Eric Johnson is the Director of Technology at GoKart Labs. He is an experienced project manager, operations manager, business leader, and strategic thinker. He enjoys the challenges of managing a fast paced team or department at established organizations or the hectic growth of small business.

Nick Pelton is partner and technical director at Westwerk, a digitally forward full-service agency specializing in making brands look amazing while being powered by WordPress. He has 10 years of industry experience and extensive knowledge of full-stack web development and design, making him great at bridging the gap between usability and complex software. Nick is also cofounder and UX developer for TrackJS, a popular Javascript Error Logging service. In his spare time he experiments with the internet-of-things, binges on Netflix, and spends quality time with his wife, Jennifer and two children, Amelia and Brodrick.

Vasken's 15 years of technology leadership and experience working in both the public and private sectors have brought him most recently to 10up, a leading WordPress engineering and design firm, where he mentors a team of 80+ engineers.

Before learning about WordPress in 2009, Vasken worked at Plymouth State University in New Hampshire, in several roles ranging from desktop support to systems administration, and occasionally, adjunct faculty member.

In November of 2010, Vasken joined GigaOM, a leading technology news and research online publication, as a WordPress developer working remotely from New Hampshire. Upon moving to the Bay Area in mid-2012, he assumed the role of a team leader within GigaOM’s rapidly growing product development group, a position he held until joining the team at 10up in February of 2013.

Vasken enjoys creating natural, consistent user experiences that enhance and promote interactivity through simplicity. As a developer, one of Vasken’s strengths is his ability to communicate highly technical concepts in a clear, non-technical way in order to build understanding between various project stakeholders. This, along with significant experience across several technology sectors, has allowed him to lead teams and engineer successful projects within organizations ranging from small, independent businesses to public universities to online publications with millions of unique visitors each month.

A strong believer in open source technologies, Vasken has spoken and hosted panels at numerous WordCamp, NERCOMP, and EDUCAUSE events, on subjects ranging from Green Computing to WordPress-based centralized authentication systems. He currently holds a Bachelor of Arts in German Studies from Haverford College and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Plymouth State University, where he was also an adjunct faculty member in the Computer Science and Languages and Linguistics Departments.

When he’s not testing cache performance or planning projects, Vasken enjoys spending time with his wife, hiking with his dogs in the Bay Area’s many beautiful nature parks, and as a recent California transplant, is once again trying to find a good group of musicians to jam with in yet another new city.

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Nancy Lyons works at the intersection of technology, community, and people. As a leader and technologist, she creates solutions that further community and business goals by meeting the needs of individuals.Nancy supports clients and teams by fostering a collaborative, idea-driven culture that nurtures creativity and brainpower.

She speaks extensively about work culture, social media, technology, and leadership and has been locally and nationally recognized for her role as owner and CEO of Clockwork. She's co-author of Interactive Project Management: Pixels, People, and Process (New Riders, 2012), serves as the Vice Chair on the National Board of Directors at The Family Equality Council, is on the Board of Trustees at Minnesota Public Radio, and is a member of the advisory board for the innovative entrepreneurial conference, Giant Steps.

Jason Cohen is the founder and CTO of WP Engine, a growing 230 employee enterprise based out of Austin, TX expected to double in size in 2015. He has built four software startups ranging from bootstrapped to funded, both alone and with co-founders - all to more than $1m in annual revenue.

Jason is an angel investor and was a founding member of Capital Factory, an Austin incubator and co-working space. He writes about early-stage startups on his blog, or you can find him on Twitter @asmartbear.

Lea Newman is the embodiment of the lifestyle and practices she recommends. She is the author of You Healthier Now, Small Steps to Big Changes in your Health and Wellness. She owns and operates BALANCE Wellness Coaching, a successful health coaching practice. Her success as an entrepreneur in the area of personal health transformations gives her a unique business perspective to bring to Prestige Conference.

Lea retired from the United States Air Force just last year. During her active duty service, she focused on being a student of life and learning as much as possible, including extensive study with Tony Robbins. She speaks fluent French, Spanish and Chinese, is certified as a National Academy of Sports Medicine Personal Trainer and Corrective Exercise Specialist, as well as an Institute for Integrative Nutrition Health Coach. With all of these talents and tools, she now travels the country in her RV while coaching, supporting life transformations, and taking every opportunity to squeeze the juice out of life each and everyday and to live her life to the fullest in each moment.

