{"id":2,"date":"2014-02-20T19:42:14","date_gmt":"2014-02-20T19:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2014.providence.wordcamp.org\/speakers\/"},"modified":"2014-08-13T07:38:02","modified_gmt":"2014-08-13T11:38:02","slug":"speakers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/providence.wordcamp.org\/2014\/speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<div class=\"wcorg-speakers\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-renee-hobbs\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-renee-hobbs wcorg-track-room-3\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRenee Hobbs\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4da0d826b1931cf4ff25ebd7773eb84edf748e3c653f7f72799c9a86d6afe222?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4da0d826b1931cf4ff25ebd7773eb84edf748e3c653f7f72799c9a86d6afe222?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-jesse-friedman\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-jesse-friedman wcorg-track-room-1 wcorg-track-room-2 wcorg-track-room-3\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJesse Friedman\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/abb64404c69efc9dc7cece3a9cfb016014d9425223e2dbadc18d578faa9d6918?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/abb64404c69efc9dc7cece3a9cfb016014d9425223e2dbadc18d578faa9d6918?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"header-container\">\n<div id=\"item-header\">\n<h2 class=\"fn\"><\/h2>\n<div id=\"meta-status-badge-container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/professor44\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar user-759993-avatar avatar- photo alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fea9febee6817e25dac8427f22d75c3b?d=mm&amp;s=150&amp;r=G\" alt=\"Profile picture of Jesse Friedman\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"user-location\">\n<div class=\"dashicons dashicons-location-alt\"><\/div>\n<p>Rhode Island<\/li>\n<li id=\"user-website\">\n<div class=\"dashicons dashicons-admin-links\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jes.se.com\/\">jes.se.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"user-social-media-accounts-tag\" class=\"\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"item-body\">\n<div class=\"vcard\">\n<div class=\"inner-tube\">\n<div id=\"content-tabs\" class=\"info-group\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\" active\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/professor44\/#content-about\">About Me<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"inactive\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/professor44\/#content-activity\">Activity<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"inactive\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/professor44\/#content-plugins\">Plugins<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"inactive\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/professor44\/#content-favorites\">Favorites<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"main-column\" class=\"\">\n<div id=\"content-about\" class=\"info-group  active\">\n<h4>Bio\/Description<\/h4>\n<div class=\"item-meta-about\">\n<p>I\u2019m a WordPress author (<a href=\"http:\/\/wdgwp.com\/onamazon\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/wdgwp.com\/onamazon<\/a>), developer, Professor (Johnson &amp; Wales University) among other things.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-d-k-smith\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-d-k-smith wcorg-track-room-1 wcorg-track-room-2 wcorg-track-room-3\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tD.K. Smith\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a29542c7397b7b1a8d78657ce297b04d8c20b3f999c43d2ab62f54362f8c01be?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a29542c7397b7b1a8d78657ce297b04d8c20b3f999c43d2ab62f54362f8c01be?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"header-container\">\n<div id=\"item-header\">\n<div id=\"meta-status-badge-container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/wpsecurity\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar user-7653414-avatar avatar- photo alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f688bd12987e8a9c844142b27cc72b0d?d=mm&amp;s=150&amp;r=G\" alt=\"Profile picture of D.K. Smith\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"user-location\">\n<div class=\"dashicons dashicons-location-alt\"><\/div>\n<p>Brooklyn, NY, USA<\/li>\n<li id=\"user-website\">\n<div class=\"dashicons dashicons-admin-links\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpsecurity.com\/\">www.WPSecurity.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"user-company\">\n<div class=\"dashicons dashicons-portfolio\"><\/div>\n<p>Partner at WP Security Pros<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"item-body\">\n<div class=\"vcard\">\n<div class=\"inner-tube\">\n<div id=\"content-tabs\" class=\"info-group\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\" active\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/wpsecurity#content-about\">About Me<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"inactive\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/wpsecurity#content-activity\">Activity<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"inactive\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/wpsecurity#content-favorites\">Favorites<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"main-column\" class=\"\">\n<div id=\"content-about\" class=\"info-group  active\">\n<h4>Bio\/Description<\/h4>\n<div class=\"item-meta-about\">\n<p>* WordPress security and development expert.