RX25 SpeakersThe brightest leaders in
the Rock community and beyond

RX25: Keynote Speakers

Robert Bye

Jon Edmiston

Spark Development Network

Dan Heath

Jay Kranda

Rodney Ross

Life.Church

Jimmy Witcher

Robert Bye

Robert Bye is a Product Manager and Designer at AllTrails, with 10+ years of experience leading product teams at companies like Figma, Google, Fueled, and Founders Factory. He’s also co-founded startups including Morrama, BLKBK, and Processing. Outside of work, he explores photography, sailing, woodworking, creative coding, and writing.

Jon Edmiston

Executive Director Spark Development Network Jon Edmiston is an Executive Director at Spark Development Network, Founding Partner of the consulting firm Triumph Tech, one of the core and original developers of Rock RMS, lead technical architect, Rock community leader, and founding vision-caster of the Rock project. He approaches life with curiosity and a determination to deliver excellence. Connecting people through technology is just one of his passions, and he also carves out time to pursue karate and adventures with his family.

Dan Heath

Dan Heath is the #1 New York Times bestselling co-author (or author) of six beloved business
books: "Switch," "Made to Stick," "Decisive," "The Power of Moments," "Upstream," and his latest book, "Reset," which debuted in January 2025.

His books have been translated into 35 languages and have sold over 4 million copies
worldwide. His writing honors include: One of the best nonfiction books of the year, according
to Amazon. One of the best audiobooks of the year, according to Apple. And the Owl Award for
Best Business Book of the Year.

Dan also hosts a Top 5 Apple Careers podcast called: “What It’s Like to Be…” In every episode,
he interviews someone from a different profession: a couples therapist, a homicide detective, a
cattle rancher, and more.

He has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from the University of Texas at Austin.

He lives now in Durham, North Carolina.

Sessions

Reset: How to Change What’s Not Working

Jay Kranda

Jay Kranda serves as the Innovative Tech Pastor at Saddleback Church, where he leads the Online Community and oversees digital platforms including the church's website, apps, and Rock RMS. Since joining the church's online ministry in 2010, he has built a global network of online and in-person groups, authored the book "Online Church Is Not The Answer," and contributed to numerous resources on hybrid discipleship and digital ministry strategies. A graduate of Biola University and Talbot School of Theology, Jay lives in Southern California with his wife, Jody, and their three children.

Sessions

Beyond Just Streaming Church to Hybrid Disciple Making

Rodney Ross

Central Team Leader Giving & Generosity Life.Church Rodney leads the area of Generosity for Life.Church, a multi-site church with 45 locations in 12 states. He is passionate about leveraging data to help reach people for Christ and believes that behind every number is a person, every person has a story and every story matters to God!

Jimmy Witcher

Senior Pastor Jimmy Witcher is the Senior Pastor of Trinity Fellowship Church, providing vision and leadership for the organization. He is the primary preaching pastor and the host of two Trinity-produced shows, The Biblecast and More Than You Asked For. He is also the author of Kingdom Come: Living in Heaven on Earth.

A strategic planner with 20+ years of corporate leadership, Pastor Jimmy is passionate about equipping the church body with the tools, resources, and guidance necessary to effectively disciple people in today’s culture. This is apparent in his role in developing Nota, an evangelically minded app for tracking your spiritual health, and in Trinity's uniquely innovative approach to discipleship.

His goal for Trinity Fellowship is that through our ministry, people will know Jesus and be empowered to live extraordinary lives. He has a practical approach to ministry. Whether through his Sunday messages, books, or shows, Pastor Jimmy’s fresh approach helps people understand how the various facets of Christianity—prayer, church attendance, reading the Bible—hold world-changing power and relevance in the everyday.

Pastor Jimmy is happily married to the love of his life, Kimberly, and they have celebrated over 30 years of marriage. Together, they have three married children and are Pappy & Ahbi to three grandchildren (with another on the way).

