Lead
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Dan Gabriel Tabifranca
Read more : Dan Gabriel Tabifranca
Regional Lead – Luzon
Dan is a Scrollslinger (aka Content Writer) at Gravity Wiz, where he writes about products in the Gravity Forms ecosystem, breaks down features, and turns bits of product magic into stories and guides that builders of any level can actually use.
He has over seven years of professional WordPress experience across marketing, content, and community — often organizing, speaking, or volunteering at WordPress events wherever the road takes him. His goal is simple: help more people see what’s possible with WordPress, find their place in the community, and build better things with it.
Outside work, you’ll probably find him at a favorite café or bar, walking around with his camera, hunting for a good Negroni, playing a video game, or just meeting people and seeing where the conversation goes.
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Danyl Marie Noelle Maranon
Read more : Danyl Marie Noelle MaranonRegional Lead – Visayas
Danyl Marie Noelle Maranon, a web developer with 9 years of experience, proudly identifies as one of the women breaking barriers in coding. Her journey with WordPress began in 2017, leading to a deep connection with the platform and its community. Through WordPress, she found not just a career but a purpose, crediting it for significant changes in her life.
Now, Danyl actively gives back by staying involved in the community, sharing her knowledge, and empowering others to embrace opportunities in tech. Outside of WordCamp responsibilities, Danyl cherishes quiet moments bonding with her cats, a testament to her grounded and relatable personality.
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Harcy Joy Dela Cruz
Read more : Harcy Joy Dela CruzRegional Lead – Mindanao
Joy is an aspiring life coach passionate about helping people navigate their careers and find fulfillment in their personal and professional lives. As an SEO Analyst, she helps brands grow through data-driven insights and strategy. Within the community, she enjoys connecting people, fostering collaborations, and creating opportunities for meaningful engagement. In her free time, she can usually be found reading novels or business books.
A long-time contributor to the WordPress community, Joy is actively involved in organizing events, supporting local meetups, and creating spaces where people can learn, connect, and grow together. She believes that strong communities are built through genuine relationships, shared experiences, and a mutual willingness to support one another. Whether working on digital projects or community initiatives, she is driven by a desire to make a positive impact and help others reach their full potential.
Co-Lead
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Alpha Jun Ibieza
Read more : Alpha Jun IbiezaRegional Co-Lead – Visayas
WordPress developer with 4 years of experience building business websites for local and international clients. I started with page builders and now focus on custom code and custom themes to create fast, scalable solutions.
Active in the WordPress community, attendee of WordCamp Iloilo 2023, volunteer at WordCamp Asia 2025, and regular participant in WordPress Iloilo meetups and Campus Connect events. Passionate about open source, collaboration, and helping businesses grow through WordPress.
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Jevi Fajardo
Read more : Jevi FajardoRegional Co-Lead-Luzon
Jevi works as a Customer Service Training Lead at SURI, diving into the world of technology from a customer service / billing background. Despite being a non-technical person, She’s on her way to an exciting journey of discovering and mastering WordPress.
Jevi is a mom of three wonderful girls who loves K-drama. Joining WPUGPH revealed her unexpected love for organizing events, turning what was unfamiliar into something truly special. -
Louie Sonugan
Read more : Louie SonuganRegional Co-Lead – Mindanao
Louie Sonugan is a WordPress developer and technical SEO specialist with more than 10 years of experience building fast, search-friendly, and high-performing websites. He specializes in WordPress development, on-page SEO, Core Web Vitals, and page speed optimization. Beyond client work, he actively volunteers and supports the local WordPress community through organizing meetups and serving as a first-time organizer for WordCamp Philippines.
Operations
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Christian Rey Infante
Read more : Christian Rey InfanteOperations
Chryss Infante is a web developer who has been building things on the internet since 2017—mostly web applications and, occasionally, bugs (which she also fixes). She currently works full-time as an Information Systems Analyst at ISAT University, teaches part-time, and takes on freelance projects whenever someone needs a website—or whenever she can’t resist a good coding challenge.
