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Kathy Zant is a seasoned digital executive with over 20 years of web development experience for companies large and small. She’s been using WordPress for over a decade. In the last two years, she’s been a security analyst for Wordfence, developing services for WordPress users to better understand and manage their site security. She currently lives at the base of Mount Shasta in far northern California.

We’re thrilled to have Kathy onboard as a speaker at WordCamp Sacramento 2018 asked a few questions to help you get to know more about her. Check out our mini interview with Kathy below:

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Andrew currently works for Pantheon as a Developer Programs Engineer providing consulting ro their agency partners around complex workflows and automation. He also enjoys giving back to the WordPress community through the hosting group, plugin development and speaking at WordCamps. As a former web developer, Andrew spent his time on large scale projects for clients such as AMC Networks, Frito Lay, National Van Lines and more. With over 10 years of web development experience, specializing in WordPress, he is a seasoned veteran.

We’re thrilled to have Andrew onboard as a speaker at WordCamp Sacramento 2018 asked a few questions to help you get to know more about him. Check out our mini interview with Andrew below:

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Jim Kaspari has a background in biochemical engineering and has used this strong left-brained capacity combined with right brained communication skills to help business owners understand and easily implement complex processes like website design and SEO. He has been a business coach for 12 years, coached over 500 clients in 9 countries. During this time, he observed that over 80 percent of small business owners desperately need help with online marketing, so he has dedicated his time and practice to this expertise.

We’re thrilled to have Jim onboard as a speaker at WordCamp Sacramento 2018 asked a few questions to help you get to know more about him. Check out our mini interview with Jim below:

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Taylor Waldon is the Content Writer for GiveWP, a WordPress product company focused on providing solutions for nonprofit websites. She has a passion for WordPress and over 8 years of professional experience in marketing, website content management, and article and documentation writing and editing. She spent the past 2-3 years traveling and living in various locations around the United States while supporting herself through remote content management and social media management work. Recently, Taylor resettled in her hometown of San Diego, where she lives with her two dogs and explores San Diego through mini hiking adventures.

We’re thrilled to have Taylor onboard as a speaker at WordCamp Sacramento 2018 asked a few questions to help you get to know more about her. Check out our mini interview with Taylor below:

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Tyler Smith is a freelance web developer who specializes in building WordPress websites for marketing agencies and small businesses. A technology hobbyist his whole life, he became familiar with WordPress while working at a digital marketing agency. He enjoyed working with WordPress so much that after a year and a half at the digital marketing agency, he left to become a full-time web developer.

We’re thrilled to have Tyler onboard as a speaker at WordCamp Sacramento 2018 asked a few questions to help you get to know more about him. Check out our mini interview with Tyler below:

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Bodie Quirk is a geeky Christian Pastor from Southern California who loves how WordPress makes it easy for anyone to share what they know and serve others with their knowledge. Despite knowing nothing about web design, he took on the project of updating his church website and although he did pretty much everything wrong, he continued to learn and improve with WordPress (mostly from the help of others). In 2016, he launched YouCanLearntheBible.com, the online home for all of his Bible teachings, organized as free online courses. He has published 6 courses with over 200 video-based lessons. He is passionate about online learning and believes that everyone knows something that someone else wish they knew.

We’re thrilled to have Bodie onboard as a speaker at WordCamp Sacramento 2018 asked a few questions to help you get to know more about him. Check out our mini interview with Bodie below:

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Marla Todd is a writer and artist based in Orangevale, CA. She lives with her husband, daughter, and assorted hilarious cats and dogs. Using the pen name “Juliette Kings” Marla writes the parenting/urban fantasy blog Vampire Maman: An interesting hybrid of family and societal observations from the perspective of a mother who also happens to be a vampire. That Vampire Maman, aka Juliette, is a highly innovative and insightful writer with a gift for creating a fantasy world within a “real” world context. (From monkeybellhop.com). Marla is a founding member of the publishing group WPaD (Writers, Poets, and Deviants), and has contributed numerous stories to their anthologies.

We’re thrilled to have Marla onboard as a speaker at WordCamp Sacramento 2018 asked a few questions to help you get to know more about her. Check out our mini interview with Marla below:

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Chris Lema has been building eCommerce sites since 1997, back when it would take a lot of time, cost a lot of money, and still didn’t work perfectly. Today he’s the VP of Products at Liquid Web, where he’s designed and launched a new platform dedicated to WooCommerce stores.

We’re thrilled to have Chris onboard as a speaker at WordCamp Sacramento 2018 asked a few questions to help you get to know more about him. Check out our mini interview with Chris below:

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Blair Williams is a Software Developer and Online Entrepreneur. Blair has been developing websites, web-apps, and plugins for almost 20 years. Some of his past clients have included Raytheon, AMC, and FranklinCovey. For the last ten years, Blair has been focused on developing software and businesses around WordPress. He’s the creator of several popular plugins for WordPress including MemberPress, Pretty Link & Affiliate Royale and currently runs a full-time business that supports them.

We’re thrilled to have Blair onboard as a speaker at WordCamp Sacramento 2018 asked a few questions to help you get to know more about him. Check out our mini interview with Blair below:

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Justin Doyle is the Lead Designer at Tytanium Ideas Inc. He has about 13 years experience in web design. He worked for a high-end marketing company based out of Utah before starting his own company and then selling it to Tytanium Ideas in 2017. Now he spends his days applying his skills to large design projects that help scale businesses.

We’re thrilled to have Justin onboard as a speaker at WordCamp Sacramento 2018 asked a few questions to help you get to know more about him. Check out our mini interview with Justin below:

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