Hallway Chats

Introducing Pritesh Vora Pritesh leads growth marketing and operations at BlogVault, MalCare, WP Remote. Previously, he co-founded and sold Uninstall.io. He’s an entrepreneur at heart who loves challenging the status quo. Pritesh says he is a hardcore growth geek. Show Notes Twitter | @priteshvora Website | WPRemote Website | Malcare Website | BlogVault Preferred Pronouns | He/Him Episode Tr...

Introducing Cate DeRosia Cate has wandered around WordPress for the last five years speaking, organizing, and being an engaging human. Currently, she’s building out a family business and investigating how to expand HeroPress into a new kind of membership site. Show Notes Twitter | @mysweetcate Website | HeroPress Preferred Pronouns | She/Her Episode Transcript Tara : This is Hallway Chats, w...

Year 2 In Review Show Notes Liam and Tara review the past year of the Hallway Chats podcast, discuss their views about success, share advice and announce plans for year 4. Tara on Twitter | @taraclaeys Tara’s pronouns | She/Her Liam on Twitter | @liamdempsey Liam’s pronouns | He/Him Episode Transcript Tara: This is Hallway Chats, where we meet people who use WordPress. Liam: We ask que...

Introducing Oliver Sild Oliver is a 26-year-old entrepreneur who has built three companies today and is very active in the cybersecurity landscape. WordPress folks would know him as the founder of a website security company called WebARX. Show Notes Twitter | @OliverSild Company Website | webarxsecurity.com Company Twitter | @webarx_security Preferred Pronouns | He/Him Episode Transcript Tara : Th...

Introducing Nigel Rodgers Nigel likes helping people with WordPress, whether it’s building new websites, fixing websites, organizing meetups and events, and connecting people. Show Notes Website | DiviMade.com Twitter| @nigelmrodgers Preferred Pronouns | He/Him Episode Transcript Tara : This is Hallway Chats where we meet people who use WordPress. Liam : We ask questions, and our guests shar...

Introducing Dean Burton Dean has been working with WordPress as a customer success lead at WP Buffs. He works alongside the team there to make sure that their clients and agency partners are successful. Show Notes Website | wpbuffs.com Twitter| @burtondean Instagram | @burtondean Preferred Pronouns | He/Him Episode Transcript Tara : This is Hallway Chats, where we meet people who use WordPress. Li...

Introducing Danny Rubio Danny is a digital content producer based in Utah who loves WordPress and makes some mean tacos. Show Notes Website | Rubio.tv YouTube | Danny Rubio Twitter| @Rubio_tv Preferred Pronouns | He/Him Episode Transcript Tara : This is Hallway Chats, where we meet people who use WordPress. Liam : We ask questions and our guests share their stories, ideas, and perspectives. Tara :...

Introducing Matt Medeiros Matt Medeiros is the host of the Mattreport.com, and you can find him in his day job over at Pagely.com. Show Notes Website/Podcast | Matt Report Podcast | SouthCoast.fm Twitter| @mattmedeiros Preferred Pronouns | He/Him Episode Transcript Tara : This is Hallway Chats, where we meet people who use WordPress. Liam : We ask questions and our guests share their stories, idea...

Introducing Akshat Choudhary Akshat is the founder of BlogVault and MalCare. He’s been in the WordPress community for eight years. Mostly a developer, Akshat is also growing his team and dealing with the challenges that come along with that. Show Notes Website | BlogVault Website | Malcare Website | WPRemote Preferred Pronouns | He/Him Episode Transcript Tara : This is Hallway Chats, where w...

Introducing Beth Livingston Beth is a former WordPress designer, developer, turned online educator. She helps WordPress folks learn to get projects completed on time, within budget, with features that meet the client’s business requirements. Show Notes Website | WPRoadMaps Twitter | @WPRoadmaps Academy | FREE WP Project Manager’s Academy Facebook Group | WordPress Project Management Pr...

Introducing Tom Fanelli Tom is the CEO of Convesio, a new managed WordPress platform. Tom lives in the San Francisco Bay area with his wife and four kids. Originally from Fort Myers, Florida, he served in the army right out of high school. After serving in the army, Tom went on to music school and then started his tech career in agencies. Show Notes Website | Convesio Twitter | @tfanelli Linked In...

Introducing Natasha Burtenshaw-deVries Natasha is a digital marketing and SEO specialist. She lives near Toronto, Canada and enjoys sailing, hiking, skiing, playing trombone, soccer in Toronto FC. Show Notes Website | NatashaBD Twitter | @natasha_bd Preferred Pronouns | She/Her Episode Transcript Tara : This is Hallway Chats, where we meet people who use WordPress. Liam : We ask questions and our...

