WordCamp Lancaster proudly announces the first wave of confirmed speakers. Join us March 14th in Lancaster, Pennsylvania for a full day of learning and celebrating WordPress, the software that powers 33% of the web. One ticket is $25, and two tracks of presentations deliver value to web professionals of all skill levels.
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Laura Byrne Cristiano
Laura began her career with non-profits, where marketing the mission was part of everyone’s job. After dabbling in FrontPage for a few years, Laura found WordPress in 2006 when she and a friend unexpectedly created a viral website. Thrust into a vortex of website management meets Hollywood, her marketing arsenal exponentially grew with new skill sets in SEO, social media strategy, podcasting, event management, and more. Today, she’s Bet Hannon Marketing’s content specialist. NewYorkerLaura.com Laura currently resides in Philadelphia, PA with her husband, Kevin, and dog, Scully.
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Tracy Rotton
Tracy Rotton (she/her) is Founder and Principal of Taupecat Studios, an independent WordPress development agency based near Washington, D.C. She has been a web developer for over twenty years, and a WordPress developer for ten, specializing in custom theme and site development for nonprofits and the enterprise. She has spoken at WordCamps throughout the eastern United States and has been a core contributor to WordPress and related projects.
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Matt Ryan
Matt has a WordPress consultancy business offering custom website development and monthly website maintenance and help desk services. Originally from Baltimore, MD he now calls Sadsbury Township, PA home. He is back into coding after a long hiatus having survived for a time as a network project manger and software channel manager. He has become an avid Phillies fan, but tends to favor the minor league teams in Reading (Fightins) and Lehigh Valley (Iron Pigs). He and his wife are empty nesters, with a brand new grand-daughter. You can find Matt on Twitter at @ryancommamatt.
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Joe Casabona
Joe Casabona is an accredited college course developer and professor.
He also has his Master’s Degree in Software Engineering, is a Front End Developer, and hosts multiple podcasts.Joe started freelancing in 2002, and has been a teacher at the college level for over 10 years. His passion in both areas has driven him to build Creator Courses, a school for those who want to create online businesses.
As a big proponent of learning by doing, he loves creating focused, task-driven courses to help students build something. When he’s not teaching, he’s interviewing people for his podcast, How I Built It.
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Pam Aungst
Pam is a major SEO nerd, a huge fan of WordPress, and a Slayer-loving metalhead. She was named one of the “Top 10 Women in SEO for 2019.” Pam offers SEO consulting and training, as well as white-label services for agencies that want to provide high-quality SEO services to their clients.
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Jason Coleman
Jason is co-author of Building Web Apps with WordPress and CEO of Paid Memberships Pro, the 100% open source membership plugin for WordPress. He has been pushing WordPress to its limits for many years and is an advocate for using WordPress as an application framework to build web sites and apps that go above and beyond the typical blog of CMS site. Jason works out of his home in Reading, Pennsylvania where he lives with his wife and business partner Kimberly Coleman and their two children.
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Eileen Violini
I’m a designer and developer of user experiences and interfaces for WordPress websites and products. With over seven years experience building WordPress solutions, I currently put my skills to work for clients and agencies as cofounder at Sidetrack Studio and WPBlockShop and as the User Success Advocate with Castos and the Seriously Simple Podcasting plugin.
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Daniel Olson
Dan is the Chief Operating Officer of DigitalCube, a company committed to supporting WordPress and its communities. He’s a web developer, AWS superfan, JAMstack advocate, and design thinking enthusiast.
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Donna Botti
Donna is the owner of Delos Incorporated, a website development and digital marketing company in the Philadelphia area. Donna has been working with WordPress since 2010, creating websites and applications that help businesses grow and improve their processes. Donna frequently speaks to business organizations on how to make the web work for them. She enjoys hanging out with her family, the outdoors and Italian wine. Connect with Donna on Twitter @DonnaBotti
We are working to confirm the rest of our presenters and will release a full schedule as soon as possible.
