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 WordPress and mobile development shops. Steve is the lead organizer of WordCamp Orange County and the organizer of the OC WordPress Meetup. He is a frequent speaker at industry conferences 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.

David was the lead organizer for WordCamp Orange County in 2015 and 2016. He’s also volunteered for WordCamp Los Angeles and Orange County. David assists with duties around the Orange County WordPress meetup. In his day job, Dave is the project manager at Pixel Jar and he thrives on organization. He is also a level 18 wizard.

Jen served on the organizing boards of WordCamp LA, WordCamp Orange County, and WordCamp Riverside. She founded WomenWhoWP.org, a nonprofit and Meetup to support women in WordPress. She volunteers on the make.WordPress.org Marketing Team. Jen also actively participates in several civic groups and serves on a county-wide Public Affairs Council for her church and has been instrumental in publicizing civic events in Southern California since 1989.

Combining her lifelong journalism, public relations and website experience, Jen Miller created NeedSomeoneToBlog.com, a highly-targeted, hyperlocal blogging service. As host of Be Seen Blogging and co-host of Community Connections, a WP Watercooler network show, Jen helps people gain skills and share their stories.

Bridget Willard is a marketing consultant and educator with a passion for helping small businesses. She began in construction and worked in franchise development, nonprofits, and tech. She is known for her brand building for GiveWP. Bridget is the co-host of WPblab, a show on the WPwatercooler network, co-organizer of Women Who WP Meetup, and she is the Marketing Team Rep for Make WordPress. She writes about social media and WordPress on her site at bridgetwillard.com and teaches social strategy on her YouTube channel.

Cemal is an enthusiastic WordPress proponent who is an active participant in the WP community. He is one of the Moderators of WordPress TV and has been a speaker at several WordCamps. Cemal is an experienced WordPress website designer, specializing in small businesses and focusing on the needs of senior citizens. Cemal can be found at Orange County WordPress Meetups, Women Who WP meetings, as well as contributing to WPwatercooler and WPblab and @tashan on Social Media. He is a regular guest on Turkish radio discussing “all things tech.”

Jason has been deeply involved in his local WordPress community both online and in person. As a YouTuber, video guy, podcaster, and speaker, he’s used his talents to help the WordCamp Orange County team. His show WPwatercooler has branched out to WPblab, Community Connections, and Hallway Track as a way to connect people both online and in person. He has volunteered at WordCamps and has spoken at several. Jason works at IT Director for a church managing the hardware and software infrastructure that supports 4000+ attendees weekly.

Sarah is a product manager based in Long Beach, CA. When not creating WordPress sites herself or leading teams to build sites and apps using WordPress, she’s serving on the organizing board for WordCamp Orange County (2016 – present) and leading the OC WordPress Design Meetup. Send her a tweet at @sarahwefald.

Robert served as a volunteer for WordCamp Orange County in 2010 and 2011 and has been a Co-Organizer since 2012. He also attends and participates in the Orange County WordPress Meetups. Robert is a co-owner and the Creative Director of Nien Studios, a branding and digital solutions agency focused on providing meaningful designs and usability for both print and web.

Priscilla has been on the WordCamp Orange County organizing team since 2015 wrangling the volunteers. She also helped out with the inaugural 2018 WordCamp Riverside organizing team serving in this same capacity. In 2004, Priscilla served as Vice Chairwoman for a much larger public event held in North Orange County (the La Habra High School 50th Anniversary). She loves connecting with the WordPress community and welcomes the opportunity to help it grow whenever and wherever possible.

Jeff helped start WordCamp Orange County and has been on the organizing team as a lead or a co-organizer since its first event. He has also been on the organizing team for WordCamp San Diego and WordCamp Riverside. Additionally, he has served as a mentor to first-time organizers of WordCamp Boston, Sacramento, and Las Vegas. He has volunteered and spoken at numerous WordCamps over the past 8 years.

Brandon Dove is a co-founder of Pixel Jar and the lead developer of a commercial plugin, AdSanity. He is the co-leader of the OC WordPress Developer meetup and former lead organizer of 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.

Verious is the Creative Director of Philoveracity Design, a firm that specializes in Brand Development with work that spans the scope of strategic planning to custom branded campaigns & clients that have included local & national start-ups to medium sized corporations. He is a BFA VisCom Graduate and has a thorough command of Conceptual Communication with a myriad of mediums. His current career focus is to build important new relationships while nurturing current connections.

Dave is a freelance WordPress expert who works with local and independent businesses at Spacious Mind Creative Solutions. Ten years ago, he made the leap into WordPress and never looked back. Dave loves the freedom of being independent and self-employed, largely thanks to WordPress. He has been a co-organizer of WordCamp Orange County since 2015 and views the WordPress community as the best thing that has happened to his business and freelance career.

Leo Postovoit an open source advocate, designer-developer and coffee geek. He is also an organizer for WordCamp Los Angeles, an organizer for the Los Angeles WordPress Meetup, a contributor to WordPress Core’s Accessibility team and works as a WordPress consultant for XWP. In the 11 years he has used WordPress, Leo’s work has appeared in publications such as the San Francisco Chronicle, the Denver Post, and Lowrider Magazine. Beyond journalism, he’s worked in marketing, education and the film industry (and even spent a few years as an American Sign Language interpreter.) He also double majored in Journalism and Anthropology at San Jose State University.