Organisers

WordCamp Europe 2020 Online

Say hello to the WordCamp Europe 2020 Online organising team!

Continuing the work of the original WCEU 2020 team, the following members of the WordPress community are volunteering their time and skills to bring you an unforgettable WCEU experience by creating the first online event in WordCamp Europe history. 

Online: Global Team Leads

With a wealth of experience and plenty of enthusiasm, Bernhard and Rocío are leading the way for the first ever virtual WCEU.

  • Bernhard Kau

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    Bernhard is a PHP developer living in Berlin. He is a passionate WordPress user, plugin developer and community member. Co-organises his local WordPress Meetup and WordCamp Berlin.

    Germany / @2ndkauboy / kau-boys.de

  • Rocío Valdivia

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    Computer engineer. Open Source advocate. Community Wrangler at Automattic. Co-organiser of WCEU 2015, 2016, 2017 & 2020. In WordPress since 2009. Co-author of the book “WordPress para Dummies”.

    Spain / @rociovaldirocio.blog

Online: Attendee Services Team

With this year’s online format, the Attendee Services Team’s role is more important than ever. They will be available throughout the event, making sure attendees have all the information they need.

  • Nemanja Cimbaljevic

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    Backend developer since PHP4, WordPress and open-source advocate. Supporting WordPress as a platform, as an idea and as a cause. Volunteer, speaker, co-organiser for various WordPress-related events.

    Serbia / @bikcrvenicimba.dev

  • Felipe Santos

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    Felipe works as a product manager using WP in most of his projects. He loves being part of projects with a strong social impact, and you can see him around the Polyglots and Support teams on WP.org.

    Portugal/Brazil / @felipelousantos / felipels.com

  • Svetlana Guzovskaia

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    Russian soul based in Lisbon. WordCamp volunteer and speaker with a background in digital marketing, project management, customer support and UI/UX design. Foodie, digital nomad and a bit of a nerd.

    Russia / @sveta_gsky

  • Uroš Tasić

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    Loves WordPress, food, travelling and meeting people. Every spare moment spent blogging, cooking and sitting glued in front of a laptop until eyes go crazy. Works for Maksimer.

    Serbia / @wputasicwpaurora.com

  • Valerio Vaz

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    Valerio is a front-end developer and an educator who works as a WordPress Customer Support remotely from Aveiro, Portugal.

    Portugal / @vvaz

Online: Budget Team

The Budget Team are continuing to offer their financial expertise, helping to wrap up the Porto event and reallocating the generous contributions from our sponsors.

  • Justina Baskyte

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    Ecommerce expert & business owner nowadays, WP developer & PM in the past. Meetups organiser & speaker, lt_LT translator. Single mom of 2, coffee junkie, fan of baking, classic rock & the colour red.

    Lithuania

  • Francesco Di Candia

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    Doing WordPress stuff for 10 years, actively involved in volunteering and organising WordCamps and Meetups, now a brand new Community Deputy trying to understand the whole WP world under the curtains.

    Italy / @fra83 / francescodicandia.com

Online: Communication Team

The Communication Team collaborates closely with all the other organising teams to ensure that attendees are kept up-to-date on the latest WCEU developments via the WCEU blog and social channels.

  • Helen Odia

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    From journalism to coding bootcamp grad, Helen is now a full stack web developer at Bristol agency Goram & Vincent. Offline she can be found cycling, eating & yoga-ing her way around the UK & beyond.

    United Kingdom / @helenodia

  • Livio Vilela

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    Livio is a Happiness Engineer at Automattic, passionate about helping people use WordPress to build their sites. Originally from Brazil, currently living in Porto, Portugal.

    Portugal / @liviopvliviopv.com

  • Sjoerd Blom

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    A kind-of Jack-of-all-trades caught between WordPress, cooking, travelling and aviation. Theme developer, customer support, translator, WordCamp volunteer, WordCamp organiser.

    Netherlands / @sjblom / vertizio.nl

Online: Content Team

The Content Team is responsible for putting together a rich and varied schedule of talks to inspire and entertain WCEU attendees.

  • José Ramón Padrón

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    SiteGround Spain Country Manager, co-organiser of WordPress Meetup and WordCamp Las Palmas Gran Canaria. Customer care and sales enthusiast, focussed on hosting services sector for 19 years.

