This page will be updated as we continue to add and tweak roles. Please feel free to reach out as a volunteer if you think you can help join or assist these teams!
TEAM LEAD
The team lead helps keeps things organized. A team lead is picked every year, and a team lead can lead no more than two years in a row.
David Bisset
David is a developer living in South Florida, and works for a company called Envira Gallery LLC which makes WordPress plugins used on hundreds of thousands of WordPress installs. He’s a WordPress developer and specializes in BuddyPress sites/applications along with stand-alone PHP work. Also a speaker, meetup organizer, conference organizer, and father of three. [davidbisset.com | @dimensionmedia]
CONTENT & COMMUNCATIONS TEAM
This team handles both posts to the website, the content that goes into the pages you see, and the maintenance of the website during the conference. This team also monitors our Slack channel and provides relevant updates to over 400+ who are in various channels.
Elizabeth Reiher
Elizabeth Reiher is a volunteer with the Content Team. She is a paralegal and Certified Scrum Master. You can find her on twitter at Tononomoshia.
Rick Tuttle
Rick Tuttle is the developer of the Wapuu bot. You can find him on the web at Papasoft.com and on twitter at ricktuttle.
SPONSORS TEAM
The Sponsors Team is responsible for procuring relevant and exciting sponsors. Our team also checks in and helps with sponsor related items during the conference.
Eddie Solar
Eddie is a web developer from Miami, FL who specializes in Front-End and Back-End Development. He supports the local tech community, enjoys learning new things and loves to play with CSS. You can find him on Twitter at @esolar07
Patrick Alexander
Entrepreneur, System Administrator, Software Engineer, Web Developer, WordPress Enthusiast, and founder of All-In-One WP solution WPBICO. [ wpbico.com | @balambi ]
KIDS TEAM
This team handles everything to do the kids workshop, events, and meals during the entire event.
Sandy Edwards
William Jackson
William Jackson graduated from South Carolina State University earning a Bachelor’s in Education degree. He furthered his education earning a Masters of Arts in Teaching from Webster University with a focus on Educational Technology, Social Media and STEM. William’s career involves past teaching with NASA as an Internet and Technology instructor as well as technology consultant with the Florida Department of Education. He is currently Professor with Edward Waters College teaching Educational Technology, Social Media and STEM. He has been involved in the field of education for over 25 years in elementary and higher education. William has been involved in blogging as a national and international writer, writing in media in the United States, Europe and on the African continent. Using the #myquesttoteach as a foundation to share content that is diverse in the way information can be applied and integrated in many areas.
DESIGN TEAM
The Design Team handles logos, web design, stage decoration, badges, swag, and more.
Roberto Remedios
UX UI Designer & Frontend Developer. WordPress fan since 2006. Always looking to learn and share his knowledge about WordPress with others, accessibility advocate, speaker, community and WPTV wrangler.
He can be found at robertoremedios.com | @remediosgraphic
EVENT/VENUE TEAM
The local team handles logistics and coordinates local vendors and venues for the conference, speaker’s dinner, after parties, and any other aspects of the event such as catering.
Anthony Miyazaki
Anthony is a brand-builder and spends his time building brands for people, programs, and organizations. He founded and currently directs the FIU Master of Science in Marketing program, the only one in the world with a three-part focus on Digital Marketing, Brand Development, and Marketing Analytics. He leads FIU’s Marketing and Logistics department, and was appointed as the college’s Executive Director of Marketing and Analytics.
Twitter: @SensibleFolk | Youtube: AnthonyMiyazaki
Jean Felisme
#OpenSource Dev (#WordPress & #NodeJS) | #gamedev & #twitchstreamer | Co-Organizer of #WCMIA | Co-founder of @RateMyBarber | God gives, Family keeps and Hip-Hop is life.
Valerie Pierce
Experienced Project Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the health and wellness, technical, and automotive industries. Also, skilled in customer service, nonprofit organizations, negotiation, event planning, marketing planning, social media: strategy, implementation, and coaching, strong professional training with an Associates Degree in Accounting from Chattahoochee Technical Institute.
PHOTOGRAPHY TEAM
Our Photography Team will be there for all the moments, captured in both photographs and videos, that we want to memorialize for this momentous 10th year of WordCamp Miami.