Introducing Shannon Shaffer Shannon is a mom, travel enthusiast, book lover, and doer of WordPress stuff. A self-proclaimed geek, Shannon owns Purple Finch studios, a small digital agency located in Pennsylvania. Show Notes Website | Purple Finch Studios Instagram | ShannonTShaffer Twitter | @shannontshaffer Preferred Pronouns | She/Her Episode Transcript Tara : This is Hallway Chats, where we mee...

Introducing Keanan Koppenhaver Keanan is the CTO at Alpha Particle, a digital consultancy that helps their clients plan and execute their digital projects. He believes that technology isn’t always the answer, but when it is, it’s important to get it right. Show Notes Website | Alpha Particle Website | Keanan. Dev Twitter | @kkoppenhaver Preferred Pronouns | He/Him Episode Transcript Ta...

Introducing Allie Nimmons Allie is a self-taught WordPress user who has done the agency thing, done the freelance thing, done the business owner thing… and is now doing the community thing! She does support and community outreach at GiveWP and is a GoDaddy Pro Ambassador. Her biggest joy comes from talking to other community members about how to maintain and foster positive and inclusive env...

Introducing Allison Smith Allison is a journalist turned marketer who transforms tech talk into irresistible stories. An avid reader, she has a penchant for books, chocolate, and content first design. Show Notes Website |  aesmithcontent.com  (under construction) Twitter | @aesmithcontent Instagram |  @aesmithcontent Preferred Pronouns | She/Her Episode Transcript Tara : This is Hallway Chats, whe...

Introducing Matthew Rodela Matthew is a recovering IT consultant who now builds websites for a living. Based out of the Washington DC area, Matthew has found success with his turnkey website service and enjoys sharing his experiences running it with other web consultants. Show Notes Website | Turnkey Websites Blueprint Website | Key Press Plugins Facebook Group |  Turnkey Websites Twitter | @rodel...

Introducing Shayna Diamond Shayna loves WordPress, CSS art, clean-code, accessible websites & building inclusion in the tech community. She co-founded Shift/Enter to help people, especially those who are underrepresented, succeed in technology-related careers. She also loves rocks. Show Notes Website | Shift/Enter Twitter |  @whosyourwebsite LinkedIn | Shaynald Hashtag | #shiftentercville Pref...

Introducing Joe LoPreste Joe says he’s very passionate about inclusive design for WordPress and considers himself a web accessibility advocate. He travels around the US giving presentations to WordPress developers, designers, and agencies about web accessibility. Show Notes Website | St. Pete Design Twitter | @JosephLoPreste Preferred Pronouns | He/Him Episode Transcript Tara : This is Hallw...

Introducing Monique Dubbelman Monique is an independent UX designer from the Netherlands. She builds websites for small business owners and teaches at the Amsterdam University of Applied Science. When she’s not behind her computer, she likes to whisper to earthworms in her garden. Show Notes Website | Boe Media Twitter | @boemedia Preferred Pronouns | She/Her Episode Transcript Tara : This i...

Introducing Fairy Dharawat Fairy Dharawat is a cat-loving lassie who writes and draws while diving headfirst into the wonderful world of comics, admiring their adventurous plot lines and intricate illustration. She’s also gearing towards meditation and learning about the many joys it brings. Show Notes Website | Fairy Dharawat Twitter | @Fairy_Dharawat Instagram | @theradicaldoodler LinkedIn...

Introducing Stacey Harris Stacey Harris is marketing strategist working with entrepreneurs who are tired of spending hours online with no results. Through her podcast, membership community, and agency she supports frustrated leaders in getting results online by building connection. Show Notes Website | thestaceyharris.com Podcast | hitthemicbackstage.com Twitter | thestaceyharris Facebook | thesta...

Introducing Paul Oyler Paul is a self-proclaimed crazy, old dude, who wishes it were still the 1970s, but who also loves 21st-century technology. Show Notes Business | Facebook Page Twitter | @PappyOyler Blog | Paul Oyler Online Preferred Pronouns | He/Him Episode Transcript Tara: This is Hallway Chats, where we meet people who use WordPress. Liam: We ask questions, and our guests share their stor...

Introducing Reed Gustow Reed Gustow is active in his local WordPress community. A local meetup organizer and former WordCamp organizer, Reed has been building websites and teaching WordPress for a long while now. Reed calls Philadelphia home. Show Notes Website | deltaangel.com Twitter | @tangofoxtrot Preferred Pronouns | He/Him Episode Transcript Tara: This is Hallway Chats, where we meet people...

Introducing Christina Workman Christina is a frontend developer, support specialist, trainer and community leader in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Her favorite things include furry creatures, the colour purple, tea, Wapuu, and Brit TV. Show Notes Website | Amethyst Answers Twitter |  @AmethystAnswers WordPress | Amethyst Answers Personal Blog | Christina Colors Preferred Pronouns | She/Her Episode Tra...