She enjoys solving problems with code, creating practical solutions, and occasionally asking herself, “Ano ni ang ginsudlan ko man?” when a project turns out to be far more interesting than expected. Beyond development, she is actively involved in the WordPress community and has had the privilege of organizing WordCamp events, believing that building a strong community is just as rewarding as building great web applications. 😉
When she’s not coding, teaching, or debugging something that worked perfectly five minutes ago, she’s probably exploring new technologies or helping someone figure out why one plugin conflicts with another—which sometimes ends with, “Bay’e da ah!”
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Joseph Batcagan
Read more : Joseph BatcaganOperations
A WordPress user who’s a native of early internet communities
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Kim Valencia
Read more : Kim ValenciaOperations Lead
Kim is a software engineer and a WordPress developer. He has been working with WordPress since 2018, consistently attending WordPress workshops and WordCamps before eventually applying his knowledge to both his professional work and side projects.
In 2022, he started volunteering at WordCamps, where he connected with various people in the WordPress community. These experiences broadened his knowledge of WordPress and made him realize that there is always more to learn.
Outside of WordPress, Kim enjoys running and traveling as a way to reset and recharge his mind.
Design
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Diana Tupas
Read more : Diana TupasAX
Diana is a WordPress Designer & Developer who loves blending aesthetics with functionality. As a queer in the tech industry, she advocates for inclusivity in tech and volunteers to teach out-of-school youth about web and graphic design, empowering them to create and potentially earn a living from their talents.
Despite having dyslexia, Diana’s love for math led her to pursue a graduate degree in Information Technology and actively doing research in Geometric Deep Learning. This field aligns perfectly with her passion for design, which she views as akin to creative design. This structured creativity infuses every project she tackles as she strives to make the digital world a more beautiful and inclusive place for everyone.
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Vic Benjamin
Read more : Vic BenjaminDesign
Vic Benjamin is a brand and web designer and the owner of a solo design studio, where she specializes in creating thoughtful and strategic websites for service-based businesses, particularly therapy practices. She is passionate about building websites that feel clear, welcoming, and intuitive for the people who use them.
Beyond design, Vic is fascinated by the systems that support a successful creative business, including client experience, communication, and the psychology behind how people interact with websites. She enjoys being part of communities like WordPress, where knowledge is shared, collaboration is encouraged, and continuous learning brings people together.
AX
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Diana Tupas
Read more : Diana TupasAX
Diana is a WordPress Designer & Developer who loves blending aesthetics with functionality. As a queer in the tech industry, she advocates for inclusivity in tech and volunteers to teach out-of-school youth about web and graphic design, empowering them to create and potentially earn a living from their talents.
Despite having dyslexia, Diana’s love for math led her to pursue a graduate degree in Information Technology and actively doing research in Geometric Deep Learning. This field aligns perfectly with her passion for design, which she views as akin to creative design. This structured creativity infuses every project she tackles as she strives to make the digital world a more beautiful and inclusive place for everyone.
AV
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John Carlo Pattaguan
Read more : John Carlo PattaguanAV Lead
John is a WordPress Technical Support professional with five years of experience in the industry, where he has developed strong skills in customer service and technical support.
Passionate about sharing his knowledge and insights with others, he created this WordPress profile as a way to connect with the community and contribute to helping others. He also believes in the importance of maintaining a healthy work-life balance and strives to make the most of every opportunity both professionally and personally.
Marketing
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Dan Gabriel Tabifranca
Read more : Dan Gabriel TabifrancaRegional Lead – Luzon
Dan is a Scrollslinger (aka Content Writer) at Gravity Wiz, where he writes about products in the Gravity Forms ecosystem, breaks down features, and turns bits of product magic into stories and guides that builders of any level can actually use.
He has over seven years of professional WordPress experience across marketing, content, and community — often organizing, speaking, or volunteering at WordPress events wherever the road takes him. His goal is simple: help more people see what’s possible with WordPress, find their place in the community, and build better things with it.
