Hallway Chats

Introducing Birgit Olzem Birgit Olzem says WordPress is her passion. She is the mother of five, granny of one, a coach and a trainer. She loves to connect people in the WordPress ecosystem and she advocates for mental health awareness and inclusiveness. Show Notes Website | CoachBirgit Twitter | @coachbirgit Episode Transcript Tara : This is Hallway Chats, where we meet people who use WordPress. L...

Introducing Susan Walker Susan Walker is a web developer at Rutgers University Camden where she manages the WordPress multi-sites. She’s a co-organizer of the Philadelphia WordPress meetup, has been a WordCamp Philly co-organizer, and has spoken at WordCamp US. Show Notes Website | susanwrotethis.com Twitter | @susanwrotethis Episode Transcript Tara : This is Hallway Chats, where we meet peo...

Introducing Max and Beka Rice Max Rice is the CEO and co-founder of SkyVerge where his team builds tools for e-commerce merchants, both large and small. Beka Rice is the head of product at SkyVerge and manages Jilt, an email marketing tool for e-commerce, along with over 50 WooCommerce plugins. Show Notes Website | Jilt Website | SkyVerge Twitter | @beka_rice Twitter | @maxrice Episode Transcript...

Introducing Alastair McDermott Alastair McDermott is a business strategist and marketing consultant. He helps professional services providers get more visitor website traffic and sell more online. Building websites and software since 1996, Alastair is the author of Running a Website with WordPress: A Quick Guide for Business Owners. Show Notes Website | Website Doctor Podcast | I Will Increase You...

Introducing Cameron Jones Cameron Jones is a WordPress developer from the Gold Coast, Australia. He currently works for Digital Makers building websites for enterprise clients, and independently, he develops custom plugins. Outside of WordPress, he’s busy playing for sports clubs and parenting. Show Notes Twitter | @cameronjonesweb Website | Cameron Jones Web Plugins | Mongoose Marketplace E...

Introducing Svetlana Kouznetsova Svetlana Kouznetsova is a user experience and accessibility consultant who is deaf and works with businesses to make their products, services, events user-friendly and accessible to more people. She is a book author and an international speaker. Show Notes Twitter | @svknyc Website | About Me Episode Transcript Tara : This is Hallway Chats, where we meet people who...

Introducing Dave Smith Dave Smith is the founder of Gravity Wiz and a Rocketgenius developer since Gravity Forms’ infancy. He is a fun, friendly guy who enjoys being productive just a little too much. Show Notes Twitter | @spivurno Twitter | @gravitywiz Website | Gravity Wiz Website | Wifi Tribe Episode Transcript Tara : This is Hallway Chats, where we meet people who use WordPress. Liam: We...

Introducing Chris Jones Chris Jones is a digital marketing strategist and blogger, and founder of socialbawse.com. He’s a big fan of all things Apple and loves WordPress for blogging and websites. Show Notes Twitter | @realchrisjones Website | Social Bawse Instagram | Social Bawse Episode Transcript Tara : This is Hallway Chats, where we meet people who use WordPress. Liam: We ask questions,...

Introducing Lindsey Miller Lindsey is a WordPress pro by trade and a political junkie at heart. When she’s not traveling the world with her husband and two tiny humans, she can be found creating magic for customers at Liquid Web on the Managed WP team. Show Notes Twitter | @LindseyMillerWP Episode Transcript Tara : This is Hallway Chats, where we meet people who use WordPress. Liam: We ask questio...

Introducing Sal Ferrarello Sal is a WordPress developer who has contributed to WordPress core, Genesis, and is the author of the Bootstrap Genesis Theme. Along with his volunteer work in WordPress community, Sal has spoken on variety of topics at many WordCamps. Show Notes Website | Sal Ferrarello Twitter | @SalCode Episode Transcript Tara : This is Hallway Chats, where we meet people who use Word...

Introducing Evelyn Powers Evelyn is a strategist and designer for Design Powers, Nice Work, and Awesome Women Entrepreneurs. All three businesses utilize her creative expertise to assist clients and colleagues to connect and communicate their services to their desired target market. Show Notes Website | Awesome Women Entrepreneurs Twitter | @DesignPowers Episode Transcript Tara : This is Hallway C...

Introducing Malcolm Peralty Malcolm has done a little of everything with WordPress and is currently the co-founder of PressTitan, a premium managed WordPress posting service. Show Notes Website | Press Titan Twitter | @findpurpose 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 perspectiv...