    Spain / @monchomadsiteground.es

  • Ina Morosanu

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    Graphic Designer & Community Manager at WPZOOM. Passionate about user experience both online and offline, in love with layouts, interested in psychology and addicted to hot showers.

    Moldova / @ina_moro

  • José Freitas

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    José helps companies create and run communications strategies to better communicate with customers. Using and building on WordPress since 2008. WordCamp Porto and Lisbon organiser. Former journalist.

    Portugal / @josefreitas

  • Magdalena Paciorek

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    Part-time developer, webinar host and educator in a hosting company. Organiser of WordCamps and local WordPress Meetups.

    Poland

Online: Contributing Team

The Contributing Team are pivoting their efforts to deliver the first fully virtual WCEU Contributor Day. Set to take place on 4 June, Contributor Day will offer attendees the chance to network while giving back to the WordPress community.

  • Timi Wahlahti

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    Passionate cycling advocate from Finland. Partner in #digtoimistodude building highly customised webservices. Meetup and WordCamp organiser. Community Team Deputy. 😍 all things related to back-end.

    Finland / @wahalahtisipp.is

  • Abha Thakor

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    Abha specialises in communications, tech and digital research. A WordPress community, WordPress.tv and marketing advocate. She supports camps on access, promoting contributing and sustainability.

    United Kingdom / @nonstopnewsuknonstopnews.co.uk

  • Laetitia Mendes

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    Passionate about bridging technology and end-users. Currently works remotely as an Happiness Engineer at Automattic and lives between Alentejo (PT) and wherever she travels to.

    Portugal / @LaeMendes

  • Marco Pereirinha

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    Marco is a Senior Web Engineer at 10up and was lead organiser for WordCamp Porto ’13, ’16 and ’18. Former wrangler of the local community and experienced speaker at local Meetups.

    Portugal / @porreirinha

  • Michael Burridge

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    Web developer and WordPress specialist based in Bristol, UK. Third year on the WCEU org team. When not coding in PHP and JavaScript, can be found cooking and playing guitar (not at the same time!).

    United Kingdom / @michaelburridgezyriab.co.uk

  • Pedro Fonseca

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    Helping online businesses gain more clients using WordPress. Active member of the Portuguese WordPress community. Local Meetup and WordCamp co-organiser. Coffee addict.

    Portugal / @pmfonseca1972 / kaksimedia.com

Online: Design Team

The team behind WCEU’s distinctive style, the Design Team will continue to build on their impressive work for the Porto event and support other teams in their visual communication needs.

  • Tammie Lister

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    Tammie works at Automattic and is donated to WordPress.org full time. Her background is varied, including psychology, art, design and development. She is passionate about Open Source and community.

    United Kingdom / @karmatosed / tammielister.com

  • Estela Rueda

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    Graphic designer in love with WordPress since 2009. Co-founder of Code(Her) Conference, hosted by DCWeb Women in the US. An advocate for women in the tech world.

    Netherlands / @estelarueda

  • Roberto Tuñón

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    Enthusiast of design and technology who spends 120% of his hours creating different projects as a UI/UX and front-end designer while learning something new every day.

    Spain / @rtunon_ / robertotunon.com

Online: Photography Team

WCEU 2020 Online will be one to remember and the Photography Team will be there to help document the stories of the event and of those attending.

  • Pantelis Orfanos

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    Founder/CEO of BrandSpark LLC. IBO/SP with MMP. Hellenic origin, living in Belgrade. Helping other people achieve more. Loves travelling, hiking, food, diving, argentine tango & photography.

    Greece / @mmppantelis / pantelisorfanos.com

  • Rúben Martins

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    Rúben is a Software Developer living in Faro, Portugal helping businesses achieve their goals. Developing custom solutions, themes and plugins for WordPress since 2014.

    Portugalrubenmartins.pt

Online: Public Relations Team

The PR Team connects with media outlets worldwide to help put WCEU on the global events map. Through interviews with speakers and organisers in the run-up to the event, the PR team offers a taster of what attendees can look forward to at WCEU.

  • Evangelia Pappa

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    Blogger, WordPress Community enthusiast, passionate about involvement, openness, accessibility and volunteering. In love with travelling, people, cultures and customer support.

    Greece / @EvangeliaPappas / evangeliapappa.me

  • Olga Kuvshinova

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    Olga started her career with WordPress and WooCommerce about 4.5 years ago as a total beginner. Now she is a Project Manager at SAU/CAL, on-demand, WordPress and WooCommerce experts.