Outside work, you’ll probably find him at a favorite café or bar, walking around with his camera, hunting for a good Negroni, playing a video game, or just meeting people and seeing where the conversation goes.
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Jeanne Tan
Read more : Jeanne TanMarketing
Jeanne Tan is a Conversion-Driven SEO Consultant and creator of the Sales-to-SearchTM Framework. She is also the founder of ProFlow Partners, a tech startup focused on solving local, real-world problems in the local community.
Jeanne specializes in transforming digital visibility into measurable revenue for impact-driven founders and small marketing teams. She leverages over 15 years of comprehensive digital marketing experience across content, management, and optimization, bridging the gap between technical semantic search and sales funnel optimization to ensure sustainable business growth.
Jeanne Tan has been contributing to the WordPress community as a speaker, starting at WordCamp Iloilo and WordCamp Malaysia in 2023, and at WordCamp Asia in 2024. She is now part of the Marketing and Communications team of WordCamp Philippines 2026. -
Jehan-Fatima Forro
Read more : Jehan-Fatima ForroMarketing Lead
Jehan got her start on WordPress.com back in 2012, blogging about motherhood, food, poetry, and traveling. Her first WordCamp experience was as an attendee at WordCamp Manila 2023, where she got an instant orientation on organizing WordPress communities. She founded WordPress Zamboanga in the same year, and has been actively building the community through meetups and campus connects ever since. She was also a volunteer at WordCamp Asia 2025, her first real deep dive into organizing a huge event. Today, she keeps busy as the Social Media Team Lead at OnlineJobs.PH. Jehan is super passionate about community growth and digital marketing, and she can’t wait to bring WordCamp back to her home city soon!
Venue
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Alpha Jun Ibieza
Read more : Alpha Jun IbiezaRegional Co-Lead – Visayas
WordPress developer with 4 years of experience building business websites for local and international clients. I started with page builders and now focus on custom code and custom themes to create fast, scalable solutions.
Active in the WordPress community, attendee of WordCamp Iloilo 2023, volunteer at WordCamp Asia 2025, and regular participant in WordPress Iloilo meetups and Campus Connect events. Passionate about open source, collaboration, and helping businesses grow through WordPress.
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Danyl Marie Noelle Maranon
Read more : Danyl Marie Noelle MaranonRegional Lead – Visayas
Danyl Marie Noelle Maranon, a web developer with 9 years of experience, proudly identifies as one of the women breaking barriers in coding. Her journey with WordPress began in 2017, leading to a deep connection with the platform and its community. Through WordPress, she found not just a career but a purpose, crediting it for significant changes in her life.
Now, Danyl actively gives back by staying involved in the community, sharing her knowledge, and empowering others to embrace opportunities in tech. Outside of WordCamp responsibilities, Danyl cherishes quiet moments bonding with her cats, a testament to her grounded and relatable personality.
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Joseph Batcagan
Read more : Joseph BatcaganOperations
A WordPress user who’s a native of early internet communities
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Kim Valencia
Read more : Kim ValenciaOperations Lead
Kim is a software engineer and a WordPress developer. He has been working with WordPress since 2018, consistently attending WordPress workshops and WordCamps before eventually applying his knowledge to both his professional work and side projects.
In 2022, he started volunteering at WordCamps, where he connected with various people in the WordPress community. These experiences broadened his knowledge of WordPress and made him realize that there is always more to learn.
Outside of WordPress, Kim enjoys running and traveling as a way to reset and recharge his mind.
Finance
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Danyl Marie Noelle Maranon
Read more : Danyl Marie Noelle MaranonRegional Lead – Visayas
Danyl Marie Noelle Maranon, a web developer with 9 years of experience, proudly identifies as one of the women breaking barriers in coding. Her journey with WordPress began in 2017, leading to a deep connection with the platform and its community. Through WordPress, she found not just a career but a purpose, crediting it for significant changes in her life.
Now, Danyl actively gives back by staying involved in the community, sharing her knowledge, and empowering others to embrace opportunities in tech. Outside of WordCamp responsibilities, Danyl cherishes quiet moments bonding with her cats, a testament to her grounded and relatable personality.
