WooCommerce sites.

Dan is a writer, speaker, online marketer and software developer who has over 20 years of online experience. He is the founder of SEO Turbo Booster, a WordPress based SEO visibility solution. Dan cofounded Pre-Dating Speed Dating, the largest dating event company in the US as well as StartupPOP, a Boca Raton based pitch event. Dan has written 5 books on Amazon about startups, online marketing and online dating. Dan lives in Boca Raton with his wife, 2 boys, 2 cats, 2 dogs, 20 finches, 100 guppies and 500 snails.

Ivan Suarez has more than 22 years of hands-on experience in information systems, technologies, and operations. Suarez holds a Master’s degree in Information Technology and a Bachelor’s degree in Information Security. He is a decorated US Army Veteran with extensive experience in information technology. His specialties include electronic warfare, exploitation, coding, networking, social engineering, cyber warfare, and signal exploitation.

He is passionate about providing or creating answers and helping others in the growing IT industry. Suarez also enjoys testing systems and looking for flaws or vulnerabilities. He loves to help end users by teaching and leveling the playing field for the safety of others and their children. Suarez has implemented and overseen several architectures, designs, and installed information systems for all types of operations and businesses.

He has created support systems that ensure that the organization maintains and hardens network infrastructures. In his spare time, Suarez volunteers at homeless shelters, teaches coding to children and warns others about the exposures and dangers pose by cyber criminals. He attends or hosts tactical events with others to teach and mentor how to respond to cyber attacks and rapid response measures and countermeasures.