Our aim is to create an event which demonstrates the WordPress community at its most lovely, and also showcases WordPress in the South West.
Everyone involved in organising this WordCamp is giving their time for free, putting effort in around paid work and family life, to give back to the WordPress community.
Janice Tye – Overall lead
Graphic designer, WordPress developer and business owner. An organiser for Bristol WordPress People, co-organiser for WordCamp Bristol 2017 and member of PR team for WordCamp Europe 2019. Enthusiastic about the WP community.
Twitter: @123Design
Hannah Smith – Co-lead and Comms Manager
Hannah is a freelancer in Bristol who offers WordPress web development. You’ll find her out and about giving talks and teaching WordPress in the Bristol area. She’s also the co-organiser of the Bristol WordPress meet-up and is a strong advocate for women in tech.
In her downtime, she loves being outside cycling, walking or if there is snow snowboarding. She is usually accompanied by her four legged best friend, Lili the golden retriever.
Twitter: @hanopcan
Rob George – Venue Manager
Rob is a WordPress & PHP developer and an organiser for Bristol WordPress People. He also runs a Code Club at a local school teaching kids to code.
In his downtime can be found building random electronic projects or in the woodshop covered in sawdust.
Twitter: @robgeorgeuk
Rich Hill – Sponsors Manager
Rich is an entrepreneur and among other things is CEO of Mind Doodle. He has over 20 years experience in developing innovative software. He started his first company in 2001, and has never looked back. He’s an active member of the WordPress community. Through his companies he’s sponsored several WordCamps, including US and Europe and attends the wpbristol.co.uk. In his free time he enjoys playing and watching football, cooking and spending time with family.
Twitter: @RichHill73
Simon Pollard – Speakers Manager
Ben Hamilton – Design Lead
Ben is a graphic designer with 10 years’ experience creating brands, print, and digital experiences for arts & cultural organisations in the south west of England. Having moved to Bristol-based agency Atomic Smash in 2017, he is nowadays focussed primarily on UI & UX design for enterprise-level WordPress integrations.
Ben is the Design Lead for WordCamp Bristol 2019, which means he has created all the pretty colourful things you’ll be encountering during your visit.
Twitter: @Benham_Benham
Jacob Stow – Contributor day organiser
Jacob is a freelance web developer based in Bristol. Predominantly working with WordPress, designing and building bespoke websites and themes. Outside of work he is a keen cyclist, climber and outdoor enthusiast – balancing up all the computer time with an interest in woodlands and conservation.
Twitter: @Jacobstow
Sarah Pantry – Leading on filming and uploading talks to WordPress.tv
Wrangling VIPs for Automattic, Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP) beer judge and organiser of the Welsh National Homebrew Competition. I love code and beer.
Twitter: @anigeluk
Ronald Gijsel – volunteers manager
Ronald is as WordPress and WooCommerce Freelancer working for various agencies. Ronald is also a Google partner and Analytics advocate plus a co-host of the Cheltenham WordPress Meetup.
“It is all about finding unique solutions to the diverse problems clients come up with, which I enjoy the most.”
Outside of work Ronald enjoys spending time with his family including his 2 sons who he teaches about WordPress. Before becoming involved in Web Design he used to own an Italian restaurant for nearly 10 years. So apart from WordPress… Food, Art and a passion for Jazz are the main pillars of Ronald’s life.
Twitter: @just2ronald
Simon is lead developer at dc activ where he builds websites and applications using WordPress as the main CMS to provide content.
He is a passionate WordPress developer and is one of the founders and organisers of the Bristol WordPress People meetup.
Outside of work Simon is equally passionate about football, Nintendo, music and is a sucker for a limited edition vinyl.
Twitter: @smp303