Introducing Our Third (Final) Round of Speakers!

Introducing Our Third (Final) Batch of Speakers!

Here’s the third and final batch of speakers for WordCamp Jackson, happening this coming Friday and Saturday May 5-6! Get your tickets if you haven’t already.

AJ Morris

AJ is the Managed WordPress Product Manager for Liquid Web, a fully managed hosting company. In his position AJ is responsible for the leading product and go to market strategy for Liquid Web’s Managed WordPress product line. He oversees initiatives focusing on open-source, community and spreading the love of WordPress.

WordCamp Jackson topic: Starting Your First Online Business with WordPress and Getting started with WP-CLI, a command-line tool to automate your life


Nicole Arnold

Nicole is a software developer at Alley Interactive, a full-service digital agency focused on news media, where she develops WordPress sites for high profile clients such as Digiday and The New York Post. She also contributes to WordPress as part of the Documentation Team, and has spoken at Detroit area meetups and several WordCamps across the U.S. and Canada.

WordCamp Jackson topic: More Core Functions You (Maybe) Don’t Know Exist


Tessa Kriesel

Tessa has more than a decade of experience as a front end developer, including both freelancing and working for creative agencies and corporate companies. She is also an Instructor for the Minneapolis chapter of Girl Develop It!, a national nonprofit that teaches women to code, where she manages curriculum and teaches courses.

WordCamp Jackson topic: Introduction to Configuration Management


Steve Bennett

Steve is co- founder of Real Big Marketing in Jackson, MI which leverages WordPress to enhance the web for it’s clients. Steve has 9 years of experience with the platform and enjoys sharing his enthusiasm at Meetups and WordCamps. You may find him online at @BigActual.

WordCamp Jackson topic: Moving your business to WordPress


John Parkinson

WordPress user since 2010. Volunteer with WordPress TV since 2014.

WordCamp Jackson topic: The Accidental Vlogger


Courtney Boatin

Courtney Boatin is a WordPress site designer, HubSpot partner, and agency owner since 2008. She specializes in B2B and Medical inbound marketing and website design.

WordCamp Jackson topic: How to turn your B2B website into a lead generation machine


Rich Collier

Rich has been building websites since the beginning of the web. He discovered WordPress in it’s early years and has made many core contributions and authored several plugins. He worked as Director of Engineering at a major publisher in the United States and has now settled in at Automattic, building the next generation of Jetpack and VaultPress.

WordCamp Jackson topic: Coding With Jetpack

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