RX25: Speakers

Marlon Ausby

My Well

Scott Ballard

The Summit Church

David Belk

Venture Church

Sena Brickwedel

Christ Fellowship Church

Jimmy Britnell

Clearstream

Lauren Bryant

NewSpring Church

Dylan Caldwell

Mike Cantrell

Jason Castelli

LCBC Church

Cade Cobb

Hillside Christian Church

Courtney Cooksey

The Crossing EPC

Josh Crews

Simple

Bill Deitrick

BEMA Software Services

Alex Edmiston

Spark Development Network

Brad Erb

Triumph Tech

Amy Fewkes

The Compass Church

Emily Forman

Triumph Tech

Michael Garrison

Triumph Tech

Matt George

Jason Gibb

9 Embers

Wes Goldwater

Frank Grand

NewSpring Church

Savannah Hagins

Jennie Halcomb

Ean Hammond

Adam Hann

LCBC

Jason Jones

CedarCreek Church

Tim Lemons

Highlands Fellowship

Mike Mundy

Brandi Myszkowski

Christ Fellowship

Jay Nestle

Triumph Tech

JR Peck

Luke Quinlivan

Kingdomcity

Eric Rivera

Bob Rufenacht

Peter Sanders

Traders Point Christian Church

Cameron Shurtz

Tony Visconti

College Church In Wheaton

Mark Wampler

Watermark Community Church

Edward Wisniewski

Morgan Woods-Leshe

My Well

Stan Yoder

The Crossing

Marlon Ausby

My Well Marlon is always eager to assist the Church in any way he can. As a Ministry Technology Consultant at My Well Ministry, he provides software consulting to churches. His favorite aspect of the Rock community is people using their expertise in technology to make an eternal Kingdom impact. Marlon resides in Florida with his wife, Brianna. During their free time, they enjoy hikes, fishing, and sunsets.

Scott Ballard

Director of Digital Strategy The Summit Church Scott is a native Texan who has escaped to the beautiful state of North Carolina. He loves working in his yard, and all things plants/flowers...yes flowers. He loves sports and his sports' loyalty lies with Clemson Football, the Dallas Cowboys, Dallas Stars and The Texas Rangers. Scott is the father of five beautiful kids and the husband to the unmatched Lyn Ballard.

Sessions

The Summit's Daily Revival

David Belk

IT Director Venture Church David earned his Bachelor's degree in Information Technology: Networking from The University of Southern Mississippi, and began his career with Venture Church as a College Ministry Intern while in college. During that time, he volunteered to build an IT department for Venture Church. Volunteering shortly shifted to a career with Venture Church as the IT Director. David has been happily learning many new areas outside of his original career path and joyfully using his talents to further the Kingdom in any way that he can since.

Sena Brickwedel

Application Support Manager Christ Fellowship Church Sena has worked at Christ Fellowship Church for the past 19 years. She has held various roles, but 4 years ago she found her sweet spot with IT implementing and building out Rock. She loves pairing the flexibility of Rock with smart, strategic solutions to advance the Kingdom and to get ministries excited by leveraging these tools to care for and shepherd people better. Sena also loves hiking, quilting, and facilitating discipleship classes.

Jimmy Britnell

Director of Operations Clearstream I'm native to Pensacola, FL. Love Jesus. Love my job.

Lauren Bryant

Communications Operations Director NewSpring Church Friend of God, Wife to Cory, and in love with two Goldendoodles, Blue Boy and Biggie. Lauren has been on staff with NewSpring Church since 2012 in different capacities, building the kingdom. Today, Lauren serves as the Communications Operations Director and Digital Strategy champion on the NewSpring team. Lauren loves traveling, summertime (it's God's favorite season), Mexican Pizza from Taco Bell, oysters, spending time with friends, family, and Clemson; go Tigers!

Dylan Caldwell

Dylan Caldwell is a Technical Solutions Provider at Triumph Tech, where he leverages a degree in Applied Computing from Arizona State University and a diverse background in development, cybersecurity, and technical support to build impactful tools for clients nationwide.

At Triumph Tech, Dylan has developed automation systems that have saved over 120 hours of manual effort, and he created the AI Insights tool, an innovative feature that helps churches better understand and engage their congregations through data-driven analysis. His work continues to focus on scalable, efficient solutions that enable churches across the U.S. to serve their communities more effectively.

Outside of work, Dylan enjoys spending time with his wife and two young children. He is always exploring new hobbies, including gardening, reading, cooking, and music.

Mike Cantrell

Founder / COO Powered By Text Mike is a pioneer in the Enterprise Texting Industry and combined a 25+ year career in Business Solutions Architecture with 20+ years of leadership in the local church to design Powered By Text. Mike has an uncanny ability to teach organizations how to improve execution through improved communication. Believer / Husband / Father / Grandfather / Friend

Jason Castelli

Central Director of Next Steps LCBC Church Jason joined the LCBC staff in 2017, serving as the Director of the Central Next Steps Team; he was born and raised in Scranton, PA, and is an avid office fan. Prior to coming on staff at LCBC, Jason served as a Pastor at a multi-site church in the Scranton area- his home church since becoming a Jesus-follower. Jason lives in Lititz with his wife, Katie and four children (ages 10, 8, 5 year old twins). In his spare time, Jason enjoys getting to parks with the kids, and all things outdoors and is constantly doing some sort of home improvement project.

