We’re very excited to announce that Ryan Duff will be one of our speakers at WordCamp Raleigh! Ryan will be presenting to the Developers Track and his session will be on Extending Your WordPress Toolbelt with WP-CLI.

Ryan Duff has been working with WordPress since early 2004 and was the original author of WordPress Contact Form. As a long time community member, he enjoys exploring new ways to make use of WordPress. Making things simple for clients and pushing the envelope of what’s possible is at the core of that. Ryan is a developer by nature so he focuses primarily on back end architecture and less on design. He’s also an experienced linux sysadmin with 6+ years under his belt. Over the past few years he’s given various WordCamp talks highlighting these skills.

WordCamp Raleigh 2013 Session: Extending Your WordPress Toolbelt with WP-CLI
WordCamp Raleigh 2013 Track: Developers

We are very happy to welcome Doug Cone back as a speaker for WordCamp Raleigh 2013. Doug’s session this year will be about WordPress and Embedded Computer and will be given to the Developers Track.

Doug Cone is happily married to Kristi Cone, they have two cats, Monki and Alf. Doug has been a web developer since 1997 and is passionate about programming and strategy. One of the advantages of Doug’s current working situation is the ability to work from anywhere. He has used that to become a frequent responder to disaster relief efforts across the United States. Doug has spent time helping people recover from hurricanes, tornadoes and wildfires. In addition to volunteering, Doug also tries to contribute to several open source software projects. He is a passionate advocate for the open source model. Some of his favorite open source projects are: Ubuntu, PHP, WordPress, Drupal and many others. Doug also loves to make things, both to make life easier and to take on challenges.

WordCamp Raleigh 2013 Session: WordPress and Embedded Computing
WordCamp Raleigh 2013 Track: Developers

We are very pleased to announce that Ray Mitchell will be speaking at WordCamp Raleigh 2013. Ray will be presenting a session titled Mind Your Own Business (Website)! to the Users Track.

Ray Mitchell is the owner of SixFour Web Design, which specializes in websites for small businesses and non-profit organizations. He regularly consults with small businesses and non-profit organizations on improving their online presence and enhancing engagement with potential customers and donors through their website and social media. Active in his local community, Ray sits on the board of several non-profit organizations.

WordCamp Raleigh 2013 Session: Mind Your Own Business (website)!
WordCamp Raleigh 2013 Track: Users

We are very happy to welcome Melodie Laylor back as a WordCamp Raleigh speaker! This year she will be presenting a session to the Power Users on Branching Out with Multisite and BuddyPress.

While studying music in college, Melodie discovered her inner geek working part-time in the computer lab. Melodie has been working with computers and the Internet ever since. Melodie married a geek guy and we went into business troubleshooting and repairing computers. Along the way they had four geektastic kids. She discovered WordPress in 2007, fell in love with it and never looked back. Melodie branched out as a freelance web designer in 2010, and has been an organizer of the WordPress Hampton Roads Meetup since 2011. Melodie and her husband are currently rebranding themselves as PajamaWeb.

WordCamp Raleigh 2013 Session: Branching Out with Multisite and BuddyPress
WordCamp Raleigh 2013 Track: Power Users

We’re happy to announce that Marty Martin will be one of our WordCamp Raleigh speakers! Marty will present a session to the Power Users on Duplicated and Unique Content to Rank your WordPress Pages with Google.

Marty Martin has been working with WordPress since it was forked. He is widely considered an expert on the topic of WordPress SEO (beyond plugins) and has consulted with the smallest of businesses to Global 50 international corporations on their WordPress installations and custom use scenarios.

WordCamp Raleigh 2013 Session: Duplicated & unique content to rank your WordPress pages with Google
WordCamp Raleigh 2013 Track: Power Users

We’d like to send out a big thank you to DigitalCube for sponsoring WordCamp Raleigh 2013!

DigitalCube provide enterprise support, development, and design for WordPress, Nginx performance tuning, and hosting services. DigitalCube are the first consultant listed on the Automattic CodePoet consultant list in Japan (also in Asia area) on October, 2008.

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We are very pleased to announce that Steve Slack will be speaking at WordCamp Raleigh! Steven’s session will focus on Developing Custom Themes for Clients and will be in the Developers Track.

Steven Slack moved to Rio de Janeiro in 2007 to work with the non-profit Mundo Real. He quickly became their communications and technology person, building their website, social media, and newsletters. Steven was living in Rio de Janeiro’s largest urban slum, Rocinha, and that is where he learned how to create websites following tutorials, online training, and of course debugging all while living in one of his favorite neighborhoods in the world, Laboriaux.

Steve was introduced to WordPress in 2008 as he was handed a project that contained an install of WordPress version 2.2 which he then updated to version 2.6. Since then he have been working in WordPress developing themes and plugins for clients.

When Steven is not in front of the computer he enjoys riding his bicycle, exploring Western North Carolina’s beautiful wilderness, traveling, and the company of his wonderful friends and community.

WordCamp Raleigh 2013 Session: Developing Custom Themes for Clients
WordCamp Raleigh 2013 Track: Developers