On stage & in the room

Speaking

WordCamps, PressNomics, meetups, and internal tech talks — teaching, panels, and the occasional keynote.

  • Keynote September 2019 Tucson, Arizona

    PressNomics 6 keynote

    PressNomics

    Spoke to CEOs and CTOs on product-led development — products, engineering, and why iterative delivery matters for small and large teams alike.

  • Photo: Greg Woods (CC BY-SA 2.0)

    Panelist February 2019 Phoenix Convention Center

    Panel: Working Remotely

    WordCamp Phoenix 2019

    Panel with Joe Howard, Carl Alexander, and Cate DeRosia on collaborating remotely — strategies that work and pitfalls to avoid.

  • Speaker August 2017 Internal / livestream

    Develop Plugins Like a Pro

    Meredith Thursday Tech Talk

    Local development with Vagrant/VVV, plugin architecture via Abstract Plugin Base, xdebug, codesniffer, and GitFlow workflow.

  • Speaker April 2017

    Only Hire Owners

    Presentation

    A talk on hiring for ownership mentality — still one of the sharper filters I use when building teams.

  • Speaker September 2015 Phoenix area

    Class{ifying} Custom Post Types

    Arizona WordPress Meetup — Advanced Developer

    Developer edition: CPT storage and scale limits, architecture do’s and don’ts, and building CPTs with a class — including the GitHub project that shortens the learning curve.

  • Speaker June 2014 Phoenix area

    GitHub Updater for plugin releases

    Arizona WordPress Developer Meetup

    Using the GitHub Updater plugin to manage custom plugin software releases — from the June 2014 developer meetup recording.

  • Speaker September 2013 Phoenix area

    How to properly create parent and child themes

    Arizona WordPress Developers Meetup

    Full-session walkthrough of parent/child theme structure — recorded on the Arizona WordPress Meetup channel.

  • Speaker June 2013 Axosoft, Scottsdale

    Setting up a WordPress site from A to Z — Extending WordPress

    Arizona WordPress Meetup (Scottsdale)

    Part 3 of the series: reviewing earlier foundations, then extending WordPress beyond a content site.

  • Speaker · Organizer February 2013 Phoenix / Chandler area

    Navigating HTML

    WordCamp Phoenix 2013

    WP-301 session on HTML markup. Also ran the Rockstar Bar and helped the organizing committee.

  • Speaker · Organizer 2012 Phoenix / Chandler area

    Smartphones and Tablets and Bears, OH MY!

    WordCamp Phoenix 2012

    WP-401 on responsive design. Also ran the Rockstar Bar and invested heavily in planning the camp.

  • Speaker Archived

    White Label Framework demo

    Product presentation

    Demo of the custom Whitelabel Framework theme product — slides from the original speaking page, plus a getting-started walkthrough.

  • Meetup lead 2010s Scottsdale / North Phoenix / Chandler

    Arizona WordPress meetup lead

    Arizona WordPress Group

    Monthly education for local developers — including the Advanced Developer track recordings on the Arizona WordPress Meetup YouTube channel.