<\/p>\n<p>* Organizer of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/WordpressBrooklyn\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">WordPress Brooklyn Meetup.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>* SEO and conversion consultant since 2000.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h4>WordPress Origin Story<\/h4>\n<div class=\"item-meta-interests\">\n<p>I collect vinyl jazz albums. In early 2005 I read a blog post that said something about a website application named \u201cCharles Mingus.\u201d Clicked on the link, downloaded 1.2, and I\u2019ve been a WordPress devotee ever since!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-stacey-mulcahy\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-stacey-mulcahy wcorg-track-business wcorg-track-room-1\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tStacey Mulcahy\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f8b2fb4f926bbd621b0da0aa283e59c6e7da2196b29d8c741355c873d138e438?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f8b2fb4f926bbd621b0da0aa283e59c6e7da2196b29d8c741355c873d138e438?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-syed-balkhi\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-syed-balkhi wcorg-track-beginner wcorg-track-room-1 wcorg-track-workshop\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSyed Balkhi\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8554c8831ace4b00a8d19b19f928eb7673c6f53a3c03d6e16389c821f6fb39d7?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8554c8831ace4b00a8d19b19f928eb7673c6f53a3c03d6e16389c821f6fb39d7?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Syed Balkhi is the founder of <a href=\"http:\/\/wpbeginner.com\/\" title=\"WPBeginner\" target=\"_blank\">WPBeginner<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/list25.com\/\" title=\"List25\" target=\"_blank\">List25<\/a> an extremely popular entertainment site with over 1.2 million subscribers and 190 Million video views. Syed\u2019s work has been featured in NYTimes, HuffingtonPost, Yahoo Small Business, Wired, Mashable, and countless other well-reputed online magazines.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-amanda-giles\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-amanda-giles wcorg-track-room-1 wcorg-track-room-2 wcorg-track-room-3\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAmanda Giles\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6efd5f31e1738772caf502c17a552e301a676b9a6dca876c48a1724da698be6c?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6efd5f31e1738772caf502c17a552e301a676b9a6dca876c48a1724da698be6c?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"header-container\">\n<div id=\"item-header\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar user-4725514-avatar avatar- photo alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/05fdd3a6ccb1cc69018385890d24276c?d=mm&amp;s=150&amp;r=G\" alt=\"Profile picture of Amanda Giles\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Amanda Giles is a WordPress developer who loves to help others succeed with WordPress. In addition to running her own consulting business, she also runs the Seacoast NH WordPress meetup which meets twice each month. She also has a passion for roller coasters, a propensity to sneeze loudly and often, and a bit of a prime number fetish. You can find out more or see a portfolio of work at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amandagiles.com\">www.amandagiles.com<\/a> or you can follow her on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmandaGilesNH\">Twitter.<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"meta-status-badge-container\">\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"user-location\">\n<div class=\"dashicons dashicons-location-alt\"><\/div>\n<p>NH<\/li>\n<li id=\"user-website\">\n<div class=\"dashicons dashicons-admin-links\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amandagiles.com\/\">amandagiles.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"user-company\">\n<div class=\"dashicons dashicons-portfolio\"><\/div>\n<p>IT Consultant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"item-body\">\n<div class=\"vcard\">\n<div class=\"inner-tube\">\n<div id=\"content-tabs\" class=\"info-group\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\" active\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/shedonist#content-activity\">Activity<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-matt-medeiros\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-matt-medeiros wcorg-track-room-1 wcorg-track-room-2 wcorg-track-room-3\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMatt Medeiros\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b636a4384d368c0eab915c7a9512f3f4b07982aad6c920c1a22b744da6f6fbac?