Introducing our fifth group of speakers!

Group of speakers, James Dominy, Merary Alvarado, Nora Ferreiros, Robert Richardson and Thijs Buijs.

As we progress through our amazing line-up of speakers, we’re excited to introduce more members of the WordPress community to you today!

Find out more about the speakers on their individual profile pages, and we’ll be introducing you to more over the coming days.

  • James Dominy

    After studying at the University of Natal in South Africa, and graduating with German and psychology as additional majors, James has moved through teaching, bioinformatics, working with small startups and onto more education – before returning to his roots at Amazon working on EC2 and more recently at WPEngine.

  • Merary Alvarado

    Merary is an accessibility evangelist with 12+ years of proven experience in executing, development and leading Accessibility processes in multiple digital industries. Merary trains clients on using accessibility monitoring software and assists in identifying strategies and solutions focused on A11y. Podcaster, Speaker, pet lover and passionate about data.

  • Nora Ferreiros

    Nora is an UX/UI freelance designer based in Barcelona. From being part of the WordPress Community, Nora learned about the ability and power technology has to change and improve things. As a designer, she works to raise awareness of the impact our work in tech has on society and the planet.

  • Robert Richardson

    Robert Richardson founded PeakZebra in 2020 to build tools to enhance user interaction on WordPress sites. Previously he served as editorial director of TechTarget’s Security Media Group, responsible for SearchSecurity.com and Information Security Magazine.

  • Thijs Buijs

    Thijs runs Yellowlime, a digital agency, successfully. He’s based in Utrecht, The Netherlands. In his daily life he tries to act as sustainable as possible.