Meet our fourth round of speakers! We have lots more people to welcome to WordCamp Philly: Joe Howard, Gertrude Nonterah and Sibel Tasar. Joe Casabona and Lou Fuiano, who were here in 2017, will be back again — Joe to once again lead the WordPress 101 track, and Lou with a Desiger track talk. Read on to find out more.
Joe Casabona
Joe Casabona is a front end developer, instructor, and course creator. When he’s not writing code, he’s teaching people how to build things with and for WordPress. You can find his courses over at WordPress in One Month. He also hosts a weekly podcast called How I Built It, where he interviews product developers and business owners about how they create. In addition to the profession stuff, he loves Star Wars, Disney, smoking cigars, and playing the drums.
Lou Fuiano
Lou Fuiano has owned and operated his own studio since 1990. His first job out of art school was working with a typographer, where he learned to love the visual impact of typographic form. He spent his early design years doing marketing communication for retailers and corporate clients, as well as designing award winning book covers for publishers in Philadelphia and New York.
Lou has taught visual concepts for print and electronic media at Temple University and at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. These days, brand marketing and web design is where he spends his days. Lou says WordPress has transformed how he works, the tools he uses, and the way he approaches design thinking.
Joe Howard
Joe is the head buff at WP Buffs, a WordPress technical partner for serious website owners and white-label agency partners. He’s thrilled to be back in The City of Brotherly Love to see some old WordPress friends and meet some new ones.
Gertrude Nonterah
Gertrude Nonterah is a blogger and freelance writer. She started a blog in 2014 to help pay the bills after she was laid off from her job. Gertrude has a background in nursing and microbiology, but says she is now a content marketing and social media nerd. When she is not filming videos on YouTube or posting Instagram stories, she enjoys watching spy movies.
Sibel Tasar
Sibel earned her bachelor’s degree in fine arts and started working as a web and graphic designer. She has been building and redesigning websites with WordPress for four years. She has been improving her photo and video editing skills, and loves painting, drawing, and playing tennis. She just started her yoga journey.