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b636a4384d368c0eab915c7a9512f3f4b07982aad6c920c1a22b744da6f6fbac?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Matt Medeiros is the creator of ConductorPlugin.com which helps WordPress users build powerful sites without code. He is the founder of WPMentor.org, a website dedicated to helping WordPress people find mentorships. Matt hosts the popular podcast Matt Report, which aims to help new WordPress freelancers and agencies grow their business.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-rocco-tripaldi\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-rocco-tripaldi wcorg-track-advanced wcorg-track-development wcorg-track-room-1\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRocco Tripaldi\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9aa3d42aca4dce558b062c197d0accb30f1678cb768fbd8f32056aa581f792f0?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9aa3d42aca4dce558b062c197d0accb30f1678cb768fbd8f32056aa581f792f0?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"header-container\">\n<div id=\"item-header\">\n<div id=\"meta-status-badge-container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/roccotripaldi\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar user-11932163-avatar avatar- photo alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c87dab4b26e46dd9801457571f69a6fe?d=mm&amp;s=150&amp;r=G\" alt=\"Profile picture of Rocco Tripaldi\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"user-location\">\n<div class=\"dashicons dashicons-location-alt\"><\/div>\n<p>Westbrook, Maine<\/li>\n<li id=\"user-website\">\n<div class=\"dashicons dashicons-admin-links\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hotchkissconsulting.com\/\">www.hotchkissconsulting.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"item-body\">\n<div class=\"vcard\">\n<div class=\"inner-tube\">\n<div id=\"content-tabs\" class=\"info-group\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\" active\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/roccotripaldi\/#content-about\">About Me<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"inactive\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/roccotripaldi\/#content-activity\">Activity<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"inactive\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/roccotripaldi\/#content-plugins\">Plugins<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"main-column\" class=\"\">\n<div id=\"content-about\" class=\"info-group  active\">\n<h4>Bio\/Description<\/h4>\n<div class=\"item-meta-about\">\n<p>I build WordPress websites and apps for the Hotchkiss Consulting Group. My blog can be found at roccotripaldi.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-derek-smart\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-derek-smart wcorg-track-business wcorg-track-room-2\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDerek Smart\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/52e57e505557dba50335568942bcb8ab002b1be5d23183b528324f300af430d4?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/52e57e505557dba50335568942bcb8ab002b1be5d23183b528324f300af430d4?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote>\n<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif\">Derek has worked with a vast array of clients as an independent freelance developer for over four years. \u00a0In January he met the bearded madmen of Parka, the company behind BruteProtect, at a WordPress\u00a0Meetup in southern Maine. Just weeks later he found himself working with them on BruteProtect while also doing large-scale client work. \u00a0During this time, he has learned one thing above all: \u00a0Client work is not easy. \u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-gary-thayer\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-gary-thayer\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGary Thayer\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a6f2e0d654ba6d88bea3eb50ca9beb4f7f8ed1dbf51a0b92bf928745ee140a10?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a6f2e0d654ba6d88bea3eb50ca9beb4f7f8ed1dbf51a0b92bf928745ee140a10?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-jonathan-desrosiers\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-jonathan-desrosiers wcorg-track-advanced wcorg-track-room-2 wcorg-track-workshop\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJonathan Desrosiers\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/18f4f7ebdcd48383951a52a88f401bd6460ae74b626016010b1f0604cac90826?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/18f4f7ebdcd48383951a52a88f401bd6460ae74b626016010b1f0604cac90826?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"header-container\">\n<div id=\"item-header\">\n<h2 class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/desrosj\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar user-4552240-avatar avatar- photo alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f22c0ec09eb5a6df4da4239a37dbdf9d?d=mm&amp;s=150&amp;r=G\" alt=\"Profile picture of Jonathan Desrosiers\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<div id=\"meta-status-badge-container\">\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"user-location\">\n<div class=\"dashicons dashicons-location-alt\"><\/div>\n<p>Dartmouth, Massachusetts<\/li>\n<li id=\"user-website\">\n<div class=\"dashicons dashicons-admin-links\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jonathandesrosiers.com\/\">jonathandesrosiers.