Introducing Michelle Coe & Brett Van Sprewenburg Michelle and Brett are informal partners in business and in life. Brett is an engineer, Michelle is a designer. Daily, they balance living and working together 24/7 while building their respective businesses. Show Notes Website | Blue Sky Phoenix Website | Perigee Labs Twitter | @bsp_design Episode Transcript Tara : This is Hallway Chats, where...

Introducing Jan Dembowski Jan Dembowski has been volunteering with the WordPress Support Team for the past 12 years. He works for OpenDNS as a systems engineer where he helps the sales team. He is learning to master 3D printing and enjoys the occasional coffee. Show Notes Blog | Mostly Harmless Twitter | jan_dembowski Episode Transcript Tara : This is Hallway Chats, where we meet people who use Wo...

Introducing Kevin Cristiano Kevin Cristiano is a partner with Tadpole Collective where he works on business development, database configuration, and web development. He’s active in civiCRM, an open-source community. He’s also deeply involved with organizing WordCamps through the WordPress global community team. Show Notes Website | Tadpole Collective Twitter | @kcristiano WordPress | C...

Introducing Sally Gradle Sally Gradle is a WordPress business owner living in Northern Illinois with her husband. Her hobbies include gardening, knitting and crochet, and cooking. Show Notes Website | Blue Orchid Web Development Twitter | @yepitssal Episode Transcript Tara : This is Hallway Chats, where we meet people who use WordPress. Liam: We ask questions, and our guests share their stories, i...

Introducing Meher Bala Meher Bala is a WordPress freelancer from Mumbai, India. She has been working with WordPress for 11 years. She is a foodie by heart and loves to travel. Show Notes Website | Meher Bala Twitter | @meherbala 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...

Introducing Vaughan Simons Vaughan has been working on the web for 20 years, after falling into it by accident, and with WordPress since 2006, which was more deliberate. He’s been freelancing since 2014 specializing in web design and web content as Pilcrow and Pixel. Show Notes Website | Pilcrow and Pixel Twitter | @pilcrowpixel Episode Transcript Tara : This is Hallway Chats, where we meet...

Introducing Lisa Ghisolf Lisa Ghisolf is a freelance designer & WordPress developer. She’s worked for 20 years in the field and 10 years in WordPress. Show Notes Website | Gizmo Design Twitter | @gizmodesign 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. And now the con...

Introducing Jason Yingling Jason Yingling builds WordPress sites focused on results, he’s digging deeply into Gutenberg and shares what he learns on his blog at Jasonyingling.me. When not working with WordPress, Jason likes reading Elmo books to his one-year-old, he says, not to himself. Show Notes Website | Jason Yingling Website |  Red 8 Interactive Twitter | @jason_yingling Episode Transc...

Introducing Ian Dunn Ian Dunn is a plugin developer who has sponsored to contribute to the WordPress project full time. Most of his work is focused on building tools to support the community, particularly through WordCamps and Meetups. Show Notes Website |  Ian Dunn Website | 5 for the Future Episode Transcript Tara : This is Hallway Chats, where we meet people who use WordPress. Liam: We ask ques...

Introducing Chris Hufnagel Chris Hufnagel is a creative freelancing dad of two. He geeks out about solving problems using design and code. Chris stumbled upon WordPress seven years ago and has been freelancing ever since. Show Notes Website |  Chris Hufnagel Twitter | @chrishufnagel Episode Transcript Tara : This is Hallway Chats, where we meet people who use WordPress. Liam: We ask questions, and...

Introducing Cathi Bosco Cathi Bosco is a creative professional, nature lover, and visual communications designer working to make the web a better place for all. Show Notes Website |  C&D Studios Website | Docs with Apps Twitter | @bethebreeze 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 Dan Beil Dan Beil has been working with WordPress since about 2009 and has loved every minute and seconds of it. He has been a freelancer, in-house developer, and remote employee. Show Notes Website |  AddActionDan GitHub |  dannyb195 Twitter | @add_action_dan Episode Transcript Tara : This is Hallway Chats, where we meet people who use WordPress. Liam: We ask questions, and our guests...

Introducing Andy Fragen Andy Fragen is a WordPress hacker and hobbyist. He’s an acute care surgeon who is also self-taught programmer – doing this for fun while trying to solve problems. Show Notes Website |  TheFragens.com GitHub |  afragen WordPress.org |  afragen Twitter | @andyfragen Episode Transcript Tara : This is Hallway Chats, where we meet people who use WordPress. Liam: We ask que...