Bill Bennett
Bill Bennett is a New Zealand technology journalist. He started in 1980 as a writer on Practical Computing magazine. He left the UK in 1987 to work in Wellington on The Dominion as Computer Page editor.
He spent a decade working in Sydney, Australia. There he was managing editor of two regional editions of PC Magazine. He also wrote news, features and columns for The Australian Financial Review and The Sydney Morning Herald. On returning to New Zealand he edited and became associate publisher of New Zealand Reseller News.
Today Bennett works as a freelance journalist. In recent months his work has appeared in The New Zealand Herald and NZ Business. His writing also appears on Scoop.co.nz and Geekzone. Bennett is a regular on The NZ Tech Podcast and on television.
He is co-author of the best-selling Usborne Guide to the Microcomputer.
Bennett has a Physics BSc from Manchester University and remains interested in science. He lives in Auckland.
Robert Wilde
Robert Wilde has worked with Technology for 20+ years. PHP for 10+ years and working with WordPress 5+ years building custom Themes and Plugins.
Also work heavily with Laravel and AngularJS and a number of Cloud based applications.
Love teaching my Son all things WebDev and I have a mad interest in Liquid fluoride thorium reactors.
See one of Robert’s previous talks from WordCamp Sydney on From Dev To Staging To Production.
Rob Wilde before he robs you.. get your ticket!
Maria Skatova
Maria Skatova, public relations and media professional since 1997, WordPress fan since 2009 and a new freelance developer will share how she uses email writing, mind reading, and Game of Thrones knowledge when dealing with clients. Originally from Russia, Maria now lives and Wellington and works as WordPress developer at Castlenet.