Meet the speakers: Haley Brown and Brendan Woods

Haley Brown is straight-shooting head honcho of Brand Shack. Your guru in all things design and branding, on a mission to create cutting edge design that knocks your socks off.

Haley will share her way of reaching freelance work/life balance. In this talk, you will learn different ways on how to manage a healthy work/life balance and relieve the stress of self-employment while ensuring a recurring income.

Brendan Woods works as a Team Lead with XWP, managing large-scale WordPress solutions, though Brendan has also had substantial experience in the Product Owner role.

With a keen interest in data analysis (currently completing a Masters of Data Analytics), Brendan has quickly become one of XWP’s resident GDPR experts, working with companies to assess the impact the incoming legislation will have for how technology companies operate in the EU.

Brendan’s talk will provide an overview of the major changes brought in by the GDPR, what businesses need to know in order to comply, and why data privacy is becoming an even greater issue in the minds of consumers.