Category Archives: Featured Speaker

Featured Speaker: Taylor Lovett

Taylor is a core contributor, plugin contributor, and plugin author. He works for 10up as a Senior Strategic Engineer. He has a BS in Computer Science. He builds really cool stuff on the web with WordPress!

Presentation: What You Missed in Computer Science

Computer Science is a big part of web development and WordPress whether you know it or not! This talk will explain what Computer Science actually entails. You will see WordPress through the lens of someone with a Computer Science degree.

We will talk about ways to describe code performance using Big-Oh notation comparing different post meta and taxonomy queries. We will also discuss concurrency as it applies to WordPress, specifically data races and how they can occur while counting post views.

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Featured Speaker: Jennifer Johannesen

Jennifer Johannesen runs Low to the Ground, the Toronto-based WordPress development and training company she founded in 2008. Jennifer has almost 20 years of experience developing websites for clients and digital agencies, and for the past five years has worked exclusively with WordPress. At last count she has built just over 200 custom WP sites for a wide range of clients.

Jennifer thinks of WordPress as the Great Enabler – helping individuals to realize their dreams and organizations to achieve their goals. Because she doesn’t get out much, she’s especially excited about coming to Toronto WordCamp and meeting fellow WP enthusiasts!

Jennifer is also an author and active blogger with a particular interest in bioethics and patient advocacy.

Presentation: WordPress for your Small (but Mighty!) Business

Using real-life examples and helpful dos and don’ts, we will look at how WordPress can be implemented to accomplish your business goals.

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Featured Speaker: Lucas Cherkewski

Lucas is a passionate advocate of web publishing, and he’s worked with WordPress for 3 years. He designs and develops websites for clients of all sizes, finding the web publishing solution that works for them. He lives in the outskirts of Waterloo, ON, where he can be frequently found walking around or experimenting with his other passion, cooking. You can follow him on Twitter at @lchski.

Presentation: Be the Perfect Client: A Guide for Hiring a Developer

Moving all the way from finding a good developer to how to work with them effectively, we’ll cover the whole process. We’ll learn how a good developer can save you money, and what you should do to be the perfect client that makes the whole process as smooth as possible.

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Featured Speaker: Avery Swartz

Avery Swartz is a Toronto-based award-winning web designer, consultant, speaker, and tech skills instructor. A self-described design geek, she helps to demystify the web for small business owners, charities, and arts organizations. In addition to her web design work, Avery is the founder and lead instructor of Camp Tech, offering practical, professional tech skills training in a fun and friendly environment.

Avery has been an active participant in Toronto’s WordPress community for a number of years, and as one of our illustrious Sunday panelists, she’s bringing her tech and business chops to WordCamp Toronto 2013.

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Featured Speaker: Mo Jangda

Mo Jangda wrangles code and VIPs at WordPress.com. He enjoys ice cream and other sugary things. Follow Mo on Twitter.

Presentation: Caching; for fun and profit

Simple caching patterns and ways to better handle caching at a code-level in your WordPress sites, themes, and plugins.

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