We’re so excited to announce another batch of amazing speakers that will be at WordCamp NOLA on August 13! Tickets can be purchased here.
Jeremy Dolan
Jeremy Dolan was born and raised in Sussex, England. He discovered his love of engineering at a young age, and often took things apart just to put them back together again. Later, he delved deeper into the subject as he pursued Design Technology in A-levels. He graduated from Birmingham University with a degree in Geology. Soon after leaving school, he was selected for the cast of STOMP, and spent almost a decade drumming for the show in London, Paris, and Boston.
Jeremy began teaching himself programming during his years as a performer. When he left the stage in 2007, he began a successful second career as a freelance web developer, and continued his education with programming classes at UCLA.
Prior to joining Faudo/Get Online NOLA full time in Fall 2014, Jeremy worked as a programmer for Peter Mayer Advertising, where he specialized in email marketing and WordPress development.
In his spare time, Jeremy enjoys playing rugby for Crescent City Blues, cycling, gardening, and going camping with his family.
Topic: E-commerce for WordPress (Why we wuv Woo)
Sonja Leix
Sonja is a location-independent WordPress designer and Digital Strategist. She’s an active member of the WordPress community, contributes to the Polyglots team, and helps out with community events such as WordCamp New York and Europe. She loves working with passionate people and sharing her experiences with the community.
Topic: Lost in Translation: What I learned by Contributing to the Polyglots Team
Blake Bertuccelli
Blake Bertuccelli is an independent web designer, developer, and strategist who has created websites and media outreach campaigns for a var arrayOfClients = {‘organizations’ : [‘NOTMC’, ‘GoNOLA’, ‘Tulane’, ‘Ragusa Consulting’, ‘NolaVie’], ‘individuals’ : [’La. State Senator J.P. Morrell’, ‘Ruby Bridges’, ‘Terry Gilliam’], ‘events’ : [‘New Orleans Navy Week’, ‘New Orleans Book Fest’], ‘government_groups’ : [Third Coast Leadership PAC, Keep Louisiana Beautiful]}.
A graduate of Tulane University, Blake is also an avid filmmaker (“A Journey West”, “El Sud”), playwright (“Waiting for the Sun”), a co-founder of Cinema Reset, founder of Open Screen New Orleans, a board member of Shotgun Cinema, and Managing Director of Lowling Company, LLC.
Topic: Design Thinking: Keeping Themes DRY in the JavaScript Age
Adam W. Warner
Adam W. Warner discovered the world of WordPress in 2005 and has been working within the community ever since. To feed his entrepreneurial spirit, he founded several WordPress-focused businesses that provide education, plugins and consulting services for online business owners. He is a true product evangelist for WordPress in spirit and personality, and that also happens to be his job title at SiteLock. In addition to WordPress, Adam is passionate about his family, robots and of course, life, the universe and everything.
Topic: Creating a Digital Download Business – What to sell, how to sell it and shortcuts to success
Christopher Harris
Born a geek, Christopher Harris coded his first website in 1997. In 2005 he launched Faith Growth, a Dallas-based consulting company that builds custom Genesis WordPress sites for domestic and international faith-based clients. Faith Growth also provides white label development service to agencies. Christopher particularly enjoys helping churches develop a digital-first mindset, to effectively engage and grow their communities online. Christopher is an active contributor to the local WordPress community.