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"user-company\">\n<div class=\"dashicons dashicons-portfolio\"><\/div>\n<p>Web Engineer \/ Sorcerer at Linchpin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"item-body\">\n<div class=\"vcard\">\n<div class=\"inner-tube\">\n<div id=\"content-tabs\" class=\"info-group\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\" active\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/desrosj#content-about\">About Me<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"inactive\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/desrosj#content-activity\">Activity<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"inactive\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/desrosj#content-plugins\">Plugins<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"inactive\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/desrosj#content-favorites\">Favorites<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"main-column\" class=\"\">\n<div id=\"content-about\" class=\"info-group  active\">\n<h4>Bio\/Description<\/h4>\n<div class=\"item-meta-about\">\n<p>WordPress plugin developer, theme developer, solution developer, and enthusiast.<br \/>\nSome may say clinically insane, but I can\u2019t see it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-sam-hotchkiss\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-sam-hotchkiss wcorg-track-development wcorg-track-room-1 wcorg-track-room-2 wcorg-track-room-3\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSam Hotchkiss\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo avatar-default' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sam was the creator of BruteProtect, a WordPress security plugin acquired by Automattic in August 2014.  He now works on the Jetpack team at Automattic, with the goal of bringing killer features and functionality to WordPress blogs everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>Sam travels with his wife, Becky (and, quite often, their dogs, Barkley, Izzy, and Stanley) to WordCamps around the world. He presents on topics ranging from security to building web apps to building and managing large blog networks.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-john-james-jacoby\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-john-james-jacoby wcorg-track-business wcorg-track-room-3 wcorg-track-development\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJohn James Jacoby\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f8b3e78da513af70d22b0a942297a300eef15e3ce8080e877c054ebb83e24d82?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f8b3e78da513af70d22b0a942297a300eef15e3ce8080e877c054ebb83e24d82?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>BuddyPress, bbPress, BackPress; founder of Flox &amp; Unpressable; friend to Automattic, 10up, &amp; Puppies<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-danny-santoro\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-danny-santoro wcorg-track-business wcorg-track-room-2\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDanny Santoro\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/55c3bffc235ef553433849bc1798ca27419d4c6fbb30e591f6deddf7d5994be8?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/55c3bffc235ef553433849bc1798ca27419d4c6fbb30e591f6deddf7d5994be8?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"header-container\">\n<div id=\"item-header\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar user-11704890-avatar avatar- photo alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d363fa4fef88330e39c6f58027e9227a?d=mm&amp;s=150&amp;r=G\" alt=\"Profile picture of DanielSantoro\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Danny is a Cincinnati born-and-raised tech fanatic with an interest in anything involving a circuit, switch, or explosion. Graduating from the University of Cincinnati in 2012 with a focus in movie production and web design, he has since been working freelance, coding websites, managing marketing campaigns, and focusing his efforts on improving customer experience and trying to improve the relationship between buyers and sellers.Currently, Danny works as the Community Ninja at WooThemes. There, he takes a Jack-of-all-Trades approach and gets to work with with support, marketing, and video teams to help streamline the process for users and increase customer satisfaction &#8211; be it renovating the forums, starting video campaigns, or just listening to what users have to say. This is his first WordCamp and his first time speaking on WooCommerce, but he&#8217;s excited to share how much fun it can be!Works for: <a href=\"http:\/\/woothemes.com\">http:\/\/woothemes.com<\/a><br \/>\nPersonal site: <a href=\"http:\/\/danielsantoro.com\">http:\/\/danielsantoro.com<\/a><br \/>\nTwitter Machine: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Danny_Santoro\">@Danny_Santoro<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"item-body\">\n<div