    Portugal/Russia / @awesome_olga_

Online: Sales & Sponsors Team

The Sales & Sponsors Team is working closely with our generous sponsors to ensure an enjoyable WCEU for all involved.

  • Taeke Reijenga

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    Taeke is a long-time WordPress enthusiast and actively involved in the community. He is the founder and CEO of Level Level – a full service WordPress agency, drone pilot and wannabe digital nomad.

    Netherlands / @taekereijenga / level-level.com

  • Huri Adilova

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    An Azerbaijani Product Manager, Huri joined the WordPress world 4 years ago in Romania to build a WordPress plugin. Since then, she can be called WordPress fan and mom of an Azerbaijani+Romanian kid.

    Romania / @huriadilova1

  • Laura Sacco

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    Support Engineer at Yoast, digital mentor and new business consultant, Laura contributes to the WP Polyglots team, Meetup and WordCamp in Turin. In her spare time, Laura loves to read, swim and cook.

    Italy / @lausacco

  • Milos Mihaljevic

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    Team Lead and Supervisor at @ManageWP, WordPress enthusiast, trying to get into plugin and theme development, and loves @lanche86 and @WPAlex.

    Serbia / @Soda_1nc


WordCamp Europe 2020 Porto

Working together from across the globe, more than 80 of us set out on the WCEU 2020 journey with one shared goal: to deliver the biggest and best WordCamp Europe to date.

Sadly, due to the Covid-19 situation, plans for the Porto edition had to be put on hold when we took the decision to postpone the event to June 2021. Understandably, a number of the original organising team needed to step down to focus on matters closer to home during this time.

The efforts of the following members of the WordPress community have laid the foundations not only for WCEU 2021 in Porto, but also for WordCamp Europe Online 2020.

Global Team Leads

Another WCEU first, this year three Global Team Leads oversaw the organisation of the event to help keep everything on track.

Bringing their professional expertise, previous WordCamp experience and their own individual touch, Jonas, Tess and Bernhard helped to set the tone and energy for WCEU 2020.

  • Bernhard Kau

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    Bernhard is a PHP developer living in Berlin. He is a passionate WordPress user, plugin developer and community member. Co-organises his local WordPress Meetup and WordCamp Berlin.

    Germany / @2ndkauboy / kau-boys.de

  • Jonas Andrijauskas

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    Jonas is a husband, father of three, photography and moto enthusiast. Senior Software Engineering Manager at GoDaddy. Passionate about effective and customer-valued, focussed software development.

    Lithuania / @jonasltu

  • Tess Coughlan-Allen

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    Tess is a writer who is passionate about communicating ideas in creative ways. In her spare time you’ll find her walking her two dogs, cycling around Bristol, hitting the gym and writing songs.

    United Kingdom / @tessc_a / forwords.co.uk

Attendee Services team

Now in its third year at WordCamp Europe, the core role of the Attendee Services Team is to ensure attendees have the information and support they need throughout the event.

  • Nemanja Cimbaljevic

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    Backend developer since PHP4, WordPress and open-source advocate. Supporting WordPress as a platform, as an idea and as a cause. Volunteer, speaker, co-organiser for various WordPress-related events.

    Serbia / @bikcrvenicimba.dev

  • Ivelina Dimova

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    Ivelina Dimova is a WordPress Engineer at HumanMade. Speaker, volunteer and organiser for many WordCamp events. Most recently on maternity leave, taking care of her baby girl.

    Bulgaria / @iv_wp

  • Maciej Pilarski

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    Happiness Engineer at Automattic, formerly a Customer Support at WPML. Maciej also lectured on WordPress and website development at the University of Wroclaw. He lives in Poland with his wife & cats.

    Poland / @macpil85

  • Svetlana Guzovskaia

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    Russian soul based in Lisbon. WordCamp volunteer and speaker with a background in digital marketing, project management, customer support and UI/UX design. Foodie, digital nomad and a bit of a nerd.

    Russia / @sveta_gsky

  • Uroš Tasić

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    Loves WordPress, food, travelling and meeting people. Every spare moment spent blogging, cooking and sitting glued in front of a laptop until eyes go crazy. Works for Maksimer.

    Serbia / @wputasicwpaurora.com

Budget team

The budget team put their financial know-how to good use to ensure that proceeds from tickets sales and the generous contributions from our sponsors are managed effectively.

