We’re very happy to announce our speakers for WordCamp Kent, June 9-10. They have volunteered their time to share their knowledge and expertise in order to give back to the WordPress community.
Dustin Hartzler
Dustin Hartzler is a Happiness Engineer at Automattic by day, where he helps business owners work all of the kinks out of their WooCommerce stores. If working with WordPress all day wasn’t enough, he spends time each week recording his WordPress podcast called Your Website Engineer. He enjoys helping people understand and use WordPress to it’s fullest capacity and spends time tinkering with code.
When he’s not in front of the computer (which is rare), he enjoys spending time CrossFitting, reading and traveling. He lives in Dayton, OH with his wife, 4 year old daughter, and 1 year old son.
Matt Hayman
Matt has spent the majority of his career focused on SMB sales. From door2door sales, selling to fortune 100 companies, or running his own companies, Matt has a diverse sales background which he now uses to manage, teach, and train others. As an international sales leader he travels the globe sharing his insights through keynotes, blogs, and social media, on overcoming the 2 major obstacles in sales; prospecting and freeing up dollars without making major changes to how you work today. Matt currently resides in Dallas, Texas, with his wife and 6 kids. When he isn’t traveling he spends his time coaching multiple youth sports and building his community.
John Centofanti
John serves as a marketing strategist and content developer. In 2006, John founded Creative Stream Marketing, serving Technology and B2B clients, ranging from startups to $60 M in revenue. John has worked with numerous start ups, early stage, and established companies both strategically and in providing digital marketing services, developing brands and increasing response to their businesses.
In 2018, John became the owner and president of www.needtomeet.com, an online calendar scheduling tool.
Bruce Chamoff
Bruce Chamoff has been a web developer for over 21 years and has worked on over 1,000 websites. He has worked on WordPress since 2006 building themes and plugins for Fortune 500 companies as well as mom and pop shops. His Udemy courses have taught WordPress development to web designers in over 150 countries as he loves to teach!
His most recent involvement was with the Radio City Rockettes website in New York City and he is the senior director of technology and development for American Media Inc, the publisher of top gossip magazines in the US including National Enquirer, OK, Star, and Soap Opera Digest. In his spare time, he performs with this band and is a dedicated father.
Josh Gellock
Josh is the SEO and Content Strategist at Expander Digital, an SEO studio he founded in 2014. He helps other businesses drive website traffic from organic search. When he’s not meeting with clients, you can find Josh fishing, hiking, or biking on trails.
Please Note: The speakers are listed in no particular order.