{"id":48,"date":"2012-05-16T10:56:19","date_gmt":"2012-05-16T15:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2012.toronto.wordcamp.org\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2012-11-06T07:46:05","modified_gmt":"2012-11-06T12:46:05","slug":"speakers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2012-dev\/speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Meet the speakers of WordCamp Toronto: Developers 2012!<\/p>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"cpt-loop speaker-gravatar-list clearfix\">\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='#al-davis' title='Al Davis'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fd20dc99d6b0193e6d74a99bfc94dbf25c236fd28a714ebb23ea685c08e0498?s=48&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fd20dc99d6b0193e6d74a99bfc94dbf25c236fd28a714ebb23ea685c08e0498?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='#arley-mcblain' title='Arley McBlain'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3adeff419ab8a74ff7794a942e682e06a6ac7c91bb3cb0eb0bd6998f7cdffcdf?s=48&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3adeff419ab8a74ff7794a942e682e06a6ac7c91bb3cb0eb0bd6998f7cdffcdf?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='#brandon-hill' title='Brandon Hill'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ea44be0803f7189200d32d211e0791da3c14cf58e833fbccd7828c3680a92f0b?s=48&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ea44be0803f7189200d32d211e0791da3c14cf58e833fbccd7828c3680a92f0b?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='#brent-kobayashi' title='Brent Kobayashi'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/178b52632c91b8afdb0c9d567442b27f6f8751d9211383505581a60921ee31ac?s=48&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/178b52632c91b8afdb0c9d567442b27f6f8751d9211383505581a60921ee31ac?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='#brian-hogg' title='Brian Hogg'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/64b6c17d10e02cb4562c94a55cce33924a58dc549e92de22bfd6ded47f71fc30?s=48&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/64b6c17d10e02cb4562c94a55cce33924a58dc549e92de22bfd6ded47f71fc30?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='#chad-mohr' title='Chad Mohr'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bc917c246d3868ab3d1c88bef48ac5247ea51c087e333b13c93b6b6558c22a09?s=48&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bc917c246d3868ab3d1c88bef48ac5247ea51c087e333b13c93b6b6558c22a09?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='#chris-van-patten' title='Chris Van Patten'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7d6192175d9a35deb60f51fcd760f4d74a7d07035e580889bb1f01fcb6e2d9a2?s=48&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7d6192175d9a35deb60f51fcd760f4d74a7d07035e580889bb1f01fcb6e2d9a2?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='#christopher-ross' title='Christopher Ross'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1854b5e14a56e458413b4e756ab8e21db6acc48c6c8358e009a0a39c1b211a95?s=48&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1854b5e14a56e458413b4e756ab8e21db6acc48c6c8358e009a0a39c1b211a95?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='#erick-hitter' title='Erick Hitter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5a5a3c6e2ffd6beccdf482ba0d0cb3002263b67779f9df1df1ff23bf6b527c7a?s=48&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5a5a3c6e2ffd6beccdf482ba0d0cb3002263b67779f9df1df1ff23bf6b527c7a?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='#jeremy-clarke' title='Jeremy Clarke'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/79d07345ca62803ff98cded7cdebd12d54983f72ff6a1abf617ad599b2db8e68?s=48&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/79d07345ca62803ff98cded7cdebd12d54983f72ff6a1abf617ad599b2db8e68?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='#john-hartley-2' title='John Hartley'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d972f57757b4afff1429daee17a62bd2ccbd361aedca3463226b651d384b6bdb?s=48&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d972f57757b4afff1429daee17a62bd2ccbd361aedca3463226b651d384b6bdb?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='#jonathan-davis' title='Jonathan Davis'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e2b1eed59d739dc4caf05045d7affc866ee2f73a52baf8209b076bfef9b6aeb?s=48&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e2b1eed59d739dc4caf05045d7affc866ee2f73a52baf8209b076bfef9b6aeb?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='#kirk-wight' title='Kirk Wight'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/846d7a5465e8a3dbc89b56b75d63e8285504db5a889cb764c3bb6e351bbf9deb?s=48&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/846d7a5465e8a3dbc89b56b75d63e8285504db5a889cb764c3bb6e351bbf9deb?