Come and meet the WordCamp Europe 2019 organising team. They volunteer their time, experience and energy to make an event a memorable experience for all.
Team Leads
Each year, one person is selected to oversee the overall organisation of WordCamp Europe. Working in close collaboration with the team lead of the host country, they set the tone and create the dynamic for the event.
In 2019, the WCEU Global Lead is Milan Ivanovic and the Local Lead is Bernhard Kau.
Milan and Bernhard are supported by 10 teams. Each team has a leader and consists of people chosen from the international WordPress community.
Attendee Services Team
This will be the second year this team has been at WordCamp Europe. Its members focus on ensuring attendees have the information and support they need throughout the event.
Michael Burridge
Michael is a freelance web developer specialising in WordPress. He was lead organiser of the first WordCamp Bristol held in May 2017 and also the very first do_action day in Europe.
United Kingdom / @michaelburridgeĀ /Ā zyriab.co.uk
Antonio Villegas
Backend web developer based in Barcelona, PhD in computing, co-founder of Nelio Software. Loves travelling and flying his drone. Co-organiser of WordCamp Barcelona and WP MeetUp Santa Coloma.
Spain / @avillegasnĀ /Ā neliosoftware.com
Mathieu Sarrasin
Web developer based in Luxembourg, primarily specialising in WordPress. Contributor, community enthusiast, MeetUp co-organiser, WordCamp traveller and volunteer. Never says no to pizza.
Luxembourg / @IceableMediaĀ Ā / iceable.com
Nemanja Cimbaljevic
Dreamer, optimist and WordPress enthusiast. Loves travelling, sharing and meeting with new people. Big fan and supporter of the WordPress community. Speaker, volunteer, co-organiser.
Serbia /Ā @bikcrveniĀ /Ā nemc.in
Thorsten Frommen
Thorsten is a web development professional hacking WordPress since 2005. An open source fan and advocate of object-oriented design and software testing. In love with the WordPress community.
Germany / @thorstenfrommenĀ /Ā tfrommen.de
Ricardo Correia
Chief Engineer at Performance Foundry, helps organize WordCamp Porto and is an ocasional speaker at local meetups, in his free time he loves to hang out with friends and pretends he knows how to cook.
Portugal / @rfvcorreia
Communication Team
Working in collaboration with other organising teams to write content, post on social media and respond to queries, the Communication Team helps attendees and would-be WordCampers discover all the fascinating information and ways to get involved.
Tess Coughlan-Allen
Tess is a writer who is passionate about communicating ideas in creative ways. Day to day, she leads the marketing and communications efforts for Mind Doodle, a digital tool for making ideas happen.
United Kingdom /Ā @tessc_aĀ /Ā minddoodle.com
Abha Thakor
Abha specialises in communications, tech and digital research. And is a WP community and marketing advocate, WordCamp volunteer and organiser. Ask her about WordPressers and pets!
United Kingdom / @nonstopnewsukĀ /Ā nonstopnews.co.uk
Kat Christofer
WooCommerce documentation writer and public speaker, Kat works for Automattic and advocates for more women/diversity at tech confs. Digital nomad 24/7/365 and bad surfer since 2015.
United StatesĀ / @katchristoferĀ /Ā katchristofer.com
Lesley Molecke
Lesley runs Cornershop Creative, a small WordPress agency that caters to non-profits in the United States. Gardener, cat and dog mom, and human mum too. Likes cookie dough more than cookies.
United KingdomĀ /Ā @eckandgrumbleĀ /Ā cornershopcreative.com
Rachel Winspear
Rachel is a WordPress frontend developer and the owner of Spanglish Webs. Originally from the UK but has lived in Spain for the past 20 years. Loves WordPress, badminton, running and her dog.
Spain / @rachelwinspearĀ /Ā rachelwinspear.com
Ryan Hellyer
Ryan is a Kiwi who now lives in Berlin. Creator of WordPress plugins for 10+ years, he’s a passionate supporter of open source and currently working with an exciting team at www.strattic.com.
Germany / @ryanhellyerĀ /Ā geek.hellyer.kiwi
Daniela Costa
Daniela Costa completed her Master’s Degree in Innovation and Technological Entrepreneurship in 2009, after completing her degree in Computer Engineering. She began her career as a Web Developer in 2005, specializing in Project Management and now she is COO of Dipcode (Web development with WordPress). She experimented WordPress 14 years ago and today she is co-organizer of WordPress Meetups in Braga.
Portugal / @daniela_d_costa
Community Team
This team develops Contributor Day – an important stand-alone event which takes place on 20 June 2019 ahead of the two days of talks. Contributor events can help attendees discover how they can be more involved in the WordPress community through networking and contributing to the development of the platform.
