Our WordCamp US speakers are a diverse group. Some of them are speaking this weekend at WordCamps in Providence, Portland, Salt Lake City, and Wilmington. If you are going to any of these WordCamps, let our speakers know you’re looking forward to seeing them at WordCamp US, tell fellow attendees, and buy your ticket today.
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Felix Arntz
Felix is a WordPress freelancer based in Germany, where he has been implementing client solutions and plugins for several years now. He is a Back-end developer with a major focus on Multisite environments.
Aside from occasionally creating open-source plugins to give back to the WordPress project, he is also involved in core development, where he has been a component maintainer for Multisite and Post Thumbnails for awhile, and he became a committer in late 2016.
When he is not doing WordPress stuff, Felix spends his time producing music, playing the piano, and playing soccer. He does all of that while drinking a lot of Mountain Dew.
Kathryn Presner
Kathryn Presner thrives on helping people get the most out of WordPress. After a career designing and building websites for clients, she joined Automattic as a Happiness Engineer in 2012. She’s currently Theme Whisperer on the Theme Team, where she helps folks with customization, configuration, and troubleshooting.
Kathryn is also a member of the WordPress.org support crew and enjoys spreading her passion for WordPress and encouraging new public speakers at WordCamps, Girl Geeks, Ladies Learning Code, and other grassroots events.
Non-WordPress obsessions include vintage Pyrex mixing bowls and growing garlic.
Marc Benzakein
Hailing from the Great State of Wisconsin, Marc is the Operations Manager of ServerPress, LLC, a software development company focused on products and services pertaining to the WordPress Community. He has spoken, organized, and worked as a sponsor for several WordCamps over the past four years, and he believes strongly that the Community is what makes WordPress so powerful. He has spoken on topics ranging from Business, Marketing, Development, to WordCamps.
Marc lives in Milwaukee with his wife, nine children, three cats, two dogs, his son’s snake, and a bunch of fish. In between times with the family and work, he enjoys his photography and working out. OK, that working out part isn’t true. Marc actually hates working out. He does it anyway.
Mel Choyce
Mel is a Boston-based Product Designer and a WordPress core contributor.
She loves big type, cold brew coffee, and printmaking.
Nathaniel Schweinberg
Nathaniel is a Systems Engineer living in sunny Vacaville, California. He manages Human Made’s server infrastructure and fights to keep all the chaos monkeys at bay. He has the cutest kitty ever.
When he’s not working, you can find Nathaniel spending time with his friends around a board game or off on a hike in the hills.
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I am so proud of my daughter, Kathryn. She taught me everything I know about WordPress blogging. 🙂