{"id":241201,"date":"2014-10-14T13:36:10","date_gmt":"2014-10-14T17:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2014.toronto.wordcamp.org\/?post_type=wcb_speaker&#038;p=241201"},"modified":"2014-11-03T13:25:17","modified_gmt":"2014-11-03T18:25:17","slug":"tom-sommerville","status":"publish","type":"wcb_speaker","link":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2014\/speaker\/tom-sommerville\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Sommerville"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have been designing, building and running intranets and other web stuff since 1997. Currently I head the team responsible for OPSpedia, the Government of Ontario&#8217;s WordPress-based, employee-facing professional networking platform and intranet hosting solution.<\/p>\n<h2>Speaking Sessions<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/2014.toronto.wordcamp.org\/session\/1000-sites-multisite-as-an-intranet-hosting-platform\/\" title=\"Session info\">1000 sites: MultiSite as an intranet hosting platform<\/a> in the <a href=\"\/track\/beginner-developer\" title=\"Beginner Developer track listings\">Beginner Developer<\/a> track<\/p>\n<h2>Your Presentation<\/h2>\n<p>Case study of OPSpedia, which uses WordPress MultiSite as a hosting platform for numerous Ministry and enterprise intranets, as well as a blogging platform and professional networking site for Government of Ontario employees.<\/p>\n<h2>What do you want people to learn from your presentation?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>How a large enterprise can use WordPress as a hosting platform for multiple intranets<\/li>\n<li>Techniques used to juggle the demands of multiple stakeholders in a complex enterprise environment<\/li>\n<li>Integrating open source and custom plug-ins into the WordPress MultiSite platform<\/li>\n<li>How our Scrum-based (agile) development methodology supports numerous theme developers across the enterprise<\/li>\n<li>Supporting multiple content contribution models among multiple stakeholder groups<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Why did you decide to speak?<\/h2>\n<p>Speaking at a conference jump-starts networking opportunities. 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Currently I head the team responsible for OPSpedia, the Government of Ontario&#8217;s WordPress-based, employee-facing professional networking platform and intranet hosting solution. 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