WordCamp NYC is getting closer, and we’re working our way through all of the fantastic speaker proposals. While the selection process is still active, we’re excited to have confirmed our first group of speakers.
You may recognize some of the names from around the WordPress community, others will be new to you.
 Empowering Users: Modifying the Admin Experience Beth is web developer and co-representative of the WordPress Training Team, an active member of the WordPress TV team, a co-organizer of the WordPress DC Meetup, and am involved with organizing the DCFemTech coalition in Washington, DC. |
 Get your WordPress Site in Shape – a Case Study Hristo has been working for SiteGround as a WordPress expert for more than seven years now. He’s done it all: supported WordPress clients, built websites, designed WordPress themes. |
 Your Website Is Killing Your Business Kathy is a marketing communications professional, specializing in digital marketing and business development. |
 Responsible Premium Theme Selection Lara Schenck is an independent web consultant and teacher in New York City. |
 Learning through Stealing: How to become better at your craft Sara is Partner and Creative Director at Range. She loves design, typography, user experience, and art. She loves open source, her pets, traveling, and WordPress. |
 WordPress 4.4 and Beyond Scott is a Sr. Software Engineer at The New York Times on the Interactive News Team. He is a Core Developer of WordPress and the Release Lead for WordPress 4.4. |
 Providing Inline Help for a Great User Experience. Steve is the CEO of SlipFire, a New York City based WordPress development studio, and a partner in Piklist. |
 Creating March Madness-style Brackets in WordPress Tom is a Principal Software Developer at Alley Interactive where he focuses on big media. |
We’ll be posting more speaker announcements as fast as we can. We promise to have something for everyone!