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Nick Martinelli has been building websites for over eight years starting with his guitar site The Shred Zone, a community where high octane guitar players go to for lessons, interviews, products, album reviews and to network with other players from around the world. He continues to grow the site following in his spare time and is currently working on a new Joomla version of the website, so stay tuned.

Nick took the plunge into Joomla! Open Source world when he needed to provide a CMS solution for Sourcebooks, Inc. the independent book publisher he works for. Based in Naperville, Illinois, he’s rolled out numerous large Joomla driven ecommerce and community websites. Nick specializes in ecommerce, digital media, CSS, SEO and design. He spends spare time freelancing for small businesses, bands and musician websites to stay connected to the music world.

Nick is an active member on the Joomla Chicago CMS group where he has taught a plethora of topics including ecommerce, digital media on the web and the introduction to Joomla series. Nick brings a passionate and upbeat approach to teaching Joomla to the masses.

Besides being a technology nut he enjoys playing guitar, listening to heavy metal music, playing xbox and taking long walks with his Italian Greyhounds. Be ready to rock and roll when attending the kick start class he’s co-presenting. Nick and Kendall Cabe presented the Joomla! KickStart Program at CMS Expo Chicago 2009.

At the 2010 CMS Expo in Chicago, Nick, will join Kendall Cabe to co-present the Joomla! CMS KickStart Program: Introduction, Content and Navigation and Templates and Extensions.

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