Tony is CEO and Co-Founder at Sucuri. Sucuri is a globally recognized website security firm, focused on providing websites owners peace of mind through comprehensive security products.

He has, in collaboration with his business partner, built and navigated a small project into a Multi-Million dollar globally distributed team, providing 24/7/365 support to over 30,000 paying clients. The Sucuri team is spread over 19 countries, 6 continents and boasts over 60 full-time employees. The company currently supports over 300,00 websites, and protects against 45 million attacks a month. In the past five years he has led and managed the company through various events to include M&A's, Investments, Growth, Re-Branding and a number of other organizational/business related events.

Tony is a former United States Marine, with two tours in Iraq between 2003 and 2005, and earned his undergraduate degree in Technology Management in 2009. He is an adamant Brazilian JiuJitsu practitioner, and when not being his computer can often be found working for a submission on the mats.

Dre Armeda is an old-timer. He has been using WordPress since 2004. You may know Dre as one of the Co-Founders of Sucuri Inc. where he was CEO from 2010-2014. After helping build and grow Sucuri, Dre joined the team at WebDevStudios as VP of Operations, where today he helps lead the team through WordPress projects with companies like Microsoft, Discovery, and Move.com.

Dre presents at various WordCamps and other events every year on security and business topics. Dre is a proud WordPress contributor and was the lead organizer that brought WordCamp to San Diego.

On his off time you’ll find Dre on the mat practicing Brazilian Jiu Jitsu with Carlson Gracie Team Menifee where he earned his blue belt, or on the softball fields with his girls!

Dre is also the Co-Host of the worlds best WordPress podcast, DradCast. Join them on Wednesday nights at 8PM Eastern.

Hi I'm Shane. I'm a partner at Modern Tribe Inc. We're a digital agency of over 40 people and get to work with some of the world’s top companies (SAP, MTV, Bon Appétit, eBay, Microsoft...) and public agencies (MIT, Stanord, Harvard, IEEE, City governments and more...).

Beyond services, we are committed to open source and our plugins have millions of downloads. These have evolved into a highly profitable freemium plugin business featuring The Events Calendar. I'm heavily involved in Gov 2.0, shaping how local government uses technology, resulting in both a Gov 2.0 Award and a couple mayoral commendation.

Freelance Evangelist, Project Manager, Speaker, Blogger, Surfer, Toddler Wrangler, Goat Herder, Real Estate Investor, Teacher, Intrepid Traveler & Voracious Reader.

Lisa Sabin-Wilson is Chief Operating Officer and  Co-owner of WebDevStudios, a design and development company specializing in customized WordPress themes and plugins, and the author of WordPress For Dummies. As the “For Dummies” brand franchise author on all things WordPress she’s also written several other WordPress-related books geared toward the beginner to intermediate level user of the WordPress platform.  Lisa is also a co-founder of AppPresser, a commercial product for WordPress that allows users to create mobile apps (iOS and Android) with WordPress.

Lisa worked with WordPress since 2003, and is also a regular public speaker on topics such as WordPress, blogging, design, and social media.  You can find Lisa on Twitter at @LisaSabinWilson.

As a designer amazed by Photoshop and its limitless possibilities, Travis discovered a similar power in WordPress. His love affair with WordPress began at version 1.5 and since then he’s created countless successful projects for clients around the world. In 2011, Travis joined digital agency Westwerk as a partner and refocused his skills to lead WerkPress, the agency’s WordPress division. An advocate of clean, user-friendly design, Travis' keen eye for detail has always defined his work. Travis’ passions outside of all things design and WordPress include his wife Jenna and dog Porter, reading non-fiction, making music, travel and living a healthy, vegetarian lifestyle.

As founder of Bourn Creative, Jennifer is an award-winning designer who has been working in the creative trenches since 1997. She provides consulting on brand strategy, website strategy, and digital strategy, and leads Bourn Creative's graphic design and web design projects. While she still loves getting her hands dirty in brand and print design projects, her specialty is custom WordPress theme design.

When not obsessing over pixels, margins, and type, Jennifer manages the Bourn Creative brand and the creation and iteration of our internal systems and processes. She speaks often for podcasts, summits, and live events, and writes for the Bourn Creative, WP Elevation, and CoSchedule blogs, as well as the GoDaddy Garage. She also co-organizes the Sacramento WordPress Meetup group.