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Jessica Best

June 30, 2014

Resources Jessica Best Jessica is a speaker, strategist, and digital marketing evangelist at Emfluence. She’s a one-to-one marketing nerd, now taking that passion to the masses through her public speaking efforts. WHAT DO YOU ENJOY MOST ABOUT YOUR INCREASED SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS? I love that I’m able to tell people the “secrets” of how to make money at this stuff. Email marketing is a unique industry and you never really learn it in college, so I love the look on people’s faces when I tell them something that will increase open rates by 10% or increase their email return on investment by 25%.…

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Jennifer Wadella

June 30, 2014

Resources Jennifer Wadella Jennifer is Founder of Kansas City Women in Technology and Web Developer at VML. Her love of tech started at age nine with the family computer and she never looked back. She also runs CoderDojoKC, is a Minddrive mentor, sits on the Shawnee Mission CTE Advisory board, and participates in KC Girls STEM Committee. To top it off, she somehow finds time to compete in west coast swing dancing. I’m exhausted just listing it out. Let’s see how she tackles it all. Serious Question: Do You Sleep? Actually, I do. I’m envious of some of my developer friends who can operate on less than…

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Ryan Ressler

May 31, 2014

Resources Ryan Ressler Ryan is a writer by trade. Rider and runner by choice. He’s currently a Sr Writer with VML after stints at Cerner, MMGY, and Garmin. If you’re the Twitter type, he only posts the good stuff you won’t find elsewhere. You Know How Some People Cleverly List the Internet as Their Residence? You’re the Only Person I Know Personally Where That Actually Just Makes Sense. Please, Please Explain How You Internet. Ha. I consume a hazardous amount of online content. My only tip for sorting it all out: Swim Upstream. That is – find the direct source of content…

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Matthew Irish

May 31, 2014

Resources Matthew Irish Matthew Irish is a software engineer of the front-end variety. He’s currently building educational tools and resources for the Salt Lake City-based Instructure. Prior to supplementing our educational system with modern technology Matt put in work at Safari Books Online, Garmin, and local ad shop Salva O’Renick. He’s a smart dude that can become an expert on a new topic faster than anyone I’ve ever met. It’s why I love him. It’s also why I hate him. Let’s see what smartie pants has to share with us. This Is Your Second Gig Working Remotely. How’s That Going for…

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Justin Farmer

May 31, 2014

Resources Justin Farmer Justin is a multi-talented designer and strategic mind working as an Associate Creative Director at MMGY Global. You may know him as local taco eating legend. (26 tacos at Rico’s. Crushed the record.) Ira Glass said a while back that people do creative work because they have good taste. That always makes me think of Justin Farmer. I’ve known the guy forever and he’s always had great taste. Am I Right to Think Your Personal Tastes Led You Into Creative Pursuits or Was It Something Else? Yeah, it pulled me towards talented creative people. I’m a bit of a…

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Chris Riebschlager

May 30, 2014

Resources Chris Riebschlager Chris creates things that are useful and beautiful. By day he is a Front-end Engineer at Mindmixer. You may also know him from his past stints at Clickfarm, Barkley’s Moonshot Lab, VML, and Bernstein-Rein. His passions range from creative code frameworks to bad ass chicken coops. What Challenge Did Mindmixer Give You That Sparked Your Interest? When I was working at Bernstein-Rein, I had the opportunity to work with a group of people who I’ve always considered a web development dream team. It was pure kismet that all these ridiculously talented designers and developers happened to coalesce at BR. We created…

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