class=\"vcard\">\n<div class=\"inner-tube\">\n<div id=\"content-tabs\" class=\"info-group\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\" active\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/danielsantoro\/#content-activity\">Activity<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"inactive\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/danielsantoro\/#content-plugins\">Plugins<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"inactive\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/danielsantoro\/#content-favorites\">Favorites<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-k-adam-white\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-k-adam-white wcorg-track-development wcorg-track-room-1\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tK.Adam White\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a498e093283b7b42aa63d5f75851cda7ec4c4e2137cb8482e02d3181b48eafa3?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a498e093283b7b42aa63d5f75851cda7ec4c4e2137cb8482e02d3181b48eafa3?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>K. Adam White is a JavaScript engineer at Bocoup, an Open Web technology company in Boston, Massachusetts, where he contributes to open-source projects, writes web applications, and evangelizes for the web as an open platform for technology and collaboration. An artist and enthusiast photographer, K.Adam is also a WordPress core contributor, a co-organizer of the Boston WordPress community, and the author of a Node.js client for the WordPrest REST API.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-chris-van-patten\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-chris-van-patten wcorg-track-business wcorg-track-room-3\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tChris Van Patten\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7d6192175d9a35deb60f51fcd760f4d74a7d07035e580889bb1f01fcb6e2d9a2?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7d6192175d9a35deb60f51fcd760f4d74a7d07035e580889bb1f01fcb6e2d9a2?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>As founder and creative director of Van Patten Media, Chris Van Patten has helped build websites for small businesses, tech news publications,\u00a0Broadway performers,\u00a0and many others.\u00a0He&#8217;s also the founder of BlastOff (<a href=\"http:\/\/blastoffapp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">blastoffapp.com<\/a>), a WordPress email marketing plugin.\u00a0Chris regularly speaks at WordPress meetups and WordCamps (including Buffalo, Toronto, Boston, and Philly), writes at <a href=\"http:\/\/vanpattenmedia.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">vanpattenmedia.com<\/a> and<a href=\"http:\/\/chrisvanpatten.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">chrisvanpatten.com<\/a>, and podcasts at Not a Real Job (<a href=\"http:\/\/notarealjob.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">notarealjob.com<\/a>).<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-tom-shapiro\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-tom-shapiro wcorg-track-business wcorg-track-room-2\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTom Shapiro\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/448594eb1818f2e3329e9f5df0b5f6ebad3bf6bff663a40f57531833f623ac2c?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/448594eb1818f2e3329e9f5df0b5f6ebad3bf6bff663a40f57531833f623ac2c?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Tom Shapiro is Founder and CEO of Digital Marketing NOW, a strategy, design and marketing agency in Cambridge, MA. Services include WordPress website design &amp; development, marketing strategy, branding, SEO, paid search, conversion optimization, PR and display advertising. Prior to Digital Marketing NOW, Tom was Director of Digital Strategy at iProspect, twice named the national &#8220;Leader&#8221; in Search by Forrester Research while Tom was at the company. Through the years, Tom has developed digital strategies for various market leaders, such as Intel, Hewlett-Packard, AT&amp;T, Kraft Foods and P&amp;G. Tom&#8217;s insights on websites, UX and marketing have been published in CMO.com, CNN.com, iMedia Connection, MarketingProfs, MediaPost, Search Marketing Standard, Website Magazine and others.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-taylor-lovett\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-taylor-lovett wcorg-track-development wcorg-track-room-1\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTaylor Lovett\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5863510a63514cea524135ffbd274bff0173ca4c3b56f3a3798d924da8541133?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5863510a63514cea524135ffbd274bff0173ca4c3b56f3a3798d924da8541133?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Taylor is the Director of Engineering at 10up. Having been involved<br \/>\nwith WordPress since 2007, he has contributed to core, authored<br \/>\npopular plugins, spoken at many conferences in the United States and\u00a0Canada, and most recently been a part of the WP API team. He is a\u00a0lover of all things open-source. Other than developing web<br \/>\napplications, Taylor has a deep appreciation for music. He enjoys<br \/>\nlistening to blues\u00a0and jazz as well as playing acoustic fingerstyle guitar.