Introduce Yourself!

[tj_gamble]

My name is TJ Gamble and I am CEO of Jamersan, a rapidly growing Magento Development Shop located in Opelika, Alabama.  This will be my first Imagine, and I am very much looking forward to getting more involved in the Magento Community.   

In my spare time I am typically working with some sort of classic automobile, analog therapy for a digital lifestyle.   

[sherrie]

Thanks so much for introducing yourselves @tj_gamble @Lewis Sellers @Theis Corfixen @Talesh @snowdog @kab8609 @ShipperHQ @MageMojo @avstudnitz and @Brent W Peterson! Pretty good mix of newbies and veterans so far, I love it!

In case you haven't seen, @Brent W Peterson is organizing a race at Hoover Dam before the event, head over the Community Meetups thread for deets: https://community.magento.com/t5/Imagine-Commerce-2016/Community-Meetups/gpm-p/25796#M2

Looking forward to more introductions and all the preimagine plans!

[raybogman]

• Ray Bogman

• SupportDesk BV - Dutch Magento agency with a focus on support (performance, security, seo, upgrades, migrations, hosting, training etc.....)
• CTO and Co-Founder as well as Magento consultant, trainer (more than 1000), engineer (performance, security). Doing Magento since 2008.
• Meeting lots of old and new Magento fans. Sharing and gaining knowledge.
• Imagine 2015, Developers Paradise (summer/winter editions) 2010/15,  Meet Magento NL since 2009, Meet Magento DE,CH. Magento User Group Amsterdam Organizer since 2009
• Running, snowboarding, cycling, traveling, hacking, family, music festivals/concerts, movies.

And the last couple of months Vladimir Kerkhoff and I wrote a Magento 2 Cookbook ;-) 

https://www.packtpub.com/web-development/magento-2-cookbook

[kalenjordan]

What uuuuuuup guys. Great idea on intros, @sherrie!

I'm Kalen! I run a little email app, cohost a podcast, and just started a little something in the content marketing space a few weeks ago.  

Imagine is always a lot of fun - what I look forward to the most is just getting to see people that I haven't seen all year since last Imagine!

Can't wait to see you guys and meet a few new people hopefully as well!

Free time - I used to be more interesting!  Rollerblading, salsa dancing, hiking, and bouldering!  Now that I'm a dad, I basically just take my daughter to the park all the time!    

Also my wife homeschools and I try to help with that a little bit.

[sherrie]

Hi @kalenjordan + @raybogman, can't wait to see you guys at Imagine!

[RobSmith]

• Rob Smith
• eommerce solutions, content management, web dev
• Developer at OM Design agency
• Sharing ideas
• Family, cycling, new technologies

[sherrie]

Nice to meet you @RobSmith! Will this be your first Imagine?

[peterjaap]

Hi!

• What's your name?

My name is Peter Jaap Blaakmeer but people call me PJ

• What does your company do?

We're a Magento development agency

• What's your role?

Founder, CTO and usually the guy that takes out the trash and does the dishes. My colleagues love me for it. I hope.

• What are you looking forward to at Imagine?

I'm not looking forward to it because I'm not going this year! Then why are you in this group, you might ask. Fair question. No answer to that.

• Have you been to a Magento event before?

Some hackathons (Firegento, Dutchento, Pre-Imagine and MUG050), some Magento User Groups in NL, Meet Magento NL 2012, Meet Magento NL 2013, Meet Magento NL 2014 (speaker), Meet Magento NL 2015 (speaker & organizer), Magento 2 Seminar Utrecht January 2016 (speaker), Meet Magento Madrid 2015 and Imagine 2015. Upcoming are Mage Unconference Berlin, Meet Magento NL 2016 (organizer) and Developers Paradise 2016 (speaker)!

• What's your favorite way to spend your free time?

Hanging out with my girlfriend, playing with my drones, brewing beer at home, hacking away with my Arduino/Raspberry collection, nerding out on Magento 2, playing squash or swimming, man I've got too much stuff going on.

See you soon at a Magento event near you!

[sherrie]

Aw, we'll miss you and your dancing skills @peterjaap, but thanks for jumping in and introducing yourself anyway.

[kalenjordan]

Don't forget to ask @peterjaap about his mobile game for Magento.