Organizers

Adrian Cooper is a seasoned Art Director and Designer based in the Niagara region. With over 14 years of experience working internationally on branding and advertising initiatives for companies like TELUS, Coca-Cola and Nissan. 

Adrian has recently created a branding and design studio (SixteenTen) with his wife, Natalie.

Their goal is help grow brands, whether you are a local business, a start-up or an established brand, through identity design, print, digital, advertising and web design.

Shanta has been using WordPress since 2010, shortly after she graduated from Ryerson University in Information Technology Management. She has worked in healthcare, politics, real estate and education. She was a professor at Sheridan College for 6 years, teaching Web Development and Design, including WordPress.

She has delivered more than 30 WordCamp talks all over North America and has even attended WordCamp Mumbai in 2016.

Now, she is the Quality Assurance Supervisor at Weever Apps Inc. in downtown Hamilton where she has worked since April, 2018. She ensures that the software going out to the clients does what it says it is supposed to and works as it should.

Christine is a mild-mannered administrator by day and an aspiring creative website designer slash digital marketer by night.  Having participated in other Hamilton WordCamp conferences, Christine is happy to be back this year volunteering for this fabulous event.

Christine’s career, spanning international trade to organizational management, features heavy doses of marketing, desktop publishing and communications.  Combined with her creative photo editing and design skills – and the latest from WordPress – Smooth Sailing aims to develop an effective online presence for its business clients.

Marco is a digital marketing specialist at Human_Code , as well as a freelance photographer and social media manager. He’s passionate about helping others who are new to WordPress and exploring the flexibility within it. Outside of the digital world, his winters revolve around coaching minor league hockey while summer is spent on two wheels – motorized or not. 🤘

Chad is an award-winning design and marketing expert with over 15 years of experience in the industry. He has worked with hundreds of clients worldwide from small businesses to fortune 500 brands through his own digital marketing firm. Chad co-founded the Freelancers Association and provides products and training to help aspiring entrepreneurs start and grow their own businesses.