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='#marko-heijnen' title='Marko Heijnen'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b518a5cf86a31ce1c2a64870b6e15a1e63e9827afc75f8fc12f7095d0cce7fb4?s=48&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b518a5cf86a31ce1c2a64870b6e15a1e63e9827afc75f8fc12f7095d0cce7fb4?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='#martin-kuplens-ewart' title='Martin Kuplens-Ewart'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5c576d9264eb40b018666c99cf4134325ccc23029cb30cb65aa795bc35b795b9?s=48&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5c576d9264eb40b018666c99cf4134325ccc23029cb30cb65aa795bc35b795b9?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='#mo-jangda' title='Mo Jangda'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5d837075dac137f919f08595bbe6dcd9436fad5b0da51c821ad8313437603542?s=48&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5d837075dac137f919f08595bbe6dcd9436fad5b0da51c821ad8313437603542?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='#nathaniel-schweinberg' title='Nathaniel Schweinberg'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0c3788053d77088672a61954c754922855388f8c85de3623344abe92d34135df?s=48&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0c3788053d77088672a61954c754922855388f8c85de3623344abe92d34135df?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='#patrick-johanneson' title='Patrick Johanneson'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c9a5d1918bc9405c1174122e80c85821e30d65fa702456b58de7d9d9b19bcc9c?s=48&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c9a5d1918bc9405c1174122e80c85821e30d65fa702456b58de7d9d9b19bcc9c?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='#paul-bearne' title='Paul Bearne'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fa915a48f8f0f178d9b92e627c1ffcb46061ad0f067dd7000d14f85f71fc8b65?s=48&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fa915a48f8f0f178d9b92e627c1ffcb46061ad0f067dd7000d14f85f71fc8b65?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='#randy-hoyt' title='Randy Hoyt'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b75f36671741e156d5d9acfeb581e3e3bdba43bdde912c723a397a9f4a5d7ad3?s=48&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b75f36671741e156d5d9acfeb581e3e3bdba43bdde912c723a397a9f4a5d7ad3?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='#rick-radko' title='Rick Radko'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e79f21872925ede6ae52253c4b1f237d6c8040552f47004ccfd2b5398f329fc8?s=48&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e79f21872925ede6ae52253c4b1f237d6c8040552f47004ccfd2b5398f329fc8?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='#sam-xu' title='Sam Xu'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/92696614edcb6d94cfb3eb0214100f6bdc2c9f13e43ba0526102d5699677d4d9?s=48&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/92696614edcb6d94cfb3eb0214100f6bdc2c9f13e43ba0526102d5699677d4d9?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='#shannon-smith' title='Shannon Smith'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/486e3571aa5250f20f4446d7c624696a6c1c010807e4b957b4038b81f544009a?s=48&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/486e3571aa5250f20f4446d7c624696a6c1c010807e4b957b4038b81f544009a?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='#taylor-dewey' title='Taylor Dewey'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/99c561fe0bcd411e6c005af19b6231bf778bfd552b442e241e5b45bd9b8ab5f9?s=48&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/99c561fe0bcd411e6c005af19b6231bf778bfd552b442e241e5b45bd9b8ab5f9?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='#trevor-mills' title='Trevor Mills'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/546fb7d49231315fb64b5bf7df82927555ff02b5169a9f0c0c63b57197376b8d?s=48&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/546fb7d49231315fb64b5bf7df82927555ff02b5169a9f0c0c63b57197376b8d?s=96&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"cpt-loop speakers\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid_6 alpha\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"al-davis\" class=\"speaker clearfix odd post-1059 wcb_speaker type-wcb_speaker status-publish hentry\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title speaker-name\">Al Davis<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content speaker-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fd20dc99d6b0193e6d74a99bfc94dbf25c236fd28a714ebb23ea685c08e0498?s=102&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fd20dc99d6b0193e6d74a99bfc94dbf25c236fd28a714ebb23ea685c08e0498?s=204&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-102 photo' height='102' width='102' \/><p>Al Davis is an organizer of WordCamp Toronto, the <a title=\"Toronto WordPress Group\" href=\"http:\/\/meetup.wptoronto.com\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto WordPress Group<\/a>, and <a title=\"Toronto WordPress