Speakers

James Forward is a freelance web designer and WordPress developer. He is self-taught, has worked with WordPress for over 12 years and web design even longer. He specialises in web design and WordPress development for small to medium sized business, with a focus on SEO. He also works in graphic design and fine art. His connection to fine art also sees a specialism in artist portfolio websites.
He works as one half of the independent partnership forwardcreative.media which works across web design and video production, based in Bromley in south east London, working with clients locally, across London, the UK and sometimes abroad.

Jakson is a WordPress junky, YouTuber, olive oil maker, and wannabe Italian.

He designs and develops high-impact WordPress websites optimized for speed, performance, and conversions.

His “other” day job is teaching WordPress through his website https://jakson.co/ and his YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@wpjakson.

Aaron is an international speaker, open source advocate, and outgoing introvert. He’s been a regular contributor to WordPress for more than a decade, and is currently Director of Product at A2 Hosting. His passion is helping companies work with the WordPress project to improve and support WordPress while providing better and more secure WordPress offerings to their customers.

David Darke is the co-founder and operations director of Atomic Smash, a website performance agency based in Bristol that specialises in optimising WordPress, WooCommerce, and Shopify.

Since its inception in 2010, Atomic Smash has prided itself on a caring team culture that emphasises continuous learning, creativity, and problem-solving. In this role, he has been recognised for kindness in leadership by being nominated as a Kindness Leadership Leading Light.
David’s approach to business reflects a deep understanding of the web’s potential to transform how companies and individuals communicate and conduct business.

Stoyan Georgiev is a WordPress developer with over five years of experience at SiteGround. He’s been heavily involved in developing the award-winning SiteGround Security and SiteGround Optimizer plugins, currently used by over two million websites worldwide. A WordPress core contributor since the start of his career, Stoyan is currently serving as a core triage lead for WordPress 6.7.

He’s a regular at WordCamps and meetups worldwide, passionate about connecting with fellow WordPress experts and users. When not coding, Stoyan likes to freestyle at the podiums of various events, though his greatest performance to date was seamlessly merging two branches at his own wedding – all without a single conflict.

When not coding, Stoyan enjoys the outdoors, balancing his tech expertise with real-world adventures.

Ignat Georgiev is a senior WordPress developer with over 10 years of diverse experience in the field. His journey has taken him from crafting bespoke client solutions in agency setting to architecting plugins used by millions worldwide in his current role at SiteGround. A frequent traveler to WordCamps and meetups, Ignat is deeply engaged with the WordPress community – both as a member and contributor. 

When not immersed in code, he’d like to think that you’ll find him taking walks on the beach with his beloved Shiba Inu – Nori, exploring new technologies, or discovering new corners of the world. In reality, he’s probably just debugging that one stubborn function while Nori patiently waits for her overdue walk, likely chewing on Ignat’s favorite SiteGround socks.

Maciej is a co-founder of Osom Studio, a boutique WordPress agency for Technology Companies.

He is a software engineer turned entrepreneur with a passion for WordPress to the point he hosts a WordPress podcast.

Maciej looks at business challenges from a developer perspective and on software projects from a business perspective. In his free time, he is an avid runner, bookworm, and a master procrastinator.

Serafín has been working with WordPress since 2010, and out of his interest in eLearning, founded eLearningWP a few years ago.

eLearningWP is an agency dedicated to serving educators, creators and online communities using WordPress for their online courses and membership sites.

Originally from Argentina, he has been living in the UK since 2019, after moving around for almost a decade.

I am a full-time contributor to WordPress (sponsored by Automattic), working in Developer Relations.
I co-led the Docs Squad for WordPress 6.6.

I am passionate about Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) values and am deeply involved in FOSS projects such as WordPress (wordpress.org) and Gutenberg (wordpress.org/gutenberg). Previously, I contributed to other FOSS projects like Frontity (frontity.org) and SUI Components (sui-components.vercel.app).

Additionally, I have extensive experience as a full-stack developer, tech lead, and teacher for web development projects and training.