The excitement builds as we draw closer and closer to WordCamp Las Vegas (WCLV). Comments like, “Yay!” and, “Can’t wait to see everyone,” are being made on social media as attendees, speakers, and sponsors express how eager they are to connect in person. We are, too. Without further ado, WCLV is proud to finish off our speaker announcements with this final round, which includes our very own lead organizer. A few tickets are still available. We’ll see you soon!
John Hawkins
John Hawkins has been building things on the internet for over two decades. He found WordPress in the summer of 2003 and has been fully immersed in it ever since.
John was the organizer of the first WordCamp conference in Las Vegas in 2009 and has been involved with organizing it (almost) every year since. John has a passion for teaching others to use WordPress. He founded and organizes the monthly Las Vegas WordPress meetup where he’s a frequent presenter and has traveled the country speaking at WordPress conferences from coast-to-coast.
Presentation: Co-host, Open Forum: Everything You Want to Ask Speakers and Experts
Twitter: @vegasgeek
Joe A. Simpson Jr.
During sun-soaked days, Joe works at Metro LA, one of the largest transit agencies in the country, fighting the good fight to ease gridlock around Los Angeles County. When their lead developer and CSS specialist both left to pursue other opportunities, Joe inherited a Headway-themed design (sans child theme) and the rest is history. Over ten years later, he manages a WordPress blog network consisting of dozen project-specific or transit news sites and growing.
Faced with a life-altering heart event in 2017, he pivoted on all things WordPress, leveraging his creative past, teaching tech, and truly giving back by sharing his story of re-igniting your dreams. He actively contributes the WordPress Community, founding the WordPress Santa Clarita Valley Meetup, speaking or volunteering at WordCamps.
In April, he was Lead Organizer for his brainchild, WordCamp Santa Clarita, was the first WordCamp north of Los Angeles and south of San Francisco in over five years.
Presentation: Lucky 7: Don’t Do Anything Until You Hear This Presentation
Twitter: @joesimpsonjr
Michael Cremean
Michael Cremean is the Founder and CEO of Quadshot. Michael has led teams of over 70 people and managed complex technology product launches over the last 20 years. He has led efforts launching products in many markets, including wireless, mobile, robotics, online learning, gaming and streaming media.
He has six patents, plays a few musical instruments and consumes a lot of coffee. He lives in Las Vegas with a couple dogs named Sally and Maggie, who are the official corporate mascots of Quadshot. Mike also sits on the board of a couple nonprofit organizations and believes in helping people.
Presentation: Building a Business Website Using Elementor