Developers (Meetup)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/Toronto-Wordpress-Developers\/\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto WordPress Developers Meetup Group<\/a>. Al has\u00a0been 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<div id=\"arley-mcblain\" class=\"speaker clearfix even post-729 wcb_speaker type-wcb_speaker status-publish hentry\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title speaker-name\">Arley McBlain<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content speaker-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3adeff419ab8a74ff7794a942e682e06a6ac7c91bb3cb0eb0bd6998f7cdffcdf?s=102&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3adeff419ab8a74ff7794a942e682e06a6ac7c91bb3cb0eb0bd6998f7cdffcdf?s=204&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-102 photo' height='102' width='102' \/><p>Arley McBlain is a front end web developer at <a title=\"Thrillworks\" href=\"http:\/\/thrillworks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Thrillworks Inc.<\/a> in Burlington, and has been working with WordPress since 2006. His writing has been featured in <a title=\"CSS Tricks\" href=\"http:\/\/arleym.com\/author\/css-tricks\/\" target=\"_blank\">CSS Tricks<\/a>. He blogs, tweets and creates online experiments as <a title=\"Arley McBlain\" href=\"http:\/\/arleym.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">ArleyM<\/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<div id=\"brandon-hill\" class=\"speaker clearfix odd post-896 wcb_speaker type-wcb_speaker status-publish hentry\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title speaker-name\">Brandon Hill<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content speaker-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ea44be0803f7189200d32d211e0791da3c14cf58e833fbccd7828c3680a92f0b?s=102&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ea44be0803f7189200d32d211e0791da3c14cf58e833fbccd7828c3680a92f0b?s=204&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-102 photo' height='102' width='102' \/><p>I&#8217;m a seasoned web developer dating back to the GoLive days. Starting as a freelance web designer and developer, I worked on projects touching a wide variety of digital technologies including videos, CDs, radio commercials, cubics\/panoramas\/VRs, video games and of course the requisite portfolio sites. PHP was my turning point sending me to the back of the web from where I&#8217;ve only returned to fall in love with the latest capabilities of Javascript and CSS. WordPress was hoisted upon me as the IIS-hosted site I work with transitioned to the most popular blogging platform in the world.<\/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<div id=\"brent-kobayashi\" class=\"speaker clearfix even post-902 wcb_speaker type-wcb_speaker status-publish hentry\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title speaker-name\">Brent Kobayashi<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content speaker-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/178b52632c91b8afdb0c9d567442b27f6f8751d9211383505581a60921ee31ac?s=102&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/178b52632c91b8afdb0c9d567442b27f6f8751d9211383505581a60921ee31ac?s=204&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-102 photo' height='102' width='102' \/><p>Brent Kobayashi is president of <a title=\"Kobayashi Online\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kobayashi.ca\" target=\"_blank\">Kobayashi Online<\/a>, a Toronto-based marketing agency that specializes in WordPress website development. Brent and his team have extensive experience working with clients of all sizes, from independent professionals to large-scale corporations. Vandals have been known to relieve tension by slashing Brent&#8217;s tires; we blame the giant ladybug on his van.<\/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<div id=\"brian-hogg\" class=\"speaker clearfix odd post-735 wcb_speaker type-wcb_speaker status-publish hentry\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title speaker-name\">Brian Hogg<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content speaker-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/64b6c17d10e02cb4562c94a55cce33924a58dc549e92de22bfd6ded47f71fc30?s=102&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/64b6c17d10e02cb4562c94a55cce33924a58dc549e92de22bfd6ded47f71fc30?s=204&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-102 photo' height='102' width='102' \/><p><a title=\"Brian Hogg\" href=\"http:\/\/bhconsulting.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Brian Hogg<\/a> is a seasoned freelance developer, currently working primarily in PHP\/WordPress. \u00a0Though he&#8217;s been making websites from scratch since it was cool to have a &#8216;Made with Notepad&#8217; icon in the footer, he loves how WordPress allows a lot of the leg work to be done while still being able to customize anything and everything. \u00a0Meeting Mike Little whilst living in England also helped with the transition.