Speakers

Adeline Dahal is an SEO specialist with expertise in marketing and content. With over three years of experience in search engine optimization, she has delivered measurable, impactful results by improving search rankings and implementing data-driven content optimization strategies. Beyond her professional work, she is also a writer, an amateur boxer, and a mixed-media artist.

Anna Hurko is the CEO and co-founder of Crocoblock, a passionate WordPress enthusiast, and an avid runner. Her mission is to build open and transparent relationships between the product, partners, and customers. She began her journey as a support operator and has since grown into the CEO of a powerful and successful project.

Birgit Pauli-Haack is the publisher of Gutenberg Times, a site with news around WordPress block editor and beyond. She gives a voice to underrepresented groups in our community through the Gutenberg Changelog podcast.

Birgit has been contributing to the WordPress open-source project since 2014. Since 20221 she contributes now full-time, sponsored by Automattic.

James Giroux is a Technical Account Manager at WordPress VIP, where he works closely with enterprise-level customers to optimize their WordPress experiences. With over fifteen years of experience in the WordPress ecosystem, James has collaborated with leading brands to drive growth and innovation. He is also a co-founder of Future of Team, a venture dedicated to helping WordPress companies build scalable, people-first cultures. James is passionate about empowering leaders to create environments that foster engagement, collaboration, and long-term success.

JC Palmes is Principal Technical Manager at WebDevStudios, where she leads engineering on enterprise WordPress builds and the company’s block theme starter framework WDS-BT. She has been part of WordCamp Asia’s leadership team for three years: Global Lead in 2023, Contributor Day Lead in 2024, and Local Lead in 2025. She also organizes WordPress Iloilo meetups in the Philippines.

Jonathan Desrosiers is a WordPress Core committer, mentor, and open source leader. He works as a Principal Software Engineer at Bluehost, where he is sponsored to contribute directly to the WordPress project. His work includes writing and reviewing code, mentoring contributors, and helping guide the platform’s long-term direction.

Over the years, Jonathan has contributed to everything from ongoing maintenance tasks to major architectural decisions. His work consistently centers on the needs of the end user. He is a strong advocate for contributor workflows that help people of all experience levels grow through their involvement in WordPress.

Though a PHP developer at heart, Jonathan now focuses much of his time on mentoring others, improving community processes, and helping ensure that everyone in open source feels welcome, valued, and supported.

Leonardo Losoviz is the founder of Gato Plugins and the creator of the Gato GraphQL WordPress plugin.

He has contributed extensively to publications including Smashing Magazine and CSS‑Tricks.

He is based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Luke Carbis is a self-deputised open-source emissary and vigilante plenipotentiary for WordPress proletariat affairs. He works closely with WordPress product companies to fast-track their growth and inspire beautifully written code. He’s been part of the community as a plugin developer, core contributor, release lead, WordCamp organiser, and a member of the plugin review team.

Rahul Bansal is the founder & CEO of rtCamp, an enterprise-grade WordPress consultancy trusted by global brands like Google, Meta, and Automattic. He began his journey in 2007 as a professional blogger, later evolving into a developer and agency founder. A regular WordCamp speaker and contributor, Rahul is passionate about open source, enterprise publishing, and expanding WordPress adoption through education and community efforts.

Rebecca Markowitz is Developer Outreach Manager and Release Manager at Elementor. With over eleven years of experience as a project manager, starting at WordPress development agency illuminea, Rebecca has worked with clients across a wide range of industries to build and manage hundreds of sites.
After illuminea, Rebecca led Customer Experience at Strattic, helping to shape how users engage with Strattic’s innovative headless and static WordPress platform.
A long-time active member of the WordPress community, Rebecca has organized WordPress meetups in Jerusalem and participated in WordCamps around the world.
In her current role at Elementor, Rebecca is passionate about connecting with the WordPress ecosystem, supporting developers, and contributing to open-source, and is excited to meet fellow WordCampers in person at WordCamp Asia!

Ryan is a Developer Advocate at Automattic. He focuses on removing barriers to adoption for developers working with Gutenberg and WordPress. He is a seasoned WordPress developer and regular contributor to WordPress and the Gutenberg project. He also streams on Twitch as RyanWelcherCodes were he focuses on custom block development.

Takayuki Miyoshi is the founder/CEO of Rock Lobster Inc. He’s also a WordPress plugin developer who created Contact Form 7, Bogo, and more.