{"id":178,"date":"2011-09-05T14:19:45","date_gmt":"2011-09-05T18:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2011.toronto.wordcamp.org\/?page_id=178"},"modified":"2012-11-06T07:45:42","modified_gmt":"2012-11-06T12:45:42","slug":"speakers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2011\/speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t
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Al Davis is the Shared Hosting Product Manager at\u00a0TELUS<\/a>\u00a0and has been developing web sites and web strategies for more than 15 years, and has worked with thousands of website owners, communicators, and online strategists in the course of his career.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Alfred Ayache<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Web application architect, entrepreneur, blogger<\/a>, movie aficionado, cat lover, amateur epicure, altakaker. \u00a0In the last few of his 35 years in IT, Alfred has been PHP developer at Rogers, web application architect at Tucows, webmaster at the Canadian Securities Institute, and project manager at Immersion Studios. \u00a0He’s been involved with user groups his entire adult life: from founding the Osborne user group in Montreal to being president of the Delphi group in Toronto<\/a>. \u00a0Alfred delights in exploring new ways to communicate using open technologies. \u00a0Current projects include migrating a bespoke alumni website<\/a>\u00a0to BuddyPress.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Andrea Rennick<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Ron & Andrea Rennick specialize in the network\/multisite feature of WordPress, ranging from custom plugin development to commercial plugins and ebooks at wpebooks.com<\/a>. Both are active in the core WordPress development and support communities, and Andrea is one of the co-authors of “WordPress All-In-One for Dummies”<\/a>. \u00a0\u00a0Follow @andrea_r<\/a> on Twitter.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Brendan Sera-Shriar<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Brendan Sera-Shriar has been an interactive designer, developer, author and teacher for over 10 years. Brendan studied Graphics, Animation, and Web Development at Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology (Toronto, Canada), Ryerson University (Toronto, Canada), and Pratt University (Brooklyn, NY).
\nBrendan is the founder of PressWork<\/a> and Senior Community Manager for Mega Brands. He has taught web design at Long Island University Brooklyn campus, and has been a professor at Seneca College in the School of Communication Arts for over 7 years. Brendan currently owns and operates digibomb<\/a>, a freelance web company specializing in WordPress Design and Development. He is also the founder of PHUG, an open source community for designers and developers with currently over 4000 members. Brendan has contributed to many open source projects including papervision3D, red5, Firefox, WordPress, and Drupal, just to name a few.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Chip Bennett<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Chip has been using WordPress since 2005, and has been a hobbyist web developer since the mid-90s. He has developed WordPress themes<\/a> and plugins<\/a>, and is a minor contributor to WordPress core. He is a member and administrator of the WordPress Theme Review Team that reviews\/approves themes for inclusion in the WordPress Theme Repository. He can often be found in the WordPress.org<\/a> support forums and at WordPress StackExchange. He is also a part-time freelance WordPress developer.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Christine Rondeau<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Christine’s\u00a0web development business<\/a>\u00a0is focused on working with graphic designers, helping them bring their design to fruition. \u00a0She started using WordPress many years ago as a blog but quickly transitioned to using it more and more as a CMS.
\nChristine says that her heart and talent lie in writing HTML and CSS and bending WordPress to make it behave the way she needs it to.