Cade Cobb

Middle School Pastor & Communications Team Content Strategist Hillside Christian Church Cade has been at Hillside for 9 years, serving in a variety of ministries and roles that all have the end goal of positioning people to encounter the hope of the Gospel. From serving on the Kids, College, Worship Technology, Guest Services, Communications, and Students Teams, he has had the opportunity to see ministry from many different angles. Although each has its own focus and needs, Cade loves to help everyone see the opportunities for synergies and overlap, acting as a translator by bringing clarity between ministries and teams.

Courtney Cooksey

Software Engineer The Crossing EPC Courtney is a software engineer based in Savannah, MO. She has one dog, Loki. Courtney enjoys snowboarding, kayaking, and MMA.

Josh Crews

Simple Hi! I work a developer Simple Donation and live in Nashville, TN. I'm interested in Philosophy, History and the Middle Ages.

I also love SQL including Rock SQL. RocketChat me for free Rock SQL/Reporting help.

Bill Deitrick

Developer BEMA Software Services Bill is a developer with a passion for applying technology in support of ministry. Having served as a church IT director for 7 years, he has broad experience across a number of technical disciplines. He currently serves as a developer on the Software Services team at BEMA, supporting ministry with custom solutions built on Rock RMS. Bill holds multiple industry certifications focusing on Microsoft Azure and Agile Scrum, and has a particular interest in DevOps and infrastructure as code. When not rearranging 1s and 0s, Bill enjoys spending time with his wife and 3 kids and working on the family farm.

Alex Edmiston

Data Analyst Spark Development Network I'm the Data Analyst at Spark Development Network. I wear many hats, but my primary role is to help use data to improve the tools we offer to churches. I'm passionate about using data to make decisions, both at work and at home. I'm a massive sports junkie (MLB and NFL) and love learning things about the games and players using advanced data.

Brad Erb

Ministry Analyst Triumph Tech Husband, father, and Jesus follower. Ministry analyst at Triumph Tech, crafting elegant solutions for churches in Rock RMS. Fitness enthusiast, avid reader, development tinkerer, and passionate writer.

Amy Fewkes

Director of Information Technology The Compass Church Amy and her husband Chris enjoy spending time with their three amazing children Hannah(22), Trevor(20) and Caden (17). Amy lead a rapid implementation of Rock six years ago and continues to find new ways to utilize Rock in the ministry of The Compass Church. The Compass Church has

Emily Forman

Executive Director Triumph Tech Emily is a senior leader of Spark and co-founder of the Rock consulting firm Triumph Tech. She enjoys working with the churches and partners that make up the Rock community, and tackles many of the operational aspects of running a non-profit, as well as moderating the RockCast podcast. She is passionate about understanding and connecting people, taking on the hard projects, traveling with her family and changing the world one smile at a time.

Michael Garrison

Ministry Analyst and Trainer Triumph Tech Michael Garrison started working for the "Core Team" of Rock a few years ago, but he's still helping out Christ's Church of Flagstaff and other non-profits with tech needs in his off-hours, trying to make computers do what computers do best, so that people are freed to do what we do best: relate with people!

Matt George

Central Team Leader at Life.Church - leading the Rock Development team

Jason Gibb

Partner 9 Embers Jason is a partner at 9 Embers, a full-service provider offering Rock RMS implementations, support, plugins, and custom development.

Wes Goldwater

Frank Grand

Technology Product Owner NewSpring Church Frank is the Technology Product Owner at NewSpring Church and has worked there for 10 years. He and his wife, Meagan, have lived in Anderson, SC for the past 16 years and love spending time with their 4 kids. Frank is an avid home brewer, loves reading and mobile gaming, and coaches high school Track and Field.

Savannah Hagins

Jennie Halcomb

Ean Hammond

Ean serves on the Digital Team at LCBC, where he helps people connect with the church through thoughtful and strategic approaches to digital ministry. Ordained through the Evangelical Methodist Church and holding a degree in Bible, he brings a blend of theological depth and digital creativity to his work.

With humor and honesty, he’s passionate about helping the Church navigate digital spaces with purpose, leveraging websites, livestreaming, and good data to support real discipleship. He believes God still works through unexpected people, even those who don’t feel all that important.

He lives in Pennsylvania with his wife, their two kids, and their lovable (and occasionally chaotic) Bernedoodle, Remington.

Adam Hann

Digital Director LCBC Adam lives in Mount Joy, PA, with his wife Amanda and son Lincoln. He loves time with his family, learning new technologies, and almost anything related to Transformers. He’s been on staff at LCBC Church for over 18 years and serves as the Digital Director. Adam enjoys working with his team and other staff at LCBC to leverage technology to introduce more people to Jesus and together fully follow him.