Chris Edwards
Chris is co-owner of Data Driven Labs, a WordPress Maintenance and Marketing agency. He is a 19-year Internet marketing veteran with experience in web design & development, search engine optimization, online marketing, social media marketing and mobile development. In addition, he is involved in videography and photography. He specializes in WordPress custom development utilizing either Genesis Framework or underscores and is very active in the WordPress Orlando community. Chris has held development and Internet marketing positions in some of Orlando’s top technology companies.
Nakeesha Charles
Nakeesha Charles is the writer and editor-in-chief of cnakeesha.com. Over the last 5 years, she has participated in WordCamp Miami as an attendee, a volunteer, and a speaker on the topic of writing for the web. She has been creating with WordPress since 2009.
SIGNAGE TEAM
This team helps with all signage during the event.
Windy Pierre
VOLUNTEERS TEAM
Volunteers keep WordCamp Miami rolling. Without volunteers, there would be no WordCamp Miami. Many of our volunteers have been with us for multiple years. The Volunteer Team has the critical job of recruiting, training, organizing and managing our incredible team of volunteers.
Nakeesha Charles
Nakeesha Charles is the writer and editor-in-chief of cnakeesha.com. Over the last 5 years, she has participated in WordCamp Miami as an attendee, a volunteer, and a speaker on the topic of writing for the web. She has been creating with WordPress since 2009.
Steven Alig
Steven Alig is the President and owner of SoFla Web Studio. He is a graduate of FAU College of Business and has been professionally involved in the internet industry since 1997. Steven’s unique ability to understand the programming, design and marketing of web technology enable him to create effective and powerful web strategies that work.
Jim Wells
Social media marketer for non-profits and WordPress newbie looking for opportunities to learn while doing. [ Twitter: @jim_wells2 ]
SOCIAL TEAM
This team handles social media before and during the event. They help with updates and responding to questions on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat.
Colleen Brady
Loves creating solutions that solve business problems. Delights in WordPress’ power and flexibility. Enjoys mini-vacations in Miami. Connect with Colleen at @colleenmbrady and at her website.
COMMUNITY TEAM
This team handles outreach, marketing, and communication with groups that work together with WordCamp Miami to support our local communities.
Ptah “Pirate” Dunbar
Open source hacker, full stack web developer and curious learner of ALL THE THINGS! #piratelife[ptahdunbar.com | @ptahdunbar]
FOOD TEAM
This team handles food and coffee for the weekend.
Allie Nimmons
Oswaldo Arratia
Oswaldo is an electronics engineer, sysadmin and full stack developer who has specialized in the telecommunications area since 1999.
As the owner of VoIPExperts.net LLC, Oswaldo has been designing applications and building networks for telecommunication companies focused on the VoIP technology.
He participates and likes to volunteer at several tech events and conferences. As a hobby, he uses telecommunications to build and interact with applications for small IoT projects.
Although he is not very active on social media, you can find him on twitter @OswaldoArratia
SPEAKER TEAM
This team handles interactions with speakers, Room MCs, and similar responsibilities.
Ester (Etty) Sims
George Cooke
George is an educator teaching Python, JavaScript, PHP and WordPress for the Computer Science department at Broward College. He is the WordPress administrator for the Computer Science and BC Hackathon web sites and mentors Broward College students who intern at the Computer Science department working on WordPress plugins and themes for the department web sites.
Jesse Velez
Jesse Velez has over 15 years experience designing, coding and leading development web teams. In his spare time he enjoys playing rpg’s like StarCraft 2 (and Minecraft) to keep his brain fresh; and developing plugins for non-profits to better help manage people resources.
MASCOT
Cafecíto Wapuu
Our very own WordCamp Miami mascot is named Cafecito Wapuu after the Cuban coffee shots that seem to be part of his biology. Cafecito Wapuu is an expert in the local Miami dialect and seeks to educate all visitors to our wonderfully diverse South Florida community. Follow him on Twitter @cafecitowapuu and cafecitowapuu on Instagram. Dále! For real bro.
IN MEMORIAM
Todrick Moore
Todrick Moore was one of the strongest members of the South Florida WordPress community. After coming to meetups, Todrick quickly volunteered and became a WordCamp Miami organizer in 2015 and 2016. Todrick primarily contributed in the areas of logo design and signs for the event, as evidenced by items he shows on his website. Todrick passed away on September 25, 2018.
Efrain Rivera
Our dear friend, Efrain passed away on January 28, 2018. WordCamp Miami will never be the same without him. Several years ago, Efrain revamped our registration process transforming it from utter chaos into a finely tuned happy place run by smiling volunteers.