Introducing our first speakers

Our WordCamp Auckland is getting closer! We’d like to introduce our first speakers. Welcome Mel and Ricky, we’re excited to have them speaking at WordCamp Auckland 2019.

  • Mel Telecican

    Mel Telecican helps people make sense of email marketing automation. She specialises in helping businesses implement high-quality marketing automations in a non-techy, straightforward way so they can get more customers and keep them.

    As someone who started with very few skills with websites – she’s learned quickly with the help of user-friendly solutions like Elementor.

    • How elementor changed my life (for the better!)

      Walkthrough of how I used Elementor and Elementor Pro to build my own website. Before Elementor was installed on my sites I was wary of doing very much in the backend of my website. As someone who loves to action things quickly (think MVP), not being able to iterate without handing it over to my …

  • Ricky Blacker

    Ricky is a self taught web professional who found and fell in love with WordPress, and the community behind it while looking for a CMS platform to build websites for clients.

    He originally started his own web design business after being made redundant from a factory job in 2013, but now works for WP Engine as a Pre Sales Engineer, providing a Digital Experience Platform for WordPress user around the world.

    He is a Co-Organizer for the Sunshine Coast & Brisbane WordPress Meetup Groups, as well as the Brisbane Web Design Meetup group, and was one of the amazing team who put together the Sunshine Coast WordCamp in 2016 and WordCamp Brisbane in 2017/18/19, and has spoken at WordCamps in Australia, New Zealand and Singapore.

    Ricky is very passionate about building the WordPress community and helping others to learn how to use WordPress and what it can do.

    • WordPress Hosting Survival Guide

      Hosting is essential to every web site in the world, and getting the right fit for your needs can be daunting with all the options available out there. In this presentation, Ricky will take you through how hosting has changed over time, what is available now to help with your WordPress site, how to get …