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Harcy Joy Dela Cruz
Read more : Harcy Joy Dela CruzRegional Lead – Mindanao
Joy is an aspiring life coach passionate about helping people navigate their careers and find fulfillment in their personal and professional lives. As an SEO Analyst, she helps brands grow through data-driven insights and strategy. Within the community, she enjoys connecting people, fostering collaborations, and creating opportunities for meaningful engagement. In her free time, she can usually be found reading novels or business books.
A long-time contributor to the WordPress community, Joy is actively involved in organizing events, supporting local meetups, and creating spaces where people can learn, connect, and grow together. She believes that strong communities are built through genuine relationships, shared experiences, and a mutual willingness to support one another. Whether working on digital projects or community initiatives, she is driven by a desire to make a positive impact and help others reach their full potential.
Sponsor
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Angelle Marie Garcia
Read more : Angelle Marie GarciaSponsors Lead
Organizer: WordCamp Asia 2025
Volunteer: WordCamp Asia 2024
Volunteer: WordCamp Manila 2023
Organizer: WordPress User Group Philippines – Manila
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Harcy Joy Dela Cruz
Read more : Harcy Joy Dela CruzRegional Lead – Mindanao
Joy is an aspiring life coach passionate about helping people navigate their careers and find fulfillment in their personal and professional lives. As an SEO Analyst, she helps brands grow through data-driven insights and strategy. Within the community, she enjoys connecting people, fostering collaborations, and creating opportunities for meaningful engagement. In her free time, she can usually be found reading novels or business books.
A long-time contributor to the WordPress community, Joy is actively involved in organizing events, supporting local meetups, and creating spaces where people can learn, connect, and grow together. She believes that strong communities are built through genuine relationships, shared experiences, and a mutual willingness to support one another. Whether working on digital projects or community initiatives, she is driven by a desire to make a positive impact and help others reach their full potential.
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Jinky Oblianda
Read more : Jinky ObliandaSponsor
Jinky Oblianda runs Links Amplifier Digital, where she helps SaaS and tech brands grow through relationship-driven link building. Her career evolved from a general virtual assistant to an agency owner, a journey closely intertwined with WordPress. She is deeply committed to supporting the WordPress community, having volunteered at WordCamp Cebu and WordCamp Asia 2025 before stepping up to help organize WordCamp Philippines 2026.
Always looking to blend her professional growth with her love for travel, Jinky enjoys attending international conferences to build meaningful connections, explore new perspectives, and hunt for a good cup of coffee.
Contributor Day
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Jhimross Olinares
Read more : Jhimross OlinaresContributor Day
Jhim is a coffee-loving cyclist and WordPress nerd from the Caloocan, Philippines, passionate about open source and the community behind it. He enjoys helping people with all things WordPress from building websites and troubleshooting to sharing knowledge and growing the local community. Outside of WordPress, I love cycling and discovering good coffee, both of which keep me energized and inspired.
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Rolly Bueno
Read more : Rolly BuenoContributor Day
Rolly Bueno is a web developer from Iloilo, Philippines, and a WordPress Developer at DevriX. He has been part of the WordPress community since 2010 and has contributed across several areas of the project, including Core, Documentation, Testing, Training, Playground, WP-CLI, translations, themes, plugins, patterns, and the WordPress Photo Directory.
Beyond development, Rolly has volunteered as a WordCamp organizer and supported Contributor Day initiatives for WordCamp Asia and WordCamp Philippines. At WordCamp Asia 2026, he led the Contributor Day team, helping manage the program and create a more welcoming experience for contributors. He enjoys building spaces where people can learn, collaborate, and feel more confident getting involved in open source.
Outside of WordPress, he enjoys motorcycle rides, moto vlogging, traveling, and discovering stories from different places.
