{"id":11,"date":"2013-04-27T14:34:32","date_gmt":"2013-04-27T14:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2013.toronto.wordcamp.org\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2013-08-21T10:34:53","modified_gmt":"2013-08-21T15:34:53","slug":"organizers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2013\/organizers\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Organizers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Meet the team!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tom Auger <\/strong>of\u00a0<a title=\"Zeitguys\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zeitguys.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Zeitguys<\/a>, a digital design and marketing agency in Toronto, brings his design and development chops to the WordCamp Toronto organizing team. Tom is a musician, UX architect, and evangelist of all things WordPress. <a title=\"Tom Auger on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomAuger\" target=\"_blank\">Follow Tom on Twitter<\/a> or <a title=\"Tom Auger\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tomauger.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">check out his blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Edward &#8220;Cais&#8221; Caissie<\/strong> has been involved in both local and online WordPress communities for the last five years. He has published\u00a0many WordPress Themes and Plugins, and has been a member of the WordPress Theme Review Team since its inception and was their first volunteer administrator.\u00a0Edward is the main organizer of the <a title=\"WordPress GTA Meetup Group\" href=\"http:\/\/wpgta.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">WordPress GTA Meetup group<\/a>, and is also a member, and former Co-Organizer, of <a title=\"Toronto WordPress Group\" href=\"http:\/\/meetup.wptoronto.com\" target=\"_blank\">The Toronto WordPress Group<\/a>. Ed manages our curriculum (programming schedule and itinerary) with a fine-tooth comb. <a title=\"Ed Caissie on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jellybeen\" target=\"_blank\">Follow Ed on Twitter<\/a> or <a title=\"Edward Caissie\" href=\"http:\/\/edwardcaissie.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">check out his blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Terri Caissie<\/strong>\u00a0is a co-organizer of the <a title=\"WordPress GTA Meetups\" href=\"http:\/\/wpgta.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">WordPress GTA Meetup Group<\/a> with her husband Edward. Terri likes to deliver WordPress training sessions in the WPGTA Meetup Groups. Customer Service has always been her forte. Terri manages our communications with Sharlene and works on curriculum with Edward.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sharlene Hopwood<\/strong> began her WordPress journey at<a title=\"WordCamp Toronto 2011\" href=\"http:\/\/2011.toronto.wordcamp.org\" target=\"_blank\"> WordCamp Toronto 2011<\/a>. Sharlene manages our volunteers and communications with Terri. <a title=\"Sharlene Hopwood on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sharhops\" target=\"_blank\">Follow Sharlene on Twitter.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Brent Kobayashi<\/strong> is President of <a title=\"Kobayashi Online\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kobayashi.ca\" target=\"_blank\">Kobayashi Online<\/a>, a small web agency that specializes in WordPress website design and development. Kobayashi Online provides a wide range of digital marketing services for organizations of all sizes in and around Toronto. Brent manages our budget and finances. You can <a title=\"Brent Kobayashi on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrentKobayashi\" target=\"_blank\">follow Brent on Twitter<\/a> or <a title=\"Brent Online\" href=\"http:\/\/brentonline.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">check out his personal blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keith Lockhart<\/strong>\u00a0has been engaged with WordPress for the past 3 years, and active member of the WordPress GTA group since it&#8217;s inception. Keith is the swagmaster for WordCamp Toronto 2013, so if you know of any buried treasure, please send a map with a prominent &#8220;X&#8221;. You can find Keith on Twitter as <a title=\"Gr8WhiteNorth on Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Gr8WhiteNorth\" target=\"_blank\">Gr8WhiteNorth<\/a> or on his website at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/gr8whitenorth.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gr8WhiteNorth.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Andy McIlwain<\/strong> is an organizer of the <a title=\"Toronto WordPress Group\" href=\"http:\/\/meetup.wptoronto.com\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto WordPress Group<\/a>, mentors at <a title=\"Ladies Learning Code\" href=\"http:\/\/ladieslearningcode.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ladies Learning Code<\/a> workshops, handles communications for <a title=\"WPUniversity\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wpuniversity.com\" target=\"_blank\">WPUniversity<\/a> (a Toronto-based WordPress startup), tackles a variety of freelance web projects and tries to cram his calendar full of local meetups. Andy manages the overall WordCamp Toronto event, communications, and partnerships. You can <a title=\"Andy McIlwain on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/andymci\" target=\"_blank\">follow Andy on Twitter<\/a> or <a title=\"Andy McIlwain\" href=\"http:\/\/www.andymci.com\" target=\"_blank\">check out his personal blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet the team! Tom Auger of\u00a0Zeitguys, a digital design and marketing agency in Toronto, brings his design and development chops to the WordCamp Toronto organizing team. Tom is a musician, UX architect, and evangelist of all things WordPress. Follow Tom on Twitter or check out his blog. 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