WordCamp Santa Clarita (#wcscv), as is the case with all WordCamps, is made possible through the hard work of volunteers who donate their time and are not paid. These people believe in the mission of the WordPress Open Source Project and its vibrant, talented, and eclectic Community.
WordCamp Santa Clarita would not be possible without the generous support of our sponsors, University Center at College of the Canyons, and a team of WordPress Santa Clarita Valley Meetup and other Community volunteers. Our small team went above and beyond to put on the type of event attendees would enjoy and we can all be proud of.
Your WordCamp Santa Clarita Organizing Team
Joe Simpson Lead Organizer
Responsible for a number of roles including Publicity, Website, Design, Printing, Venue Logistics, Transportation and travel details, WordCamp Santa Clarita was a labor of love for Joe.
Joe is a Front-End Web Developer and Graphic Designer specializing in WordPress solutions. During days he works at Metro LA, one of the nation’s top-five transit agencies, fighting the good fight to ease the commute around Los Angeles County. When their lead developer and CSS specialist both left to pursue other opportunities, Joe inherited a Headway-themed design (sans child theme) and the rest is history over ten years later with a WordPress blog network consisting of over a dozen project-specific or transit news sites.
After a life-threatening heart event and a brief leave of absence sparking a journey to rediscover the things that healed and nurtured him led him back to a love of WordPress and all things creative. An item on this bucket list was to host Santa Clarita’s first WordCamp. Check.
Ron Amick, A/V Wrangler
Ron Amick is a creature with two heads – he can write code and content, edit film and ad copy, and speak both digital and analog. With an engineer father and painter mother, Ron Amick always had an affinity for both technology and art. His misspent youth was dedicated to making short films which, through no fault of his own, landed him at USC film school.
After stints working as a producer and editor at several studios and post-production houses, he landed at Disney New Technology and New Media, which ignited a love for web development.
Moving from entertainment to tech was less of a pivot than a way to combine his interest in computers with his passion for storytelling. Since then Ron has learned (and forgotten) more software than is reasonable (Flash, anyone?) and worked with many creative agencies, tech companies, and entertainment clients to create websites, mobile apps, games, books, e-commerce stores and more. “It’s hard being both a geek and a nerd,” says Ron, “but who are you if you don’t even try?”
Pronunciation Guide: ā – mick — with a long “a” as in “acorn”
Tange Brown-Simpson, Special Events Wrangler
Responsible for the Speakers’ Dinner/Reception and Afterparty, Tange is an Instructional Aide to the Speech Pathologist at Castaic Elementary school in the Santa Carita Valley. She works with special needs children to improve their speech intelligibility. She is currently completing coursework at Pasadena City College in pursuit of a Speech and Language Pathologist Assistant degree.
Prior to this career, Tange work in entertainment as a Stage Manager at NBC Television and Warner Bros Television. When she’s not helping her husband with WordCamp Santa Clarita, she is be found playing Candy Crush.
Sean Conklin, Sponsor Wrangler
Sean has been a full-stack PHP web developer since 2002. His current specialties have been in WordPress powered sites since 2011 and WooCommerce powered shops since early 2017. Sean co-organizes and speaks at the West Valley WordPress Meetup as well as the WooCommerce Los Angeles Meetup. At his day job Sean is Founder at Coded Commerce, LLC, where he helps his clients with WordPress and WooCommerce, powered online stores.
Rebeca Godin, Speaker Wrangler
Rebeca has been a WordPress developer for a little over 3 years. At that time, she realized that just creating websites for her clients was not good enough to help them with their business goals. She recently founded Geeky Chick Labs, which is a digital marketing agency that uses WordPress websites as digital hubs. Then connecting social media and other digital marketing resources to create powerful online presence for her clients. The main goal of these hubs is to get business owners back too doing their thing — running their business.
When not helping clients grow their businesses, Rebeca loves to cook, read, play games — video and tabletop, hang out with her family and animals and most importantly cheering for her son and his hockey team.
Interested in volunteering to assist with WordCamp Santa Clarita? We’d love to have you!