Program
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Oneal Rosero
Read more : Oneal RoseroProgram
Oneal has been a WordPress user since 2007 — a journey that began, as any true fan might expect, through his love of Star Wars. He currently works as a Project Manager, Agile Coach, and IT Trainer, and manages WordPress sites for family, not-for-profit groups, and charity organizations. Within the WordPress community, he volunteers as a WP Training Team Faculty Admin, supports DEIB initiatives, and serves as a co-facilitator of the #WPDiversity Diverse Speaker Training online workshops, a role he has held since 2020 when he began helping run sessions outside the AMER/EMEA regions. He is also a Community Program Support contributor. Beyond the keyboard, Oneal suits up in Stormtrooper armor for charity events, fundraising drives, and children’s hospital visits — proving that the Force is always strongest when used for good. He is also serving as Global Lead Organizer for WordCamp Asia 2027.
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Rome Nicolas
Read more : Rome NicolasProgram
Rome is a Growth Strategist at Bisaya Digital, a marketing agency with their automation needs to help them increase their revenue. He is the lead organizer of Cebu WordPress Meetup and WordCamp Cebu 2023 & 2024. As a digital freelancer, he advocates for Cebuanos to find clients online through the Cebu Digital Freelancers community. He enjoys discussing social media, fitness, and online business opportunities at various events in Cebu, Philippines.
Volunteers
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Janine Bagares
Read more : Janine BagaresVolunteers – Lead
Janine is employed as a Data Cloud Engineer in the corporate sector and has a keen interest in photography. She finds joy in capturing moments within music scenes and tech communities across Metro Manila (and outside Metro), and Wordpess User Group Philippines is one of the communities she contributed. She is actively contributing to different tech communities in the Philippines, mainly doing documentation/visual roles. She also loves to travel solo and cafe hopping in any local cafes she finds.
Technology
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Louie Sonugan
Read more : Louie SonuganRegional Co-Lead – Mindanao
Louie Sonugan is a WordPress developer and technical SEO specialist with more than 10 years of experience building fast, search-friendly, and high-performing websites. He specializes in WordPress development, on-page SEO, Core Web Vitals, and page speed optimization. Beyond client work, he actively volunteers and supports the local WordPress community through organizing meetups and serving as a first-time organizer for WordCamp Philippines.
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Rene Christopher Caralian
Read more : Rene Christopher CaralianTechnology
Rene Christopher C. is a Website Director for Conversion Strategies and WP Web Partners. Managing a website support team that provides website maintenance to clients. Also, when freelance opportunity arises i help local and international clients with their websites too.
Helps the community grow and learn with WP Manila.
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Stella Maris Montalban
Read more : Stella Maris MontalbanTechnology
Stella Maris Montalban is a Computer Science student at Central Philippine University, balancing academics with a passion for building clean, responsive web and mobile applications. Her enthusiasm for the tech community has led her to become actively involved in the WordPress Community. Beyond the screen, she is an avid explorer who enjoys discovering hidden local spots and seeking out the best culinary experiences, often documenting her travels and interests along the way.
Mentors
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Andrew Garcia
Read more : Andrew GarciaMentor
Andrew Garcia is a highly skilled WordPress developer with 15 years of experience in building, optimizing, and maintaining websites. A familiar face at WordCamp events, Andrew loves sharing his expertise and has served as the lead organizer for WordCamp Manila in both 2017 and 2023.
Andrew works as a solutions consultant for enterprise clients, leveraging his skills to create custom web solutions that drive success. Beyond his day job, Andrew is deeply committed to the community. He dedicates his time to organizing meetups and empowering Filipinos to embrace and excel in the digital world.
When he’s not knee-deep in code, Andrew enjoys tuning into science podcasts and engaging in the strategic fun of board gaming.
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JC Palmes
Read more : JC PalmesGlobal Mentor
JC Palmes is a Principal Technical Manager at WebDevStudios and a long time contributor to the WordPress community. Based in Iloilo City, Philippines, she has served as a speaker, organizer, and mentor across numerous WordPress events. As the Global Mentor for WordCamp Philippines, JC works closely with the organizing team to help deliver a successful, inclusive, and sustainable event that strengthens the local WordPress community.