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-cameron-barrett\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-cameron-barrett wcorg-track-education wcorg-track-room-3\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCameron Barrett\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3d471b6445d902e5f598714b3fa47b24b73e8059d0fbb378ec56526e184f26d6?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3d471b6445d902e5f598714b3fa47b24b73e8059d0fbb378ec56526e184f26d6?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Cameron (@camworld) has been blogging since you were in grade school (well, some of you). He pioneered the blog format in the late 1990s and remembers an eager, bright-eyed young man named Ma.tt being excited to meet one of the \u201cfounding fathers of blogging\u201d in 2003. He\u2019s since designed and built web sites for presidential candidates, the U.S. Army, the World Economic Forum, Teach for America and is now leading the migration of 70+ web sites from a terrifically-bad, proprietary SaaS to WordPress Multisite for New Jersey\u2019s largest public school district. He hails from Northern Michigan and currently lives in Northern NJ with his family. He is leading the charge for embracing \u201cWordPress in Schools\u201d and his goal is to eventually have all 14,000+ public school districts in this country using WordPress in some way.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-rc-lations\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-rc-lations wcorg-track-room-1 wcorg-track-room-2 wcorg-track-room-3\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRC Lations\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/435db85b65bbfcdb4c254c74e770c6b438af8e53b4c5276a04035a21e7c56d52?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/435db85b65bbfcdb4c254c74e770c6b438af8e53b4c5276a04035a21e7c56d52?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>RC Lations (@rclations) is a WordPress Project Manager at Hall Internet Marketing in Portland, ME. He spends most of his days working with clients to turn wish lists into functional, elegant websites tuned for performance. In his spare time, he contributes to WordPress Core, Scaffolding.io, and has a few plugins in development.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-xiao-yu\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-xiao-yu wcorg-track-advanced wcorg-track-development wcorg-track-room-1\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tXiao Yu\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/146d69ea4b5a6a8ad69e5dfab0a96e117ff504bce463677c283e3c8da8e92d89?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/146d69ea4b5a6a8ad69e5dfab0a96e117ff504bce463677c283e3c8da8e92d89?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>After an existential crisis and a stint working as an apprentice brewer Xiao realized he rather enjoyed working with bits as long as there was a purpose. He now wrangles data and optimizes search at Automattic in hopes of making the internet a better &amp; more democratic place. He still enjoys brewing beer and attempts to run up mountains in his spare time.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-clint-warren\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-clint-warren wcorg-track-beginner wcorg-track-business wcorg-track-room-2\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tClint Warren\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2780311f788a728690a0ca23fd2ac9e953e78df9d40b72475f371ff8b70e4f82?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2780311f788a728690a0ca23fd2ac9e953e78df9d40b72475f371ff8b70e4f82?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-joe-casabona\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-joe-casabona\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJoe Casabona\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22dfceb0d0f231dabeae1c6959218b57f9943ff418526688ae258c10a3092d64?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22dfceb0d0f231dabeae1c6959218b57f9943ff418526688ae258c10a3092d64?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-lydia-rogers\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-lydia-rogers wcorg-track-business wcorg-track-room-3\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLydia Rogers\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/602f7ea4919a42e6a338b08caaa102e5a96a8512df55e29fc39aa33a8a6956cc?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/602f7ea4919a42e6a338b08caaa102e5a96a8512df55e29fc39aa33a8a6956cc?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Lydia Rogers is a WordPress website consultant with a background in radio broadcasting. \u00a0She\u2019s an Associated Press award winner who has worked in New York City, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island at commercial and National Public radio stations. \u00a0She is also an adjunct Professor in Mass Media: New and Traditional.