The Philly ‘burbs WP Meetup is a local community of WordPress designers, developers, users, and more. The folks listed below work to organize its monthly gatherings.
Ashley Pfeil
I’ve been a professional Web Developer since 2014. I didn’t touch a line of code until I was in my mid-twenties but once I did, I enjoyed it so much I didn’t want to stop. I learned web development in Texas and worked for a small agency in Houston for 5 years before moving back home to Philly in 2019. Currently I’m the dev team lead at a small agency in the local area. I live in the Fox Chase neighborhood of Philadelphia.
Although not a self-taught developer, I did teach myself WordPress. One of the things I like about WordPress is that it is as simple or as complex as you need it to be. Another thing that I like about WordPress is the welcoming community. I enjoy going to WordCamps and meetups. When I was approached about helping out with this group, I was eager to jump at the chance because in a way it’s one way I can give back to the community that has given me so much. My skill set includes HTML, CSS, React and a few React-based frameworks, enough PHP to get by, and of course WordPress. I can be reached on our group’s Slack channel.
Matt Lewis
I have been dabbling in website creation since the early 2000’s while still in high school. I remember building sites for a group I was involved with on my own and also trying to make a family webpage were we can share family news. I started using dreamweaver and basic html. Then css came along and things got more complicated. In college I was introduced to the blog platform MoveableType and started using CMS managers then. I switched to Mambo to design sites; which then became Joomla. I then discovered and really liked WordPress and have been using it for over ten years. In 2015 I started my own tech support and consulting company, Green Street Technology Solutions, and still provide basic website design to small businesses.
I enjoy the open source community that WordPress has and the helping nature of both the developers and other community members.
Connect with Matt on Twitter (@mlewsis47) and on LinkedIn.