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Christopher Ross<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Christopher Ross is a veteran Web Developer who’s developed with WordPress for the past five years. He’s contributed over 25 plugins to the WordPress community, works to optimize themes and develops WordPress websites for startups, national firms and trains small business owners on the power of blogging.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Dale Mugford<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Dale Mugford has been designing and developing XHTML, CSS, Javascript and multimedia web projects since 1994. He loves web standards. New technologies. Coffee. He\u2019s also fond of blowing considerable time on that last 20%. He Co-founded BraveNewCode Inc.<\/a> in 2008 with Duane Storey and hasn’t looked back.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Dan Imbrogno<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Dan is the lead developer at Blogging Squared<\/a>, a small web design shop that specializing in helping businesses turbo charge their WordPress web sites. Over the last four years, Dan has gained experience in building powerful web applications using the WordPress plugin API. When not pouring over the Codex, Dan can be found slack lining in Trinity Bellwoods park. \u00a0Follow Dan on Twitter at @danimbrogno<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Georgiana Laudi<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Georgiana Laudi<\/a>\u00a0works as a\u00a0Web Marketing Freelancer<\/a>\u00a0& Community Manager in Montreal. \u00a0She\u2019s been in a love-affair with the Web for over a decade, and has an unnatural obsession for SEO, local & social. \u00a0Organizer of\u00a0Montreal Girl Geeks<\/a>, she also tweets as\u00a0@ggiiaa<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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James McKenzie<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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James McKenzie is a web developer,\u00a0graphic designer,\u00a0and information architect. He has specialized in WordPress template development for the past 2 years, with a strong focus on crafting custom WordPress admin screens for each project to best suit the information design of the site while also enhancing client usability. He has built and managed multi-user sites, membership sites, and brochure sites.\u00a0 You can see some of his work at\u00a0jmkenz.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Jeremy Clarke<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Jeremy Clarke<\/a> is a PHP, HTML, CSS and WordPress hacker from Montreal. He loves his job working on the nonprofit citizen media site Global Voices, where he manages dozens of WordPress sites, blogs, plugins, themes and a couple of bitchy Linux servers. He has a communications degree from Concordia University, but is mostly a self-taught web developer.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Joe Rozsa<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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An award winning creative director, designer and owner of Trailer Trash Design<\/a>, Joe thumbs his nose at the stuffed-shirt, smoke and mirrors approach to providing creative communication services. \u00a0Operating under the sometimes unheard of adage that work can be fun, Joe, with his off-the-cuff approach, offers his clients full service creative consulting, graphic design, advertising and production for print media collateral, websites, internet marketing and multi-media presentations. \u00a0Follow Joe on Twitter at\u00a0@trailertrashus<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>

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Kathryn Presner<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Kathryn Presner of Zoonini Web Services<\/a>\u00a0takes a holistic approach to web design and development, building unique sites that work well, look great, and are easily found in search-engine results by the target market. \u00a0She is passionate about helping people avoid common website pitfalls and enjoys speaking to entrepreneurs on the topic. \u00a0A moderator in the WordPress support forums, Kathryn has given talks on WordPress at events including Girl Geek Dinners and WordCamps in Toronto and Montreal. \u00a0Follow @zoonini<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Khori Armstrong<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Khori is currently an intern working at BNOTIONS and Student at Centennial College’s Software Engineering – Interactive Gaming Program. These days, Khori’s activities revolve around the experimentation of game layers over conventional business solutions. Recently, Khori has been involved with activities such as the Centennial College Game Jam as well as doing a presentation on experimental interface design at Toronto’s #DevTO Meetup.
\nStaying busy with a countless number of personal projects, Khori’s hobbies involve watching, playing, and coding video games around the clock.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Liesl Barrell<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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As an Account Supervisor at Twist Image<\/a>, Liesl Barrell<\/a>\u00a0helms digital projects of all<\/a> shapes<\/a> and sizes<\/a>.\u00a0 She loves thinking, talking and writing about just about everything Internetz.\u00a0 She contributes columns to The Charlebois Post <\/a>and organizes Montreal Girl Geeks <\/a>events.
