A lot goes into a successful WordCamp. That includes dedicated organizers and volunteers, passionate attendees, supportive sponsors, and, of course, knowledgeable speakers who generously share their experience and insight with others.
WordCamp Las Vegas 2019 is pleased to announce our first round of speakers—an eclectic group of WordPress professionals with a ton of information to share. If you haven’t already purchased your WordCamp Las Vegas ticket or signed up to be a sponsor, taking a look at this first group of speakers, as well as their talks, will convince you to do so now.
Jodie Riccelli
Jodie Riccelli sits as the Director of Business Development at WebDevStudios. Since starting with the company in 2016, she has been responsible for creating unique web strategies and solutions for clients including Viacom, The National Domestic Violence Hotline, and The Society of Women Engineers. Jodie brings twenty years of sales and marketing experience to WebDevStudios. Her marketing expertise and ability to restructure and to systematize businesses has been recognized by business leaders in many fields including media, consumer product goods, and nonprofits.
She was on the organizing team for WordCamp US in Philadelphia and can be found speaking at WordCamps across the country. In her downtime, she shares life experiences about screwing up on Izzabeth.com and has been known to get lost in old bookstores avoiding the fact that there is no more shelf space at home. Jodie lives in Philadelphia and constantly talks about her pups, Sir Frankie and Arya Bark.
Presentation: Building Successful Client Relationships in a Digital Age
Twitter: @Jodie_Riccelli
Kenny Eliason
As a native to Las Vegas, Kenny knows this town like the back of his hand. In 2011 he started NeONBRAND, where he fills his days helping build businesses through SEO and other website marketing techniques. He is a self taught WordPress developer who loves to build awesome sites for customers all around the world. He is also fluent in Spanish and loves to speak it whenever he can.
Presentation: Optimizing your Site With Yoast SEO
Twitter: @neonbrand
Russell Aaron
A father of two wonderful kids, Russell Aaron is a Full Stack Developer for the Plaza Hotel & Casino. He is also a co-organizer and speaker of the Las Vegas WordPress Meetup Group. Russell is trying to become a better WordPress role model. He is also a former WordPress Support Technician for WebDevStudios.
Presentation: ACF PRO Diversification; Co-host, Open Forum: Everything You Want to Ask Speakers and Experts
Twitter: @enqueue_russ
Nile Flores
Nile Flores is a long time WordPress designer and Developer. While she grew up a military brat, she’s settled in the St. Louis metro east region. Nile blogs at Blondish.net, where she covers topics on WordPress, Blogging, SEO, Social Media, and Web Design. Nile also works as an Infection Cleanup Specialist at WP Fix It, and she’s a regular contributor to the GoDaddy blog.
She also loves contributing to WordPress, and that includes speaking at WordCamps across the United States. She loves helping people, and supporting Open Source projects. When Nile isn’t knee deep in coding and design, she’s spending time with her son, who is also a WordPress user.
Presentation: Make Money with WordPress for Bloggers
Twitter: @blondishnet
AmyJune Hineline
AmyJune is an active contributor in the open-source world. As the Open Source Community Ambassador at Kanopi Studios, AmyJune helps to ensure her team remains connected to open-source communities.
AmyJune co-organizes various open-source camps and conventions throughout North America, all while helping each of the communities be more inclusive. This focus enables others to forge deep community connections that benefit the whole. As a self-described non-coder, she helps communities discover how they can contribute back in more ways than code.
In addition to her work building community connections, AmyJune is an avid geocacher, noted Volkswagen enthusiast, and eats with her elbows on the table.
Presentation: Inclusive Content Strategy
Twitter: @volkswagenchick