Content Team
From selecting inspiring talks and interactive workshops to evaluating attendee feedback from previous years, the Content Team has the responsibility for curating an awesome programme that becomes the engine of the WordCamp production process.
Design Team
WordCamp Europe has its own consistent global presence and each year the Design Team injects a distinct local flavour of the host country. The team decides on web design, stage decoration, badges, swag and more. It lends support to other teams for visual communication needs, all which make this international event full of cultural inspiration and attraction.
Local Team
On the ground in Berlin, the Local Team provides a wealth of knowledge and contacts, making logistics, sourcing local suppliers and venues, and information gathering much easier. Thanks to the work of this team, attendees can learn more about cultural customs and reduce potential barriers or difficulties in language.
Alex Goller
Alex is a Berlin-based web developer, co-organiser of WordPress events in Berlin and an active community member. To make up for long hours in front of his laptop, he loves travelling and hiking.
Germany /Ā @alpipegoĀ /Ā alexandergoller.com
Birgit Olzem
WordPress is her passion. Mum of five, coach and trainer, she loves to connect people in the WordPress ecosystem. Birgit has been playing with WordPress since its first release.
Germany /Ā @CoachBirgitĀ /Ā coachbirgit.com
Nikolai Graf-RĆ¼ssel
Dad of two boys, husband, owner of a web agency focusing on WordPress, ModX web pages and managed web hosting. Organiser of Mannheim MeetUp and loves the WordPress community.
Germany /Ā @grafruessel
Phil Marx
IT specialist developing plugins, contributing to polyglots, attending and supporting meetups. Loves podcasting and radio, pasta with tuna, cola with apple juice.
Germany /Ā @JustPhilMarx
Stefan Kremer
Founder of AdminPress, certified DPO, community-driven bon vivant and aficionado. Vocally obliged to privacy and security. Evangelist for all on-prem-solutions with a slight propensity for paranoia.
Germany /Ā @stkjjĀ /Ā adminpress.de
Sven Brier
Sven is an information engineer and project manager at the Superior Court of Justice in Berlin. He is a regular visitor to MeetUps and feels at home in the WordPress community.
Germany / @svenbrier
Thomas Bruehl
Thomas is an Information Security Officer at an insurance company. WordPress blogger since 2004. Co-organising Cologne WordPress MeetUps and WordCamps. Global community deputy team.
Germany / @00SleepyĀ /Ā her.ein.de
Photography Team
With images and videos, the Photography Team documents and tells the story of the WordPress community coming together to learn and engage at WCEU. More volunteers will join this team in the run-up to the event.
Val Vesa
Val lives and breathes social media and photography. He is a Brand Evangelist with Sucuri Security and travels the world to meet communities where he advocates for website security.
Romania / @adspediaĀ /Ā instagram.com/adspedia
Bas Brader
Bas is a customer support specialist with a heart for community work. Active as a co-organiser at various WordCamps. In his spare time, he loves travel and photography.
Netherlands /Ā @basbrader / basbrader.com
Pantelis Orfanos
Founder/ CEO of BrandSpark LLC. IBO/ Strategic partner with MMP. Hellenic origin, living in Belgrade. Helping other people achieve more. Love travelling, hiking, food, tango and photography.
Greece / pantelisorfanos.com
Marcel Schmitz
Freelancer at Codeable, WordPress and Mobile developer, previously at iThemes. Loves everything about coding and technology. Specialized in WooCommerce and plugins. WordCamp speaker.
Portugal / @schmitzoide
Public Relations Team
This team connects with media outlets worldwide to highlight WordCamp Europe. It arranges interviews and gives audiences a glimpse of some of the influential community members and a flavour of what to expect at the event that draws people from across the world.
Edidiong Uwemakpan
Didi does consumer experience strategy with the Dentsu Aegis Network. Find her where there’s live music, a marketing/tech conference, grilled chicken and, increasingly, anything WordPress.
France / @didiuwem
Evangelia Pappa
Blogger, WordPress Community enthusiast, passionate about involvement, openness, accessibility and volunteering. In love with travelling, people, cultures and customer support.
Greece /Ā @EvangeliaPappasĀ /Ā evangeliapappa.me
Janice Tye
Graphic designer, WordPress developer and business owner. Organiser for Bristol WordPress People and co-organiser for WordCamp Bristol 2017. Enthusiastic about the WP community.
UK / @123design / 123design.co.uk
VĆtor Silva
Former developer, currently doing his best to lead some really wonderfull people @samsyspt developing WordPress websites, also living in Porto, and podcasting at 10web.pt
Portugal / @vitorsilva
Sponsors Team
To keep our ticket prices low and the quality of our event high, we rely on the generosity of sponsors. The Sponsors Team works to attract and negotiate sponsorship deals with companies that are in line with our philosophies and relevant to our attendees. In return, we offer a high-profile, exposure experience to an internationally relevant set of individual and corporate prospects.
