Meet the WordCamp Kansas City Organizers

Meet the people that working hard to bring you WordCamp Kansas City 2018!

 

Karissa Skirmont

Karissa Skirmont | WordCamp KC 2018 SpeakerKarissa tames technology for women entrepreneurs who are overwhelmed and tired of trying to figure it out by themselves. She does this through through WordPress websites, branding and strategic systems.

As an experienced web developer/graphic designer & business strategist, she has helped hundreds of small business owners and entrepreneurs build and improve their businesses since 2005. She has over 10 years experience working with WordPress, specializes in WordPress MulitSite, founded the WordPress Multisite Community Facebook Group and is obsessed with all things purple.

Team: Website, Design

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Jeff DeBoer

Jeff DeBoer | WordCamp KC 2018 OrganizerJeff is a Kansas City native with a love of all things internet and web media. He is currently working in Search Engine Optimization (SEO) with a solid foundation in SEO fundamentals including writing keyword rich content, optimized meta titles and descriptions, and keyword expansion.

Jeff’s interests also include front-end web development, HTML, CSS, Javascript and internet-based media, and (of course) WordPress.

Team: Website, Design, A/V

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Travis Pflanz

Travis Pflanz | WordCamp KC 2018 Organizer

Travis Pflanz is a search engine optimization strategist and owner of WebWorks of KC. Travis specializes in SEO for small businesses who target local customers and clients. Travis is also a co-organizer of WordPress KC – the Kansas City area WordPress enthusiasts Meetup group – and has been on the WordCamp Kansas City organizing team since 2014, serving as Lead Organizer in 2015 & 2016. When not building WordPress websites and creating SEO strategies, Travis volunteers at Wayside Waifs Humane Society, serves on the Spay & Neuter KC Advisory Council and organizes the Kansas City Dog Club– a social club for dog lovers and their pooches.

Team: Content, Speakers

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Leslie Scott

Leslie Scott | WordCamp KC 2018 Organizer

Hopeless bleeding-heart liberal trying desperately to be the change I wish to see while juggling an endless stream of foster dogs.

Team: Swag

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Jim Grant

Jim Grant | WordCamp KC 2018 OrganizerEntrepreneur, owner of Simply Creative Media LLC and Jim Grant Media. Helping small businesses Get Found, Get Social and Get Beautiful on the Web.

Team: Lead Organizer, Logistics

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Brianna Privett

Brianna Privett | WordCamp KC 2018 OrganizerA passion for the web as a medium for art is the foundation for a twenty-year long career in web development and UX design. Founder of TechnoSiren and Utopian.net, Brianna Privett helps web users become web creators.

Team: Website

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Jeff Potts

Jeff Potts | WordCamp KC 2018 Organizer

Entrepreneur, owner of 2020creative, Inc. Helping businesses look great and also be effective on the Web.

Team: Website, Design

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