  • Jonas Andrijauskas

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    Jonas is a husband, father of three, photography and moto enthusiast. Senior Software Engineering Manager at GoDaddy. Passionate about effective and customer-valued, focussed software development.

    Lithuania / @jonasltu

  • Juan Hernando

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    Freelance frontend developer, long-time WordPress user, open web advocate. Co-organiser of WordPress Meetups and WordCamps in Pontevedra, Galicia.

    Spain / @ciudadanoBciudadanob.com

  • Justina Baskyte

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    Ecommerce expert & business owner nowadays, WP developer & PM in the past. Meetups organiser & speaker, lt_LT translator. Single mom of 2, coffee junkie, fan of baking, classic rock & the colour red.

    Lithuania

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 in WCEU.

  • Lesley Molecke

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    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 Kingdom / @eckandgrumblecornershopcreative.com

  • Alejandro Marín Toledo

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    Alejandro is from Spain and has a background in Translation & Interpreting and Digital Marketing. He enjoys learning languages, travelling (and blogging about it), reading, hiking and watching series.

    Spain / @AlexandrusMarin / triptriptravel.net

  • Helen Odia

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    From journalism to coding bootcamp grad, Helen is now a full stack web developer at Bristol agency Goram & Vincent. Offline she can be found cycling, eating & yoga-ing her way around the UK & beyond.

    United Kingdom / @helenodia

  • Livio Vilela

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    Livio is a Happiness Engineer at Automattic, passionate about helping people use WordPress to build their sites. Originally from Brazil, currently living in Porto, Portugal.

    Portugal / @liviopvliviopv.com

  • Matt Ross

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    A keen gardener, baker and traveller, Matt’s background includes telephony networks, customer service, and webchat; but he’s more at home building WordPress websites and great customer experiences.

    United Kingdom / @thisismattukjaminternet.uk

Community Events Team

From organising the after party and catering, to helping out with the wellness track and workshops for kids, the Community Events Team help make WCEU an accessible and exciting event for all.

  • Remkus de Vries

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    Remkus is from Fryslân, the Netherlands, and is Head of Partner & Customer Relationships at Servebolt. He’s been active in the WordPress Community since 2006 and co-founded WordCamp Netherlands and co-founded WordCamp Europe back in 2013.

    The Netherlands / @remkusdevriesremkus.devries.frl

  • Fotis Routsis

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    Athenian and proud member of the WordPress Greek community & WCATH organiser! Loves to code and to scuba dive (not at the same time), but mostly he loves the big WP family!

    Greece / @froutsis / routsis.gr

  • Jack Lenox

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    Jack is an Engineer on the WordPress VIP team at Automattic. He is very interested in environmental issues and is currently studying for an MSc in Sustainability and Behaviour Change.

    United Kingdom / @jacklenox / jacklenox.com

  • Mónica Guerra Leiria

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    Portuguese designer, music manager, WordPress fan, gamer, photography enthusiast, reader, writer, concertgoer, mother, daughter, granddaughter, wife, friend. Deliriously happy.

    Portugal / @m_guerraleiriamonica.guerraleiria.com

  • Rúben Martins

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    Rúben is a Software Developer living in Faro, Portugal helping businesses achieve their goals. Developing custom solutions, themes and plugins for WordPress since 2014.

    Portugalrubenmartins.pt

  • Sabrina Zeidan

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    WordPress scaling fan, entrepreneur, swimmer, and proud WordCamp Kyiv co-organiser. She is fond of performance optimisation, WordPress Multisite and swimming.

    Ukraine / @sabrina_zeidansabrinazeidan.com

  • Takis Bouyouris

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    Web developer at Greek web agency Nevma.gr. In love with WordPress since 2007, WordPress Athens Meetup curator, WordCamp Athens organiser. Music/books lover, pacifist, liberal, internationalist.

    Greece / @takisbigtakis.nevma.gr

  • Timi Wahlahti

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    Passionate cycling advocate from Finland. Partner in #digtoimistodude building highly customised webservices. Meetup and WordCamp organiser. Community Team Deputy. 😍 all things related to back-end.

    Finland / @wahalahtisipp.is

Content Team

From selecting inspiring talks and interactive workshops, to evaluating attendee feedback from previous years, the Content Team is responsible for curating an awesome programme to entertain and excite WCEU attendees.