<\/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<div id=\"chad-mohr\" class=\"speaker clearfix even post-1223 wcb_speaker type-wcb_speaker status-publish hentry\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title speaker-name\">Chad Mohr<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content speaker-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bc917c246d3868ab3d1c88bef48ac5247ea51c087e333b13c93b6b6558c22a09?s=102&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bc917c246d3868ab3d1c88bef48ac5247ea51c087e333b13c93b6b6558c22a09?s=204&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-102 photo' height='102' width='102' \/><p>I am a designer and WordPress developer, and half of <a href=\"http:\/\/switchwp.com\/\">SwitchWP<\/a>. In a previous life I worked in the not for profit sector so have a particular interest in and understanding of building\u00a0usable\u00a0websites these organizations. And generally I just spend way too much time in front of a screen.<\/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<div id=\"chris-van-patten\" class=\"speaker clearfix odd post-875 wcb_speaker type-wcb_speaker status-publish hentry\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title speaker-name\">Chris Van Patten<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content speaker-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7d6192175d9a35deb60f51fcd760f4d74a7d07035e580889bb1f01fcb6e2d9a2?s=102&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7d6192175d9a35deb60f51fcd760f4d74a7d07035e580889bb1f01fcb6e2d9a2?s=204&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-102 photo' height='102' width='102' \/><p>Chris Van Patten is the creative director at <a title=\"Van Patten Media\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vanpattenmedia.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Van Patten Media<\/a>, a digital agency providing beautifully handcrafted responsive websites and branding for theatre artists and arts organizations. In a previous life, Chris was a theatre artist himself, graduating from the University at Buffalo with a B.F.A. in Theatre Design. His work as a scenic designer was featured in the Prague Quadrennial of Stage Design, and he was nominated for regional awards at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival.<\/p>\n<p>Chris is also an active member of Buffalo&#8217;s tech community. In addition to creating the #ThirdThursday series of happy hour meetups and BfloFRED (Buffalo&#8217;s Front End Developers meetup), he was a co-organizer of Buffalo&#8217;s inaugural WordCamp this past October.<\/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<div id=\"christopher-ross\" class=\"speaker clearfix even post-1219 wcb_speaker type-wcb_speaker status-publish hentry\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title speaker-name\">Christopher Ross<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content speaker-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1854b5e14a56e458413b4e756ab8e21db6acc48c6c8358e009a0a39c1b211a95?s=102&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1854b5e14a56e458413b4e756ab8e21db6acc48c6c8358e009a0a39c1b211a95?s=204&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-102 photo' height='102' width='102' \/><p>Father, programmer, husband, zymurgist, son, blogger, brother, speaker, uncle, designer, cousin, artist &#8230; in that order, with a little time left for a pint.\u00a0I built WordPress websites for businesses, from small shops to big companies.<\/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<div id=\"erick-hitter\" class=\"speaker clearfix odd post-727 wcb_speaker type-wcb_speaker status-publish hentry\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title speaker-name\">Erick Hitter<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content speaker-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5a5a3c6e2ffd6beccdf482ba0d0cb3002263b67779f9df1df1ff23bf6b527c7a?s=102&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5a5a3c6e2ffd6beccdf482ba0d0cb3002263b67779f9df1df1ff23bf6b527c7a?s=204&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-102 photo' height='102' width='102' \/><p><a title=\"Erick Hitter\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ethitter.