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About sarahwnyc

Sarah Wefald is a senior product manager, focusing on end-to-end B2B SaaS solutions for state & local government, finance, and education industries. She is also the founder and principal of Mother Blackbird, a digital solutions agency. Sarah has led a number of sessions on topics like WordPress development, as well as product and project management. Additionally, Sarah volunteers for Orange County WordPress, sharing knowledge, guidance and opportunities to those exploring careers in tech. Sarah attended Mount Holyoke College, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English.

Sponsor Spotlight: Sucuri

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Sucuri-newWe’re thrilled Sucuri is sponsoring our Plugin-a-Palooza event at this year’s WordCamp Orange County. Developers are building original plugins for the WordPress repository and will present their work on Sunday, June 7th at WordCamp. Judges will vote live at the event, and both the first place and runner up prizes have been graciously donated by Sucuri.

Sucuri detects, repairs, and protects websites from malware, denial of service attacks, hacking, and more. Learn more about why Sucuri is trusted by so many sites here.

Sponsor Spotlight: WP Site Care

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WP Site CareWe’re proud to welcome WP Site Care as one of our Trailblazer sponsors of this year’s WordCamp Orange County. Theirs is a service aimed at helping small and medium sized businesses keep their WordPress websites well-maintained by performing backups, monitoring security, optimizing performance, and keeping WordPress core, themes, and plugins up to date.

They bring a unique set of skills to the support & maintenance space, offering consultation, design, top level development, and even SEO services. They are fully equipped to meet the technical needs of a growing business.

Get to know more about WP Site Care on their website.

Sponsor Spotlight: SiteGround

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SiteGroundWith gratitude, we welcome SiteGround as one of our Trailblazer sponsors of WordCamp Orange County 2015. Finding high quality shared web hosting with a pricing structure than almost anyone can access has historically been a challenge, but SiteGround has stepped into that gap with plans that start at the cost of a good latte.

They offer speed and reliability on all levels: one-click WordPress installations, fast servers, and high security. Git is pre-enabled, and their support team is knowledgable and friendly.

Check out what SiteGround can do for you.

Sponsor spotlight: Pantheon

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PantheonWe’re glad to have Pantheon as one of our Trail Blazer sponsors this year. They offer a WordPress managed hosting platform that goes beyond just hosting your site. With their platform, you can build, launch, and manage all of your WordPress websites in one place.

In addition to convenience, Pantheon also offers a fresh take on hosting. Rather than leveraging a traditional server farm or even the cloud, they run sites at scale with a system built on containers instead of virtual machines, which allows them to abstract away the site and environments from the OS/machine.

Have a look at what Pantheon has to offer on their website. You can also read more about their container-based hosting approach. Be sure to say hi to them at their table at WordCamp OC!

Meet Your Organizers

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Your Orange County WordCamp organizing team has been hard at work getting everything ready for the big event.

Meet your WordCamp OC Counselors-in-Training!

David Margowsky

David Margowsky is our lead organizer for WordCamp this year. He’s also the project manager for the high-performing team at SpectrOM Technologies. He’s been working with WordPress for about three years after coming from a background in print. This is David’s first time organizing a WordCamp and we’re lucky to have his organization skills and leadership.

David Arceneaux

David is a full-stack developer at Zeek Interactive, working on WordPress themes, plugins, and mobile development. He started working with WordPress way back when version 2.8 was cool.

Priscilla Christian

Priscilla has been the Empress of Priscilla Christian Graphic Services since 1994. Began building Web projects in 1996 and discovered the wonderfulness of WordPress in 2010. She has filled many roles and worn many hats over the years. This year she is thrilled to be able to serve as the Volunteer organizer on this OC WordCamp 2015 committee. (Hence the hat.)

Brandon Dove

Brandon Dove is a co-founder of Pixel Jar and the lead developer of a commercial plugin, AdSanity. He is the current co-leader of the OC WordPress Developer meetup, and former lead organizer of our illustrious WordCamp Orange County. He’s an active member of the WordPress Community team, and has recently been deputized to help bring more WordCamps to more places for more people.

Dave Mosso

Dave Mosso is a freelance web and graphic designer, and sole proprietor of Spacious Mind Creative Solutions. In 2008, he made the leap into WordPress and has never looked back. Dave digs all manner of out-there music, 70s film, beers with pals and fellow web geeks, and the freedom of being self-employed, largely thanks to WordPress.

Robert Nienhuis

Robert is the founder and principal designer of Nien Studios, where his portfolio has been known to make web professionals weep over its beauty. Robert has been the architect of WordCamp Orange County’s visual identity for the last several years.

Jason Tucker

Jason Tucker is a WordPress web developer that works for a non profit and loves working with audio and video during his brief amount of spare time. Tucker is the host of WPwatercooler, a YouTube webshow and audio podcast featuring a weekly talk with WordPress devs and designers about various topics.

Sarah Wefald

I’m the production manager at Zeek Interactive. When not making WordPress sites myself and enabling the Zeek team to build sites and apps using WordPress, I’m looking after publicity for WordCamp OC and leading the design meetup of the OC WordPress community, or going to too many concerts. Send me a tweet at @ocwordcamp, and like us on Facebook. I’m also @sarahwefald on Twitter.

Steve Zehngut

Steve founded Zeek Interactive in 1995 and he has been the creative technologist behind the Huntington Beach based company since its inception. Under his direction, Zeek has grown from an apartment bedroom to one of Southern California’s leading development and consulting shops. Steve is the organizer of the OC WordPress Meetup and has helped build the community to over 1,200 members. He is a frequent speaker at WordCamps and has taught interactive courses at UC Irvine, USC, the American Film Institute, and Cal State Long Beach. Steve has a BA in Film from Cal State Northridge.

Jeff Zinn

Jeff started web development in the mid 1990s. In 2004 he and Brandon Dove founded Pixel Jar, a custom web development firm specializing in WordPress work. Jeff also co-hosts the monthly Orange County WordPress Developer meetup in Huntington Beach, speaks and volunteers at neighboring WordCamps. When not programming, he spends most of his free time traveling, hiking, camping, surfing, and any other activity where there is no signal.