  • José Ramón Padrón

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    SiteGround Spain Country Manager, co-organiser of WordPress Meetup and WordCamp Las Palmas Gran Canaria. Customer care and sales enthusiast, focussed on hosting services sector for 19 years.

    Spain / @monchomadsiteground.es

  • Carlos Moreira

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    WordPress enthusiast dedicated almost exclusively to plugin development for the last 7 years. Spends his time mostly between Porto and the south of Italy.

    Portugal / @cmoreira / cmoreira.net

  • David Aguilera

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    Co-founder, developer, and customer support agent at Nelio Software. He’s been working with WordPress since 2013. Free software enthusiast and former co-organiser of WordCamp Barcelona.

    Spain / @davileraneliosoftware.com

  • Fernando Tellado

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    Author of 3 WordPress books & the largest Spanish blog on WP (AyudaWP), SiteGround WP ambassador, global coordinator of Spanish translations & forums, WP Spain admin, WC Madrid & Meetup co-organiser.

    Spain / @fernandot /ayudawp.com

  • Filipa Freitas

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    Graphic Designer, Branding Consultant, Trainer, and Speaker. Founder of Lance Collective, a branding and digital agency with a remote team. Owner of “A Base”, a studio and coworking space based in Lisbon.

    Portugal / @filipafreittaslancecollective.com

  • Ina Morosanu

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    Graphic Designer & Community Manager at WPZOOM. Passionate about user experience both online and offline, in love with layouts, interested in psychology and addicted to hot showers.

    Moldova / @ina_moro

  • Magdalena Paciorek

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    Part-time developer, webinar host and educator in a hosting company. Organiser of WordCamps and local WordPress Meetups.

    Poland

Contributing Team

This team develops Contributor Day – an important stand-alone event which will take place on 4 June 2020 ahead of the two days of talks. Contributor events help attendees get more involved in the WordPress community through networking and contributing to the development of the platform.

  • Francesca Marano

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    WordPress Community Manager at SiteGround, a web hosting company. WordPress.org Core and Community contributor who loves sharing knowledge and speaks at many different events around the world.

    Italy / @FrancescaMarano / siteground.com

  • Abha Thakor

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    Abha specialises in communications, tech and digital research. A WordPress community, WordPress.tv and marketing advocate. She supports camps on access, promoting contributing and sustainability.

    United Kingdom / @nonstopnewsuknonstopnews.co.uk

  • Aleksandar Predic

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    PHP/Web/WordPress Developer at Shindiri Studio company. Co-founder of Nis WordPress community #WPNis. He loves spending his spare time with family, dachshund included, or watching Sci-Fi movies.

    Serbia / @apredicacapredic.com

  • John Blackbourn

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    John is one of the team of WordPress core developers. He works as a developer at Human Made and has been involved in the WordPress community for over 12 years.

    United Kingdom & Italy / @johnbillion / humanmade.com

  • Laetitia Mendes

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    Passionate about bridging technology and end-users. Currently works remotely as an Happiness Engineer at Automattic and lives between Alentejo (PT) and wherever she travels to.

    Portugal / @LaeMendes

  • Michael Burridge

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    Web developer and WordPress specialist based in Bristol, UK. Third year on the WCEU org team. When not coding in PHP and JavaScript, can be found cooking and playing guitar (not at the same time!).

    United Kingdom / @michaelburridgezyriab.co.uk

Design Team

Drawing on its members’ creative talents, the Design Team injects a distinct flavour of the host country into WCEU web design, stage decoration, badges, swag and more. It supports other teams with their visual communication needs, making this international event full of cultural inspiration and attraction.

  • Tammie Lister

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    Tammie works at Automattic and is donated to WordPress.org full time. Her background is varied, including psychology, art, design and development. She is passionate about Open Source and community.

    United Kingdom / @karmatosed / tammielister.com

  • Carola Speri

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    Graphic designer passionate about brush lettering. When not behind a monitor you can find her with a crochet hook or markers in her hand. Meetup and WordCamp Verona organiser, the city of #wplovers.

    Italy / @carolasperi / carriedesign.it

  • Estela Rueda

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    Graphic designer in love with WordPress since 2009. Co-founder of Code(Her) Conference, hosted by DCWeb Women in the US. An advocate for women in the tech world.

    Netherlands / @estelarueda

  • Roberto Tuñón

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    Enthusiast of design and technology who spends 120% of his hours creating different projects as a UI/UX and front-end designer while learning something new every day.

