{"id":732,"date":"2019-08-08T20:58:20","date_gmt":"2019-08-09T03:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2019.vegas.wordcamp.org\/?p=732"},"modified":"2019-08-26T16:09:52","modified_gmt":"2019-08-26T23:09:52","slug":"announcing-our-speakers-round-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vegas.wordcamp.org\/2019\/announcing-our-speakers-round-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing Our Speakers: Round 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After announcing Round 1<\/a> of the speakers for WordCamp Las Vegas 2019, we are ecstatic to announce Round 2! If you haven\u2019t already purchased your WordCamp Las Vegas ticket<\/a>, getting to know our second round of speakers will convince you to do so now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amy Kamala Fiske<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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As a WordPress Technician, Amy has been dedicated to facilitating the success of WordPress users around the globe for the past five years. In support of open source, she acts as a WordPress.org<\/a> hosting contributor; assisting with #hosting-community team organization. Amy was born and raised in Venice Beach, California and is a mother of two. With an MFA from UCLA, you can also catch her artwork in galleries and festivals in Southern California and beyond. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Presentation: Own Your WordPress: How To Optimize<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

David Mayne<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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David Mayne is the Digital Strategist and COO for PIMedia LLC (pimedia.me<\/a>), a Las Vegas digital marketing agency.  He has extensive experience as a WordPress designer and he is certified in multiple marketing technologies.  His career began in corporate computing and business application development.  Today, he leads his team in website design and strategy for business marketing and is a “Digital Marketing Turn Around” specialist.  He takes under or non-performing digital campaigns and re-engineers them into marketing machines for businesses and brands. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Presentation: WordPress at the Heart of Your Strategy<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Twitter: @davmayne<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shelby Sapusek <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Shelby spent 17 years in the newspaper industry as a graphic designer for print. Then 10 years ago, she started her own WordPress website development business. She creates executive level website designs along with custom content strategies for small businesses. Along the way, she’s picked up some techniques to circumvent design and navigation issues while still providing unique customized solutions for clients. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Presentation: She Said, He Said: Hackers’ Guide To Coding<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Twitter: @ShelMKE<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jim Raffel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Jim started his first WordPress blog in the middle of 2005. He quickly learned his way around the backend to create the look and feel he desired. Later he used his Linux and programming past to hack code together in an effort to get even closer to his vision of a perfect website. In 2010 Jim began partnering with Shelby and quickly learned that Comic Sans was not a good choice for, well anything! Working together from that point on, Jim has managed the backend technology of as many as 20 websites while Shelby takes care of the front-end design, typography, and most importantly proofreading. Jim also has a few other businesses he’s involved with and in all those businesses one of his key focuses is driving sales which he prefers to call business development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Presentation: She Said, He Said: Hackers’ Guide To Coding<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Twitter: @raffel<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matt Campbell<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Matt Campbell has been in Internet marketing since 2003.   For the past 5-1\/2 years, he works at Horizon Web Marketing<\/a> building and maintaining WordPress websites, managing PPC programs, link building, and implementing SEO. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his spare time, Matt continues his passion for music and weddings by creating and managing a WordPress website, My Wedding Songs<\/a>.  The website has grown to more than 4 million annual visitors and is ranked as the 16th best wedding blog in the world by Feedspot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Presentation: How I Grew To 4 Million Website Visitors<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Twitter: @mywedsongs<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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