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Erick Hitter<\/a> is a Design Engineer with Automattic, the company behind <a title=\"WordPress.com\" href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.com\" target=\"_blank\">WordPress.com<\/a>, <a title=\"Gravatar\" href=\"http:\/\/gravatar.com\" target=\"_blank\">Gravatar<\/a>, <a title=\"Poll Daddy\" href=\"http:\/\/polldaddy.com\" target=\"_blank\">PollDaddy<\/a>, and more. As part of Team Custom, he helps create awesome features that let WordPress.com users tailor sites to their personalities with more than just a great theme. He was formerly a web developer with Oomph, Inc., where he specialized in complex WordPress implementations for high-traffic sites, including several on the WordPress.com VIP platform. Erick has created a number of plugins available from the official repository, including WP Print Friendly, View All Posts Pages, and Taxonomy Dropdown Widget, as well as the WordPress.com VIP External Permalinks and View All Posts Pages plugins.<\/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<div id=\"jeremy-clarke\" class=\"speaker clearfix even post-721 wcb_speaker type-wcb_speaker status-publish hentry\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title speaker-name\">Jeremy Clarke<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content speaker-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/79d07345ca62803ff98cded7cdebd12d54983f72ff6a1abf617ad599b2db8e68?s=102&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/79d07345ca62803ff98cded7cdebd12d54983f72ff6a1abf617ad599b2db8e68?s=204&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-102 photo' height='102' width='102' \/><p><a title=\"Jeremy Clarke, WordPress and PHP Developer from Montreal\" href=\"http:\/\/jeremyclarke.org\/\">Jeremy Clarke<\/a>\u00a0is a PHP, HTML, CSS and WordPress hacker from Montreal. He loves his job working on the nonprofit citizen media site\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/globalvoicesonline.org\/\">Global Voices<\/a>, 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. Jeremy has been an organizer of WordCamp Montreal since it started in 2009, and has spoken at many other WordCamps as well.<\/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<div id=\"john-hartley-2\" class=\"speaker clearfix odd post-1054 wcb_speaker type-wcb_speaker status-publish hentry\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title speaker-name\">John Hartley<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content speaker-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d972f57757b4afff1429daee17a62bd2ccbd361aedca3463226b651d384b6bdb?s=102&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d972f57757b4afff1429daee17a62bd2ccbd361aedca3463226b651d384b6bdb?s=204&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-102 photo' height='102' width='102' \/><p>John Hartley is a freelance front-end dev and WordPress consultant in Columbus, OH. He currently develops responsive WordPress themes and plugins at <a title=\"Max Foundry\" href=\"http:\/\/maxfoundry.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Max Foundry<\/a> as well as custom sites through his own business, Forknight Interactive. John loves responsive design and is excited with the direction it\u2019s going. He hopes someday the &lt;picture&gt; tag becomes a real thing.<\/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<div id=\"jonathan-davis\" class=\"speaker clearfix even post-1048 wcb_speaker type-wcb_speaker status-publish hentry\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title speaker-name\">Jonathan Davis<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content speaker-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e2b1eed59d739dc4caf05045d7affc866ee2f73a52baf8209b076bfef9b6aeb?s=102&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7e2b1eed59d739dc4caf05045d7affc866ee2f73a52baf8209b076bfef9b6aeb?s=204&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-102 photo' height='102' width='102' \/><p>Jonathan is the lead developer of the <a title=\"Shopp Plugin for WordPress\" href=\"https:\/\/shopplugin.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Shopp e-commerce plugin for WordPress<\/a> and owner of Ingenesis Limited. He is a designer of code solutions. He enjoys typography, good design, UX, solving e-commerce problems and helping people with WordPress. Back in Ohio, he helps organize WordPress meetups and <a title=\"WordCamp Columbus 2012\" href=\"http:\/\/2012.columbus.wordcamp.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">WordCamp Columbus<\/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><div class=\"grid_6 omega\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"kirk-wight\" class=\"speaker clearfix odd post-733 wcb_speaker type-wcb_speaker status-publish hentry\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title speaker-name\">Kirk Wight<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content speaker-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/846d7a5465e8a3dbc89b56b75d63e8285504db5a889cb764c3bb6e351bbf9deb?s=102&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/846d7a5465e8a3dbc89b56b75d63e8285504db5a889cb764c3bb6e351bbf9deb?s=204&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-102 photo' height='102' width='102' \/><p><a title=\"Kirk Wight\" href=\"http:\/\/kwight.ca\" target=\"_blank\">Kirk<\/a> builds WordPress websites for fun and a living. He is an organizer for WordCamp Montreal 2013, and also enjoys volunteering as a reviewer for the WordPress Theme Review Team.