    Spain / @rtunon_ / robertotunon.com

Local Team

Based on the ground in Porto, the Local Team provides a bridge between the WordPress community and WCEU’s host country. Its work helps not only to smooth logistical processes in the run-up to the event, but also to offer attendees a richer cultural experience.

  • José Freitas

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    José helps companies create and run communications strategies to better communicate with customers. Using and building on WordPress since 2008. WordCamp Porto and Lisbon organiser. Former journalist.

    Portugal / @josefreitas

  • Caribay Camacho

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    Caribay is a law translator helping digital entrepreneurs know what they should do, without headaches. Using WordPress since 2015, Caribay has actively collaborated in the community since 2018.

    Portugal / @caribaycamacho / caribaycamacho.com

  • Carlos Silva

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    Husband to a beautiful wife and father to two awesome kids. Chief Technology Officer at @bindskins, speaker and Developer Advocate falling in love with open source.

    Portugal / @carlosmiguelsns

  • Daniela Costa

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    With a Master’s in Innovation and Technological Entrepreneurship and a degree in Computer Engineering, Daniela has a career as a web developer specialising in project management and is COO of Dipcode.

    Portugal / @daniela_d_costa

  • Jorge Costa

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    Jorge is a passionate software developer writing JavaScript at Automattic. A regular WordPress contributor, he is a core-committer and a member of the #core-editor team.

    Portugal / @JorgeFSCosta

  • Marcel Schmitz

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    Freelancer at Codeable, WordPress and Mobile developer, previously at iThemes and hellodev. Specialised in everything WooCommerce and mobile apps. Spare time photographer and music producer.

    Portugal / @schmitzoide / schmitzoide.blog

  • Marco Pereirinha

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    Marco is a Senior Web Engineer at 10up and was lead organiser for WordCamp Porto ’13, ’16 and ’18. Former wrangler of the local community and experienced speaker at local Meetups.

    Portugal / @porreirinha

  • Paulo Lima

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    Web designer focussed on bringing solutions to customers. WordPress has been Paulo’s tool of choice for more than 10 years. Trying to build websites that help businesses grow.

    Portugal

  • Pedro Fonseca

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    Helping online businesses gain more clients using WordPress. Active member of the Portuguese WordPress community. Local Meetup and WordCamp co-organiser. Coffee addict.

    Portugal / @pmfonseca1972 / kaksimedia.com

  • Ricardo Correia

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    Ricardo is the Chief Engineer at Performance Foundry, co-hosts the 10web podcast and helps organise WordCamp Porto. Recently found a new healthy addiction in Padel.

    Portugal / @rfvcorreia / rcorreia.com

  • Vítor Silva

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    Living in Porto, working in Ermesinde @samsyscsi, podcasting at 10web.pt.

    Portugal / @vitorsilva / osmeusapontamentos.com

Photography Team

Through 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 as the event draws closer.

  • Val Vesa

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    Community Manager at Cloudflare, Social Media Consultant and Photography Addict. Living in London, but travelling the world to create stories and experience life moments.

    Romania / @adspedia

  • Kostas Fryganiotis

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    Co-Founder of company Nevma. Professional photographer. Member of Greek WordPress Community, Co-organiser of WordCamp Athens & Thessaloniki & Athens WordPress Meetup. Samaritan of Greek Red Cross.

    Greece / @kwstasf / kfphotography.gr

  • Pantelis Orfanos

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    Founder/CEO of BrandSpark LLC. IBO/SP with MMP. Hellenic origin, living in Belgrade. Helping other people achieve more. Loves travelling, hiking, food, diving, argentine tango & photography.

    Greece / @mmppantelis / pantelisorfanos.com

Public Relations Team

The PR Team connects with media outlets worldwide to help put WCEU on the global events map. Through interviews with speakers and organisers in the run-up to the event, the PR Team offers a taster of what attendees can look forward to at WCEU.

  • Evangelia Pappa

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    Blogger, WordPress Community enthusiast, passionate about involvement, openness, accessibility and volunteering. In love with travelling, people, cultures and customer support.

    Greece / @EvangeliaPappas / evangeliapappa.me

  • Edidiong Uwemakpan

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    21st century explorer fascinated by the possibilities when technology, consumers and cultures meet. Marketing Strategist and speaker in the daytime. WordPress cheerleader every other time.

