As we continue building the program for PressConf 2026, we’re pleased to welcome five additional speakers whose work spans entrepreneurship, design, security, and product growth.
Each brings a distinct perspective on building organizations, navigating complexity, and shaping the broader ecosystems around the products and platforms they support.
Here’s who will be joining us on stage in Tempe:
Matt Cromwell
Matt Cromwell is the founder of Roots & Fruit, a fractional CGO agency helping product companies grow without burning out their teams or their customers.
He previously co-founded GiveWP, helping build it into one of the leading donation platforms in the WordPress ecosystem before its eight-figure acquisition. Matt later led marketing and customer experience initiatives across multiple products at StellarWP, bringing a practical perspective on sustainable growth for product companies.
Anthony Ferrara
Anthony Ferrara is the Principal of Oxy, a design agency focused on making complex things simple.
Oxy partners with organizations such as LinkedIn, Walmart, CrowdStrike, the NFL, New Era, and Y Combinator to design marketing websites, ambitious mobile applications, and durable visual systems. Anthony’s work sits at the intersection of design, clarity, and business performance, helping teams translate complexity into thoughtful digital experiences.
David Snead
David Snead has spent decades working at the intersection of technology, policy, and digital infrastructure.
David is Director of the Secure Hosting Alliance and an attorney representing Internet infrastructure providers through his Santa Fe based law practice. Since the late 1990s, his work has focused on the legal and policy frameworks shaping the global Internet infrastructure industry. David also co-founded the Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coalition) in 2011, helping build a collective voice for the companies operating the core systems of the Internet.
Jonathan Buford
Jonathan Buford is the Founder and Partner of Arizona Wilderness Brewing Company, which he launched in 2013 following a successful community-backed Kickstarter campaign. What began as the first brewery in Gilbert has grown into a multi-location operation employing more than 160 people.
Under Jonathan’s leadership, Arizona Wilderness has embedded sustainability directly into its business model — conserving significant water resources, reducing landfill waste, and strengthening local supply chains across Arizona. His experience building a mission-driven company offers an interesting perspective on how organizations can scale while maintaining long-term environmental and community impact.
Robert Jacobi
Robert Jacobi is Chief Experience Officer at Blackwall, where he connects the company’s security solutions with partners, customers, investors, and the broader technology ecosystem.
With more than two decades of experience in strategy and marketing, Robert has helped guide several companies through periods of growth and acquisition. As Director of WordPress at Cloudways, he played a key role leading the platform’s WordPress strategy ahead of its $350 million acquisition by DigitalOcean.
PressConf brings together the entrepreneurs, operators, engineers, and creatives shaping the WordPress economy. With this latest group of speakers, we’re continuing to build a program designed to spark meaningful conversations and connections.
You can always check our Speakers page as we update it regularly.
More announcements are coming soon.