Allan Cole is a web designer and developer based in Brooklyn, NY and is widely known as a Thematic framework guru. He specializes in front-end user experience and WordPress customization. Raena Jackson Armitage is an Australian web developer with a background in content management and training. A former SitePoint technical editor, you'll find her speaking at some of the more popular geek conferences. Brandon R. Jones has developed some of the Web's best-selling WordPress themes. He has a strong background in graphic design, digital illustration, and user interface design. Jeffrey Way manages CodeCanyon, an online code marketplace, and Nettuts, a popular web development tutorial site.

He also ran the biggest online marketplace for buying and selling WordPress themes--Theme Forest--for 2 years.