    Nigeria / @didiuwem

  • Linda Ragaine

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    Linda has been in marketing for many years, the last of which has been working for Visual Composer. She likes everything creative, writing, travelling, meeting smart people and all in the same spirit.

    Latvia / @LindaRagaine

  • Marco Almeida

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    Fell off the bike at the age of 10 and crippled a knee. Since then he can predict the weather with great success. WordPress and WooCommerce developer at Webdados in Seixal, sunny Portugal.

    Portugal / @wonderm00n

  • Marianna Siouti

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    Greek product manager, location independent, travelling the world while working on new product ideas and on freely offered plugins related to WooCommerce.

    Greece / @productvida / productvida.com

  • Olga Kuvshinova

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    Olga started her career with WordPress and WooCommerce about 4.5 years ago as a total beginner. Now she is a Project Manager at SAU/CAL, on-demand, WordPress and WooCommerce experts.

    Portugal/Russia / @awesome_olga_

Sales Team

In addition to managing the sale of WCEU tickets, the Sales Team work closely with our generous sponsors before and during the event to ensure an enjoyable event for all involved.

  • Taeke Reijenga

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    Taeke is a long-time WordPress enthusiast and actively involved in the community. He is the founder and CEO of Level Level – a full service WordPress agency, drone pilot and wannabe digital nomad.

    Netherlands / @taekereijenga / level-level.com

  • Huri Adilova

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    An Azerbaijani Product Manager, Huri joined the WordPress world 4 years ago in Romania to build a WordPress plugin. Since then, she can be called WordPress fan and mom of an Azerbaijani+Romanian kid.

    Romania / @huriadilova1

  • Laura Sacco

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    Support Engineer at Yoast, digital mentor and new business consultant, Laura contributes to the WP Polyglots team, Meetup and WordCamp in Turin. In her spare time, Laura loves to read, swim and cook.

    Italy / @lausacco

  • Milos Mihaljevic

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    Team Lead and Supervisor at @ManageWP, WordPress enthusiast, trying to get into plugin and theme development, and loves @lanche86 and @WPAlex.

    Serbia / @Soda_1nc

  • Nuno Morgadinho

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    Nuno is the CEO at WidgiLabs, a WordPress digital agency, and also a WordPress Developer/Teacher/Educator/Trainer who loves using technology to make cool stuff.

    Portugal / @morgadin

Volunteers Team

WordCamps everywhere are only possible thanks to the hard work of volunteers who help to ensure everything runs smoothly during the event.

No small feat, the Volunteer Team for Porto 2020 has the sizeable but hugely satisfying job of recruiting, training and managing upwards of 250 individuals over the three days of WCEU.

  • Pascal Casier

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    Belgian based in Italy, missing the beer and chocolate but loving the coffee and food. Polyglots Team mentor, WordPress.tv representative, Global Lead WPTranslationDay and plugin author in his spare time.

    Italy / @ePascalC / wp-info.org

  • Alex Bordei

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    Alex is a full-time WordPress enthusiast, crazy about system interactions. Powered by a rainbow mind and always playing, Alex found the theorem that proves that the sky is the limit.

    Romania / @abordei / alexbordei.ro

  • Felipe Santos

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    Felipe works as a product manager using WP in most of his projects. He loves being part of projects with a strong social impact, and you can see him around the Polyglots and Support teams on WP.org.

    Portugal/Brazil / @felipelousantos / felipels.com

  • Francesco Di Candia

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    Doing WordPress stuff for 10 years, actively involved in volunteering and organising WordCamps and Meetups, now a brand new Community Deputy trying to understand the whole WP world under the curtains.

    Italy / @fra83 / francescodicandia.com

  • Mauricio Gelves

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    Mauricio Gelves is a Software Engineer who works as a Web Consultant and has been involved in the community since 2014. He’s a Digital Nomad, an activity that combines his 2 passions: IT & travelling

    Argentina / @maugelves / maugelves.com

  • Sjoerd Blom

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    A kind-of Jack-of-all-trades caught between WordPress, cooking, travelling and aviation. Theme developer, customer support, translator, WordCamp volunteer, WordCamp organiser.

    Netherlands / @sjblom / vertizio.nl

  • Valerio Vaz

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    Valerio is a front-end developer and an educator who works as a WordPress Customer Support remotely from Aveiro, Portugal.

    Portugal / @vvaz