Jason Jones

Executive Project Manager CedarCreek Church As churches grow in size and complexity, equipping people and developing reliable systems proves to be essential for sustainability. As the Executive Project at CedarCreek Church, Jason is responsible for helping to remove road blocks for his team, engage in cross department communication, monitor deadlines, budget and assist in future development planning in order to help teams of staff and volunteers do what it is they do best and spend more intentional time with guests.

Tim Lemons

Digital Pastor Highlands Fellowship Tim is an Apple fanatic, coffee drinker, and a tech junkie. He is passionate about serving the local church and helping others use technology to make an impact for the kingdom. Tim is currently the Digital Pastor at Highlands Fellowship, a multi-site church located in VA.

Mike Mundy

In my role at Bedford Alliance Church, I oversee everything related to worship and production including music, technology, and visual arts. I also manage the church’s technology and database system (Rock), build tools to support ministry, and helps train and develop leaders across the church. Outside of ministry, I love going camping with my family each summer and enjoy watching sports, especially the Detroit Tigers.

Brandi Myszkowski

Director of Application Development Christ Fellowship Brandi was born and raised in Scottsdale, Arizona and has always loved the sun, but needed some beach to go along with it. She currently serves as the Director of Apps and Development for Christ Fellowship Church in Palm Beach Gardens, FL. She stewards all things Rock, the CF Mobile App and Website, and all reporting, data analysis, and visualization. Brandi loves to go fishing with her husband, spending time with her daughter Marley who is 16, and the 3 Dogs (Indie, Odie, and Tanner).

Jay Nestle

App Developer Triumph Tech Jay is a seasoned developer and designer with a background in autism research, data collection, and workflow automation. When he’s not building Apple TV and mobile apps with Rock, Jay’s likely hanging out with his wife Brittney and their little dude, Jude.

JR Peck

My background is in ministry operations. Prior to joining the Triumph team I spent 16 years with Cru. We spent 6 years assigned to world headquarters in Orlando, FL and then the last 10 I served as IT Director for Central and Eastern Europe, while living in Budapest, Hungary.

Luke Quinlivan

IT Admin Kingdomcity Luke Quinlivan is a part of the technology team at Kingdomcity.

Eric Rivera

Lead Web Designer Eric is a Multimedia Artist with over a decade experience in Web and SEO design and development. Passionate about digital solutions, he specializes in Rock's external site solutions and designing custom themes. Outside of work, he enjoys creating cartoons, building miniatures, and traveling.

Bob Rufenacht

Peter Sanders

Data Analyst / Sr Applications Specialist Traders Point Christian Church Peter serves as a Data Analyst and Rock Specialist at Traders Point in Indianapolis. He loves serving the TPCC team by creating tools and processes that equip the church to utilize their data and resources for maximum Kingdom impact. He also enjoys connecting with other churches about ministry data, processes, and reporting. He and his wife Alyssa are proud Pit Bull parents. Peter also takes any opportunity to get outside and run or play golf.

Cameron Shurtz

Tony Visconti

Digital Ministry Manager College Church In Wheaton I have been managing church management systems and training staff since 2011. I currently work for and attend College Church in Wheaton, IL. My background and training are in code, but my passion is people.
I feel lucky beyond belief to work in a space where I can so readily combine my love for Jesus and enjoyment serving others. My family includes my wife Kristin and our two young boys Isaiah and Pearson.

Mark Wampler

Rock Software Architect Watermark Community Church Accounting Degree : Check.
Job in Accounting: Never.
God has put me into an IT role to love and serve the body of Christ. I enjoy learning new things and figuring out how to solve problems. I hope I can help others get over hurdles they have to spend more time loving on people and less time doing manual labor checking boxes off.

Sessions

Working Genius and the Stages of Work

Edward Wisniewski

I am currently the Digital Products Lead, responsible for vision setting, creation, and execution of digital products we use at Liquid Church.

Morgan Woods-Leshe

My Well Morgan has been working with churches and Rock for 8yrs. She loves helping churches master the tools the Rock has to offer and building things that help churches focus on ministry. When she isn't working in Rock you can find her playing with her dog Leslie or playing board games with friends.

Stan Yoder

Software Development Engineer The Crossing Stan (a.k.a. Stanalyst) started his career as an application developer and systems architect in the glamorous world of employee benefits management. Then in 2004, he followed God’s call into the exciting world of church production ministry working as the Technical Director for a church in Chicagoland and then joining The Crossing (St Louis) in 2009 as the TechArts Systems Engineer. But in 2021, the opportunity and call came to go back to his roots as a coder when he joined the Rock team at The Crossing as the Software Development Engineer. But thru it all he’s really just a kid that loves to play with Legos (both literal and metaphorical).

RX25 SpeakersThe brightest leaders in the Rock community and beyond

RX25: Keynote Speakers

RX25: Speakers

RX25 SpeakersThe brightest leaders in
the Rock community and beyond