\nIf you feel like stalking, hit her up on Twitter<\/a>, LinkedIn<\/a>, or her oft-neglected but whimsical blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Linda Dessau<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Linda Dessau is the author of Write Your Way to More Clients Online and the founder of ContentMasteryGuide.com<\/a>. \u00a0She has been writing for the web since 2003 and has attracted nearly 100% of her clientele through blogging, newsletters and social media. Linda created the “You Talk, I’ll Write” service in July 2005, and provides blog ghostwriting, editing, training and consultation. \u00a0She is also the editor of the book\u00a0Does This Blogsite Make My Wallet Look Fat?\u00a0How to Use a WordPress Blogsite to Make Money, Attract Clients, and Gain Expert Celebrity Status<\/em>\u00a0by Sandra De Freitas, a Toronto-based WordPress expert, tech coach and consultant.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Mark Reale<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Over the past few years, Mark has been able to cultivate his enthusiasm for communication, arts, technology and community into his daily living. As the Director of Research and Development at BNOTIONS<\/a>, a Technology Agency based in Toronto, and the Co-Founder of the Yorkville Media Centre<\/a>, a Training facility which focuses on introducing participants to the world of Digital Media, Mark\u2019s focus is to bring the latest and most efficient technologies to his clients, and then share the techniques with the community at large.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Mo Jangda<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Mo is a Code Wrangler with Automattic Inc.<\/a>, the makers of WordPress.com<\/a> and purveyors of other fine blogging services. By day, he provides developer support on the WordPress.com VIP Services team. By night he writes WordPress plugins and enjoys outings to ice cream and cupcake shops around Toronto.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Paul Bearne<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Paul Bearne is a Social Media Web Developer who has worked with WordPress for over 6 years and has managed\/created large multi-user blogs as well as many standalone blogs.
\nPaul created and maintains the Author Avatars List plug-in<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Rick Radko<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Rick Radko is the founder of R-Cubed Design Forge<\/a>, where he develops and designs custom web sites and applications using open source software. Rick began building web sites and applications in 1996, using HTML and Perl. \u00a0Since then, he has worked with many PHP\/MySQL systems including Mambo, Joomla! since its first release, MediaWiki, and WordPress since 2008. \u00a0Rick specializes in custom application development and multilingual WordPress sites. \u00a0He is co-leader of the newly formed Ottawa WordPress Group<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Ron Rennick<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Ron & Andrea Rennick specialize in the network\/multisite feature of WordPress, ranging from custom plugin development to commercial plugins and ebooks at wpebooks.com<\/a>. Both are active in the core WordPress development and support communities, and Ron has the rare honor of being a \u201ccore committer\u201d to the WordPress project. \u00a0\u00a0Follow @wpmuguru<\/a> (Ron) on Twitter.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Ruth Maude of\u00a0Dandelion Web Design<\/a>\u00a0has been designing web sites for over 10 years. Most of her clients are solopreneurs, small business owners and artists. Ruth loves WordPress because it\u2019s open source, user-friendly and so good for SEO. You can connect with her on Twitter\u00a0@dandelionweb<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Sandy Sidhu<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Sandy\u2019s interest and tech beginnings began at the tender age of 5 when her Dad first brought home a computer (instead of the puppy she actually wanted). She has since gone on to study software engineering and work at high-tech firms in roles from developer to product management and marketing. You can find her on Twitter where she tweets as herself<\/a> and on her blog <\/a>where she shares her thoughts on tech & the social web.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Shannon<\/a>\u00a0is the founder of\u00a0Caf\u00e9 Noir Design<\/a>, a boutique Montreal web design company specializing in\u00a0multilingual\u00a0web development. \u00a0She supports things like making the web\u00a0accessible\u00a0for everyone, using\u00a0open source software, helping organizations find greener more\u00a0sustainable\u00a0ways to operate through online technology and helping non-profits with online community organizing. \u00a0She also\u00a0builds professional, custom-designed\u00a0Web sites for businesses and non-profits. Shannon holds graduate degrees in psychology and journalism and her freelance articles have been published around the world. \u00a0Read her blogs at\u00a0chroni.ca<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0breastfortheweary.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Trevor Mills<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Trevor Mills is the owner of Top Quark<\/a>, a WordPress development shop specializing in plugins and apps for conferences and festivals. He is a creative and intuitive developer and an open-minded and eager mentor. He holds a degree in Nuclear Physics from the University of Toronto and recently relocated to Barrie with his family. He also plays bass in the Juno award winning band, Digging Roots.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":551705,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-full-width.php","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-178","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P1vuIl-2S","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/551705"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1632,"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/178\/revisions\/1632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}