Organizers

Andres Escobar is a Senior Software Engineer. He is a self-taught digital architect who believes in the WordPress mission to democratize publishing.

In his spare time, Andres volunteers teaching kids how to code in his home town of Hoboken, NJ.

Twitter: @_a_escobar

Anthony is a Technical Support Consultant at Your Mak Guy Computing Services, assisting people with their technological problems whether be iPhone/iPad, Mac, Podcast, filming, website, or other challenges. Affiliated with the internet building websites and blogging since Yahoo!’s GeoCities heyday and AOL Journals (respectively) under various pen names. You can find Anthony currently blogging at “AnthonyNiebo.com” sharing insights and experience gained from not only his failures and mistakes but also those acquainted with him. He is currently relaunching his podcast “Success Hotline Library” which can be found at AnthonyNiebo.com/Podcasts

In addition to volunteering for the WordPress Montclair group, he also volunteers at Job Seekers of Montclair as a Steering Committee member in addition to the Philadelphia Area Great Careers Group as a WordPress Consultant.

Connect with him on

Twitter: @anthonylniebo

Caleb Matteis is a skilled Software Engineer at Penske Media Corporation, contributing to the development of cutting-edge software solutions. With a robust foundation in software engineering and a commitment to continuous learning, Caleb excels in leveraging technology to drive innovation and meet business objectives.

Before joining Penske Media Corporation, Caleb transitioned from being a dedicated mailman to a software engineering career. Seeking to bridge knowledge gaps, he attended the Springboard Bootcamp, acquiring essential skills to excel in the field. During his career transition, Caleb freelanced, honing his skills and gaining practical experience. Captivated by the versatility of WordPress, he became an avid contributor to the community, finding guidance and camaraderie.

Beyond his professional pursuits, Caleb values quality time with his family. He also enjoys building WordPress themes, blending creative talents with technical expertise. Caleb’s dedication to growth and passion for technology make him a valuable asset in any software development endeavor.

Cameron pioneered the blog format in the late 1990s. He’s built web sites for presidential candidates, the U.S. Army, the World Economic Forum and led the migration of 70+ web sites from a proprietary SaaS to WordPress for NJ’s largest public school district. He’s now migrating all 14,000+ U.S. public school districts to WordPress, saving millions of taxpayer dollars. He hails from Northern Michigan and currently lives outside of NYC.

Carolyn leads the newly founded South New Jersey WordPress Meetup. With a strong community and social services background, she is an experienced graphic and web designer as well as a social media coordinator with a demonstrated history of working with companies in various industries.

Eileen is a web content specialist who possesses a unique combination of technical, design, and communication skills.

Her first foray into WordCamp happened when a fellow attendee of the Montclair WordPress meetup suggested she volunteer for WordCamp NYC 2019. There, she acted as co-organizer and social media wrangler.

Afterward, she received an invitation to become a co-organizer and Social Media Director for the Montclair WordPress meetup. The rest is history as Eileen prepares for Montclair WordCamp 2022.

I’ve been a WordPress developer for about 14 years, the last seven of those were spent working on Plugins. Currently, I am working as the Development Principal at The Events Calendar.

Also, spend a portion of my time with FakerPress which is a plugin for generating random test data for WordPress development, head out to WordPress.org and try it out.

As a WordPress developer, I try to contribute to Core Tickets and Forum support whenever possible.

Twitter: @webord

Howard Spaeth is a WordPress Consultant, who runs his own agency, H Grant Designs. He has owned this business for over 9 years. He also works for numerous web design agencies all over the country. He enjoys the ins and out of making a website comes to life, as well as fixing broken WordPress websites.

He is a big sports fan and you can often find him at a sporting event during the summer. He also recently got into photography as well.

Twitter: @hgspaeth

James runs his own web development shop jameslau.com. Primary clients of focus are mainly in the education, health, government, and non-profit space. What drives James’s passion these days, is by assisting clients’ needs in elevating their business whose mission is to help out a community or society as a whole. Building for a cause.

He is also an organizer for Boston WordPress Meetup group and volunteer for WordPress Accessibility Day 2024.

Get in touch with him on

LinkedIn:
Twitter: @james Lau

Jason Lawton has been developing websites since 1996, and using WordPress to do so for almost 10 years. During the day he works for a design agency as a WordPress developer focusing on custom theme and plugin development. When not working he enjoys spending time with his family, checking out the latest javascript frameworks, playing video games, and reading sci-fi or fantasy books.

Mastodon: @phoopee3

Mike Auteri is an Associate Director of Engineering at Penske Media Corporation (PMC) who oversees development for many well-known publishing brands on WordPress VIP (Rolling Stone, Billboard, WWD, Variety, Deadline et al). He’s contributed a few lines of code to WordPress core and Gutenberg, is a WordPress community deputy, has written a couple plugins, presented at meetups/WordCamps, and is a co-organizer of the WordPress Montclair Meetup.

A New Jersey native, Mike lives not 4 blocks from a house featured in the Sopranos. Mike is a fan of good beer and hot sauce.

Twitter: @mauteri

Living the life in southwest Colorado with my wife and doggers. I love to mountain bike, snowboard, and paddle board.