Tom Auger is Chief Technical Officer (CTO) of Art & Science (http://artscience.ca), a Toronto-based experiential design agency located at the heart of the design and fashion district. Tom is a passionate advocate for designing user-centric interactions and experiences, and brings his 25 years of experience as a developer, designer and technologist to bear on projects ranging from deep WordPress customizations to interactive public experiences.

Tom is extremely embedded within the WordPress community both in Toronto and globally, having contributed to WordPress core development, participated in global summits, and co-organized the Toronto WordCamp conference for many years (including WCTO16). He is a speaker and an educator, most recently having taught a gamestorming-based Interaction Design course in Centennial College’s full-time Graphic Arts program. Tom is a struggling dad, a rabid fixed-gear urban cyclist and a failed concert pianist. You can hear his opinionated and expletive ramblings weekly on https://blab.im/agencychatshow.