We’re delighted to announce our second round of speakers! This fantastic four along with our first round, will be speaking at WordCamp US December 7th thru 9th. We hope you’ll join us for the conference. A $40 ticket gets you two days of sessions, contributor day, admission to the afterparty, snacks and lunch all three days, and swag items. Be sure to get your ticket soon, November 1st is the cut off date for printed badges and ordering your preferred size shirt.
And now, on to our second round of speakers:
Helen Hou-Sandí
Helen is a Lead Developer for WordPress and the Director of Open Source Initiatives at 10up, where she is sponsored to contribute to the WordPress open source software project and sets the direction of how the company supports the platforms we build upon. As a lead developer, she focuses on bigger picture decisions and feature planning, along with writing and reviewing code across a variety of components and languages.
Ryan King
Ryan King is the Digital Experience Designer at the Smithsonian’s Freer|Sackler Museums of Asian Art. An open source evangelist, he joined the Smithsonian as a graduate of the Corcoran College of Art + Design’s Exhibition Design M.A. program with a vision of fusing technology with the built museum environment. He was a Windgate Curatorial Fellow at the Museum of Contemporary Craft in Portland, Oregon, a fellow in the Getty NextGen Leadership Institute, and served as social media consultant at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art before joining the Freer|Sackler. In addition to his daily coding and design work, Ryan is Co-Chair of the Smithsonian GLOBE (LGBTQ) Employee Group and an active member of the AAM LGBTQ Alliance. Art, food, thirsty plants, and lingering oxford commas keep him busy.
Alexis Lloyd
Alexis is a design, UX, and product leader whose work focuses on exploring the newly available possibilities of emerging media and technology. She is currently the Head of Design Innovation at Automattic, and has previously led creative teams at The New York Times R&D Lab and Axios. Alexis designs and creates compelling experiences that demonstrate innovative ways of creating and sharing information. She is also an accomplished writer and public speaker who can skillfully convene conversations amongst diverse groups about the future of design, technology, and UX.
Kyle Maurer
Kyle works at Sandhills Development on Easy Digital Downloads which is a WordPress plugin that makes selling digital products ridiculously simple. He’s a native of Jackson, Michigan, co-hosts the Get Options podcast, and helps organize meetups and WordCamps in the region while brewing fine beer and playing guitar as often as possible.
Check back soon for the next round of speaker announcements! While you’re at it, purchase a ticket to WCUS if you haven’t already.