<\/p>\n<p>Time spent away from computers usually involves good people, dogs, music and\/or beer (in no particular order).<\/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<div id=\"marko-heijnen\" class=\"speaker clearfix even post-731 wcb_speaker type-wcb_speaker status-publish hentry\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title speaker-name\">Marko Heijnen<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content speaker-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b518a5cf86a31ce1c2a64870b6e15a1e63e9827afc75f8fc12f7095d0cce7fb4?s=102&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b518a5cf86a31ce1c2a64870b6e15a1e63e9827afc75f8fc12f7095d0cce7fb4?s=204&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-102 photo' height='102' width='102' \/><p><a title=\"Marko Heijnen\" href=\"http:\/\/markoheijnen.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Marko Heijnen<\/a> is a WordPress and mobile developer and founder of <a title=\"WP Rockstars\" href=\"http:\/\/rocksta.rs\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rocksta.rs<\/a>. He has been working with WordPress since 2006. In 2009 he started contributing to core and helped out with 3.0, 3.3, 3.4 and 3.5. He now works on innovative projects, services and plugins.<\/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<div id=\"martin-kuplens-ewart\" class=\"speaker clearfix odd post-807 wcb_speaker type-wcb_speaker status-publish hentry\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title speaker-name\">Martin Kuplens-Ewart<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content speaker-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5c576d9264eb40b018666c99cf4134325ccc23029cb30cb65aa795bc35b795b9?s=102&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5c576d9264eb40b018666c99cf4134325ccc23029cb30cb65aa795bc35b795b9?s=204&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-102 photo' height='102' width='102' \/><p>Martin Kuplens-Ewart is an interactive practitioner with a particular interest in user- and customer-experience design. He has spent more than a decade crafting web-based solutions for organisations and businesses around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Martin is now Product Designer for <a title=\"BraveNewCode\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bravenewcode.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">BraveNewCode<\/a>, where he is helping to shape the future of the company&#8217;s WordPress tools, including the popular mobile solution WPtouch.<\/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<div id=\"mo-jangda\" class=\"speaker clearfix even post-820 wcb_speaker type-wcb_speaker status-publish hentry\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title speaker-name\">Mo Jangda<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content speaker-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5d837075dac137f919f08595bbe6dcd9436fad5b0da51c821ad8313437603542?s=102&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5d837075dac137f919f08595bbe6dcd9436fad5b0da51c821ad8313437603542?s=204&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-102 photo' height='102' width='102' \/><p>&#8220;I wrangle code and VIPs at WordPress.com. I enjoy ice cream and other sugary things.&#8221; <a title=\"Mo Jangda\" href=\"http:\/\/digitalize.ca\" target=\"_blank\">Check out Mo&#8217;s 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<div id=\"nathaniel-schweinberg\" class=\"speaker clearfix odd post-883 wcb_speaker type-wcb_speaker status-publish hentry\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title speaker-name\">Nathaniel Schweinberg<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content speaker-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0c3788053d77088672a61954c754922855388f8c85de3623344abe92d34135df?s=102&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0c3788053d77088672a61954c754922855388f8c85de3623344abe92d34135df?s=204&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-102 photo' height='102' width='102' \/><p>Hey! <a title=\"Nathaniel's Website\" href=\"http:\/\/fightthecurrent.org\" target=\"_blank\">My name is Nathaniel<\/a> and I&#8217;m a Front End Developer from Nashville, TN. I&#8217;ve been developing with WordPress for the last three years. With a degree in Media and Communication Studies, and a background in Video, Print, and Web, I have a pretty diverse perspective and hope to use that to better educate others in both their professional and personal lives. Whats the point in working if you don&#8217;t live, too?