WordCamp speakers are everywhere

Posted on September 3, 2015 by Russell Aaron

Tabitha Chapman (a.k.a Tabby)

Academic Applications Developer at University of California, Irvine where she works on WordPress plugins and themes for the Ayala School of Biological Sciences.

James Dalman

The CEO and Founder of Happy Joe, a non-profit organization that specializes in helping military veterans launch successful careers and businesses in the web technology industry. He served in the U.S. Army Reserve and Oklahoma National Guard. James has been in the branding, design, and web media industry for 27 years and has done work for HTC, BMW, Michael Hyatt, Nike Golf, Eskimo Joes, NASCAR, and Arnold Palmer. He was one of the very first premium WordPress theme designers in the industry and has spoken at numerous WordCamps and events across the United States.

Tamara Floyd

Wife, mother, full-time blogger, multi-passionate entrepreneur and part-time super hero with a simple mission of World Domination. She created NaturalHairRules.com in 2008 as a creative outlet; currently the site has a social media following of over a half million and receives more than one million monthly page views.

Devin Walker

The founder of WordImpress, a San Diego based WordPress development company. He and the WordImpress team also serve as WordPress Community Consultants for Media Temple. Mr. D. Walker has extensive experience creating free, premium, and commercial WordPress plugins and themes. Popular plugins include Give WordPress Donations Plugin, Google Maps Builder, Yelp Widget Pro and WooCommerce Quick Checkout. In total, his plugins on WordPress.org have been downloaded more than 100,000 times. Outside of work, Devin enjoys traveling the world, going to concerts and playing a leisurely round of disc golf.

Sneak Peek into the WordCamp Vegas Venue

Posted on August 18, 2015 by Russell Aaron

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Breaking News! We’re bringing you a sneak peek of the WordCamp Vegas 2015 Venue. The Innevation Center has granted us special permission to show off the venue for WordCamp Vegas 2015. The Innevation Center is a 65,000-square-foot facility with some of the most advanced technology on the planet.

Don’t miss your chance to attend this year’s WordCamp. Get your Tickets Here.

More WordCamp Tickets Added.

Posted on August 12, 2015 by Russell Aaron

You asked for them, you got them. We added more tickets that are available as of August 12th, 2015. That’s today! In addition to additional tickets, we have announced all of our WordCamp Vegas 2015 Speakers and posted the WordCamp Vegas 2015 Speaker Schedule. Next week, we’re going to start introducing each speaker and their sessions.

Meet Some Speakers!

Keynote: Ben Fox of Sidekick.pro

Ben has been building a business with WordPress for three years and in that time has merged his passion for education with a love of technology. In 2012 he co-founded of FlowPress, a WordPress focused development agency as well as WPUniversity.com. His current project is the Sidekick platform which provides real-time, guided help and learning from right inside the WordPress dashboard.

Shayda Torabi of WPEngine

Shayda Torabi is a storyteller, digital marketer, and lover of all things WordPress. From the people to the platform, she’s been using WordPress since 2004 and hasn’t looked back. Working at WP Engine as part of their Marketing team, Shayda focuses on building authentic relationships with the amazing people who make up the WordPress community. Having been to over 30 WordCamps all over the world from Sevilla to Chicago to San Francisco, one thing has remained constant, the generosity of the people of WordPress. She likes loud music, iced coffee and chronicles her life adventures through her food blog, www.DineWithShayda.com.

Steve Zehngut of Zeek Interactive

Steve founded Zeek Interactive in 1995 and he has been the creative technologist behind the Huntington Beach based company since its inception. Under his direction, Zeek has grown from an apartment bedroom to one of Southern California’s leading WordPress and mobile development shops.

Steve is the organizer of the OC WordPress Meetup and has helped build the community to over 1,300 members. He is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and has taught interactive courses at UC Irvine, USC, the American Film Institute, and Cal State Long Beach. Steve has a BA in Film from Cal State Northridge.

Matt Cromwell of WordImpress!

Matt is Head of Support and Brand Ambassador at WordImpress.com. He and the WordImpress team also serve as WordPress Community Consultants for Media Temple.

He’s the author of many free WordPress plugins, a popular blogger at mattcromwell.com, an Admin of the Advanced WordPress Facebook group, Lead Organizer of the San Diego WordPress Meetup, and a frequent WordCamp speaker and attender.

WordCamp Vegas Schedule Is Now Up!

Posted on August 8, 2015 by Russell Aaron

Exciting News Everyone. The 2015 WordCamp Vegas Schedule2015 has been published and our organization team is very excited to bring WordCamp Vegas 2015 to you this year at the inNEVation Center. We’ve picked a wonderful group of WordCamp Speakers and we hope you are ready to learn more about WordPress.

Tickets On Sale

You can still purchase tickets for WordCamp Vegas 2015 for both days, or for a single day of WordCamp. We’re looking forward to having both days jetpack’d with information and opportunities to make some new partnerships.

Hotel Information

Hotel information can be found on the location page. Of course you are more than welcomed to stay anywhere you would like. Please keep in mind that ride sharing companies are not available in Nevada. We will keep you informed if that changes. Most of the hotels have a shuttle to and from the airport. Each hotel has a taxi cab pick up and drop off center. You’ll need to contact your hotel to find out their locations.

If you need anything, be sure to get in contact with us through our contact page or twitter and Facebook.