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Hobbyist podcaster turned professional, Ray converted his love of producing podcasts into a full-time career. Ray produces podcasts for the American Society for Microbiology, overseeing daily production of the ASM network of podcasts. Ray also hosts his own shows, The Podcasters’ Studio and Podcasters’ Roundtable, podcasts dedicated to helping other people start, improve and profit from their own show. Ray has been in podcasting since 2006 and has been invited to speak at conferences such as New Media Expo, Podcast Movement, Government Video Expo, and various Podcamps. He’s also the founder of the Sacramento Podcasters Meetup group. Ray enjoys introducing new people to the podcasting community either as consumers or producers in an ongoing effort to grow this new medium. To that end, Ray is also a founding member of International Podcast Day. Ray’s YouTube channel currently has over 52 thousand subscribers and over 6 million views. He loves producing both high-quality, digital video and audio and sharing what he learns along the way.

We’re thrilled to have Ray 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 Ray below:

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Michelle Schulp is an independent graphic designer and frontend developer in Minneapolis. Prior to beginning her career, she studied Visual Communications, with minors in Psychology and Sociology. As her work progressed, she also branched into front-end development and user experience design to round our her skillset. This combination of disciplines led her to adopt a strategy-based approach to design, focused on solving tangible problems and achieving real goals based on how people think. She loves the open source community, and when she is not working on projects she speaks/volunteers/organizes at events and workshops around the country. Her passions are communication and empowerment, and she believes in the power of “Why?”

We’re thrilled to have Michelle 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 Michelle below:

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Ken Schnetz is an experienced developer specializing in creating e-commerce and site deployment tools for WordPress. Ken is especially interested in using the latest frameworks and APIs to make WordPress sites and plugins faster, easier to use, simpler to deploy, and more lightweight than ever.

We’re thrilled to have Kenneth 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 Kenneth below:

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Kathy Alice Brown has been a SEO Consultant and Blogger for over 9 years with a focus on technical SEO. She has worked extensively with WordPress sites and teaches SEO on Udemy.

We’re thrilled to have Kathy Alice 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 Alice below:

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Jason Cosper gets paid to nerd out over WordPress and make it fast. No, really. TBH, it’s pretty nice work if you can get it. He also spends a ton of time with his wife Sarah and chihuahua, Gomez. Jason’s passions include hanging out in musty record stores, drinking whiskey, smoking meats, and sampling craft beers.

We’re thrilled to have Jason 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 Jason below:

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Cristina Robinson is a Sacramento-based designer and blogger with over 10 years of experience. Her passion for web design began in high school where she created layouts on LiveJournal, web pages on Yahoo! Geocities and managed her high school’s website. She’s been growing her skills ever since teaching herself WordPress, PHP, LESS, Sass, and design. She graduated with her Bachelor of Science degree in Web Design and Interactive Media from The Art Institute of California — Sacramento in 2012, has worked for two local web agencies, and freelanced for a variety of local clients. Cristina is currently the UI/UX Designer at Sacramento digital marketing agency Three29 and can be found blogging at TheLovelyGeek.com.

We’re thrilled to have Christina 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 Cristina below:

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Vasken is currently the VP of Platforms and Systems at 10up, a leading provider of digital creative services for content creators. A strong believer in open source technologies, Vasken has spoken and hosted panels at numerous WordCamp, NERCOMP, and EDUCAUSE events, on subjects ranging from Green Computing to WordPress-based centralized authentication systems.

We’re thrilled to have Vasken 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 Vasken below:

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Parisa Vassei is a digital strategist and designer who helps clients and groups level up their online presence through user experience design, conversion strategy, analytics, and marketing automation all in the WordPress environment. Formerly the founder of Web Couture, her new Northern California-based company, Parisa Consulting, offers high level consulting and solutions for businesses hoping to enhance their digital footprints through smart quick launch WordPress websites, marketing funnels and automation, and e-learning environments. Nothing would make Parisa happier than if you asked her about her new favorite apps or her cat—not necessarily in that order.

We’re thrilled to have Parisa 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 Parisa below:

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Natalie Bourn is currently a sophomore in high school. She’s been a WordPress blogger for four years and writes about adventures, life lessons, her journey through school and being a teenager, and her friends and family. She has recently started a YouTube channel sharing videos about her life and travels. When she’s not busy with homework and exploring with her family, she loves to dance and choreograph, read, write, and play with her brother.

We’re thrilled to have Natalie 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 Natalie below:

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After the incredible success of our first single day Beginner Track in 2017, we decided to do it again! This year however, we’ve changed up the official schedule to bring you an all new WordPress Beginner Track spanning two full days!

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