<\/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<div id=\"patrick-johanneson\" class=\"speaker clearfix even post-813 wcb_speaker type-wcb_speaker status-publish hentry\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title speaker-name\">Patrick Johanneson<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content speaker-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c9a5d1918bc9405c1174122e80c85821e30d65fa702456b58de7d9d9b19bcc9c?s=102&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c9a5d1918bc9405c1174122e80c85821e30d65fa702456b58de7d9d9b19bcc9c?s=204&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-102 photo' height='102' width='102' \/><p>&#8220;I&#8217;m the Web Coordinator at <a title=\"Brandon University\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Brandon University<\/a>. I work as part of a three-person web team; my role is maintaining the webservers, doing backend programming, and training users. We&#8217;re currently in the middle of a project to move our website and various web applications off of IIS\/ASP classic and into WordPress.<\/p>\n<p>In my spare time I write SF\/F, volunteer as a projectionist at the local indie cinema, and teach judo.&#8221; <a title=\"Patrick Johanneson\" href=\"http:\/\/patrickjohanneson.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Visit Patrick&#8217;s website here.<\/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<div id=\"paul-bearne\" class=\"speaker clearfix odd post-892 wcb_speaker type-wcb_speaker status-publish hentry\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title speaker-name\">Paul Bearne<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content speaker-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fa915a48f8f0f178d9b92e627c1ffcb46061ad0f067dd7000d14f85f71fc8b65?s=102&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fa915a48f8f0f178d9b92e627c1ffcb46061ad0f067dd7000d14f85f71fc8b65?s=204&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-102 photo' height='102' width='102' \/><p>Head Geek at <a title=\"Enginuity Group\" href=\"http:\/\/enginuitygroup.com\" target=\"_blank\">enginuitygroup.com<\/a>, a Toronto start-up.\u00a0Paul has been working with WordPress for over 6 years supporting muti-site installs and building plug-ins and themes.<br \/>\nHe is the maintainer of the <a title=\"Author Avatar List plugin\" href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/extend\/plugins\/author-avatars\/\" target=\"_blank\">Author Avatar List<\/a> plug-in.<\/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<div id=\"randy-hoyt\" class=\"speaker clearfix even post-887 wcb_speaker type-wcb_speaker status-publish hentry\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title speaker-name\">Randy Hoyt<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content speaker-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b75f36671741e156d5d9acfeb581e3e3bdba43bdde912c723a397a9f4a5d7ad3?s=102&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b75f36671741e156d5d9acfeb581e3e3bdba43bdde912c723a397a9f4a5d7ad3?s=204&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-102 photo' height='102' width='102' \/><p><a title=\"Randy Hoyt\" href=\"http:\/\/randyhoyt.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Randy Hoyt<\/a> has built numerous custom WordPress themes and plugins for client websites, working as an independent consultant and as a developer for an interactive agency. He currently teaches PHP at Treehouse. Offline, he spends his time playing board games and studying mythology.<\/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<div id=\"rick-radko\" class=\"speaker clearfix odd post-879 wcb_speaker type-wcb_speaker status-publish hentry\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title speaker-name\">Rick Radko<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content speaker-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e79f21872925ede6ae52253c4b1f237d6c8040552f47004ccfd2b5398f329fc8?s=102&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e79f21872925ede6ae52253c4b1f237d6c8040552f47004ccfd2b5398f329fc8?s=204&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-102 photo' height='102' width='102' \/><p>Rick Radko is a developer &amp; designer with a passion for finding solutions to difficult design problems. He is the owner of <a title=\"R-Cubed Design Forge\" href=\"http:\/\/r3df.com\" target=\"_blank\">R-Cubed Design Forge<\/a>, where he develops custom web applications, social networking and team collaboration solutions for businesses. Rick specializes in custom application development and multilingual WordPress sites. He is co-leader, and a frequent presenter at the <a title=\"Ottawa WordPress Group\" href=\"http:\/\/wpottawa.org\" target=\"_blank\">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<div id=\"sam-xu\" class=\"speaker clearfix even post-1255 wcb_speaker type-wcb_speaker status-publish hentry\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title