Jonas Andrijauskas
Jonas is a husband, father of three, enthusiastic traveller, active life ambassador. Software Engineering Manager at Sucuri/ GoDaddy, and a Polyglots team contributor.
Lithuania / @jonasltu
Andrew Liyanage
Andrew is a WordPress freelancer, loves travel, surfing and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. He has worked as an organiser for WordCamp Europe 2018 and co-organised local WordCamps.
Switzerland /Ā @andrew_liyanage
Laura Sacco
Support Engineer at Yoast, digital mentor and new business consultant, Laura contributes to the WP Polyglots team, the MeetUp and WordCamp in her beloved Turin. Loves to read, swim and cook.
Italy /Ā @lausaccoĀ /Ā mentoredigitale.it
Milos Mihaljevic
Team Lead/ Supervisor @ManageWP, WordPress enthusiast, trying to get into plugin and theme development, loves @lanche86 and @WPAlex.
SerbiaĀ /Ā @Soda_1nc
Nuno Morgadinho
CEO at WidgiLabs, a WordPress-focused agency. Tech lead at ECO_PT. Loves using technology to make cool stuff.
Portugal /Ā @morgadinĀ /Ā morgadinho.org
Silvan Hagen
Silvan is a WordPress system architect and team lead at switchplus.ch and spends the rest of his time creating food gardens with his friends fleeds.ch.
Switzerland /Ā @neverythingĀ /Ā silvanhagen.com
Taeke Reijenga
Taeke is from Rotterdam, the Netherlands, he is the founder and CEO of Level Level and co-organiser of WordCamp Rotterdam.
Netherlands / @taekereijenga
Caribay Camacho
Law translator, I advise entrepreneurs to comply with the laws of the online world. Espinho meetup organizer.
Portugal / @CaribayCamacho
Volunteers Team
WordCamps everywhere are only possible with the hard work of volunteers who sign up to lend their time and energy to make sure everything runs smoothly during the event. The Volunteer Team for Berlin 2019 has the illustrious, but hugely satisfying, job of recruiting, training, organising and managing upwards of 250 individuals for three days.
Remkus de Vries
Remkus is from FryslĆ¢n, the Netherlands and is Manager Partnerships at Yoast. Heās been active in the WordPress Community since 2006 and co-founded WordCamp Netherlands and WordCamp Europe.
Netherlands / @remkusdevriesĀ /Ā remkus.devries.frl
Anastasios Manoloudis
Anastasios is a designer, craftsman at heart and WP developer. Founded CrowdedTent in 2007 and got hooked on WP. Freshly relocated to Conil de la Frontera and proud to be location independent.
SpainĀ / @crowdedtent / crowdedtent.com
Fotis Routsis
Originally from Athens, Greece but now location independent. In a long-term relationship with WordPress for 10 years. Loves to code but mostly loves the big WP family!
Greece / @froutsis /Ā routsis.gr
Francisco Torres
Person, IT and communicator. Once had a #bigotito. Living between Granada, Spain and Berlin. In his busy time, he loves cycling and cooking vegetables, the rest of time he is CTO at GIGA4.
Spain / @frantorres / frantorres.wtf
Milan ĆordjeviÄ
CTO at Shindiri Studio, WordPress enthusiast, educator and project manager, with never-ending energy to contribute to the community! Co-founder of WordPress Nis Community.
SerbiaĀ / @redcellapps
Pascal Casier
Belgian based in Italy, missing the beer and chocolate but loving the coffee and food. Polyglots Team mentor, Global Lead for WPTranslationDay 3, WordPress.tv moderator, plugin author in spare time.
Italy /Ā ePascalC / wp-info.org
Takis Bouyouris
Greek, internationalist at heart, rationalist, software engineer, web developer, WordPress enthusiast, Athens MeetUp curator, WordCamp Athens lead organiser, Nevma.gr co-founder, souvlaki lover.
GreeceĀ /Ā @takisbigĀ /Ā takis.nevma.gr
Pedro Fonseca
Helping online businesses to have more clients using WordPress. Active member of the Portuguese WordPress community. Local meetup and WordCamp co-organizer. Coffee addict.
Portugal / @pmfonseca1972
Marco Pereirinha
Marco is a Web Engineer at 10up and was the lead organizer for WordCamp Porto ’13, ’16 and ’18.
Former wrangler of the local community. An experienced speaker at the local meetups.
Portugal / @porreirinha