speaker-name\">Sam Xu<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content speaker-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/92696614edcb6d94cfb3eb0214100f6bdc2c9f13e43ba0526102d5699677d4d9?s=102&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/92696614edcb6d94cfb3eb0214100f6bdc2c9f13e43ba0526102d5699677d4d9?s=204&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-102 photo' height='102' width='102' \/><p>Sam Xu is a web developer and analyst at the University of Toronto. He utilizes WordPress exclusively as a Content Management System, and builds fancy websites to support the University&#8217;s advancement initiatives. Sammy is also an aerial photographer, he loves flying his remote control helicopter with a DSLR duct-taped to the landing gear.<\/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<div id=\"shannon-smith\" class=\"speaker clearfix odd post-745 wcb_speaker type-wcb_speaker status-publish hentry\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title speaker-name\">Shannon Smith<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content speaker-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/486e3571aa5250f20f4446d7c624696a6c1c010807e4b957b4038b81f544009a?s=102&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/486e3571aa5250f20f4446d7c624696a6c1c010807e4b957b4038b81f544009a?s=204&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-102 photo' height='102' width='102' \/><p>Shannon is the founder of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cafenoirdesign.com\/\">Caf\u00e9 Noir Design<\/a>, a boutique Montreal web design company specializing in multilingual web development. She builds beautiful, functional websites that her clients can update themselves and that are easy for search engines to find. She support things like making the web accessible for everyone, using open source software, helping organizations find greener more sustainable ways to operate through online technology and helping non-profits with online community organizing. Also foodie and mother of four. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/cafenoirdesign\">twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/114813571187124139424\">google+<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chroni.ca\">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<div id=\"taylor-dewey\" class=\"speaker clearfix even post-723 wcb_speaker type-wcb_speaker status-publish hentry\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title speaker-name\">Taylor Dewey<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content speaker-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/99c561fe0bcd411e6c005af19b6231bf778bfd552b442e241e5b45bd9b8ab5f9?s=102&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/99c561fe0bcd411e6c005af19b6231bf778bfd552b442e241e5b45bd9b8ab5f9?s=204&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-102 photo' height='102' width='102' \/><p>Taylor creates websites for <a title=\"10up LLC\" href=\"http:\/\/10up.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">10up, LLC<\/a> \u2013 a company focused on building awesome, custom WordPress installations. Along with his coworkers, he wrangles code, perfects layouts, and extends core functionality to create custom experiences for clients such as 9to5mac, Trulia, and SportsNet New York.<\/p>\n<p>He chose to work with the web 13 years ago because it is a medium where creativity and technology synergize and, as a virtual product, is constantly evolving into something better.<\/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<div id=\"trevor-mills\" class=\"speaker clearfix odd post-1050 wcb_speaker type-wcb_speaker status-publish hentry\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title speaker-name\">Trevor Mills<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content speaker-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/546fb7d49231315fb64b5bf7df82927555ff02b5169a9f0c0c63b57197376b8d?s=102&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/546fb7d49231315fb64b5bf7df82927555ff02b5169a9f0c0c63b57197376b8d?s=204&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-102 photo' height='102' width='102' \/><p>Trevor Mills is a <a title=\"Trevor Mills - Music\" href=\"http:\/\/www.trevormills.com\/index.php?show=music\" target=\"_blank\">songwriter<\/a> who functions() now as a Code Poet. \u00a0He came across WordPress around version 3.0 and hasn&#8217;t looked back. Why bother, right? At last year&#8217;s inaugural Toronto WordCamp he presented a session on building Sencha Touch mobile apps using WordPress as the core. This year, he&#8217;s back to present version 2 and continue the discussion for developers interested in furthering the potential of a mobile app custom post type. When he&#8217;s not coding, he plays bass and tours internationally. 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