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-aaron-ware\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-aaron-ware wcorg-track-development wcorg-track-room-2\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAaron Ware\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cdc90b0cab439c1fff71bffad0b8722557f2840c897b87120eed2e459aa1366f?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cdc90b0cab439c1fff71bffad0b8722557f2840c897b87120eed2e459aa1366f?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-ryan-kanner\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-ryan-kanner wcorg-track-development wcorg-track-room-1\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRyan Kanner\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0b51cdade8f3b0ac34c620396636f857d4189bfdb7f3df4249a5e9b9d114a022?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0b51cdade8f3b0ac34c620396636f857d4189bfdb7f3df4249a5e9b9d114a022?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"header-container\">\n<div id=\"item-header\">\n<div id=\"meta-status-badge-container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/ryankanner\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar user-8355049-avatar avatar- photo\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/05ac60376cc36cb6a62e2fb36ee6ac8f?d=mm&amp;s=150&amp;r=G\" alt=\"Profile picture of ryan.kanner\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"item-body\">\n<div class=\"vcard\">\n<div class=\"inner-tube\">\n<div id=\"content-tabs\" class=\"info-group\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\" active\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/ryankanner\/#content-activity\">Activity<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-jeff-golenski\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-jeff-golenski wcorg-track-design wcorg-track-room-2\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJeff Golenski\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8cc8f058dec63830ba9f93c556a4d5f7c5fb01cf0e8253257cc72e60e81f88f3?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8cc8f058dec63830ba9f93c556a4d5f7c5fb01cf0e8253257cc72e60e81f88f3?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"header-container\">\n<div id=\"item-header\">\n<div id=\"meta-status-badge-container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/maverick3x6\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar user-85858-avatar avatar- photo alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/85e5d0140e8f88005ff5e88f8ab18b66?d=mm&amp;s=150&amp;r=G\" alt=\"Profile picture of Jeff Golenski\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"user-location\">\n<div class=\"dashicons dashicons-location-alt\"><\/div>\n<p>New Bedford, Massachusetts<\/li>\n<li id=\"user-website\">\n<div class=\"dashicons dashicons-admin-links\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.midnight-shift.net\/\">www.midnight-shift.net<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"user-company\">\n<div class=\"dashicons dashicons-portfolio\"><\/div>\n<p>Designer &amp; Front-end Developer at Midnight Shift Studio, Astonish, Slocum Studio, Schwadesign<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"item-body\">\n<div class=\"vcard\">\n<div class=\"inner-tube\">\n<div id=\"content-tabs\" class=\"info-group\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\" active\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/maverick3x6\/#content-about\">About Me<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"inactive\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/maverick3x6\/#content-activity\">Activity<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"inactive\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/maverick3x6\/#content-plugins\">Plugins<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"main-column\" class=\"\">\n<div id=\"content-about\" class=\"info-group  active\">\n<h4>Bio\/Description<\/h4>\n<div class=\"item-meta-about\">\n<p>Multidisciplinary designer who codes. Leader designer &amp; front-end dev at Parka, LLC \u2013 makers of BruteProtect. Past: @SlocumStudio, @Astonishresults &amp; @Schwadesign. I Love the wilderness, photography, comedy &amp; beeh.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-craig-ralston\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-craig-ralston wcorg-track-development wcorg-track-room-1\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCraig Ralston\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5f8c7b892379e318f5db22db0e78afc58298be4fb97a6ede255727aec0f42289?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5f8c7b892379e318f5db22db0e78afc58298be4fb97a6ede255727aec0f42289?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>I work as a developer for Web Solutions out of Meriden, CT. When I&#8217;m not building websites or plugins, you can usually find me on the WordPress.org forums, playing hockey, kickball, or hanging out with my daughter.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-joseph-herbrandson\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-joseph-herbrandson wcorg-track-room-3 wcorg-track-workshop wcorg-track-business\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJoseph Herbrandson\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/54824ffa162752831a6b9c4f54c4d1b488c6eff0f71882d6ca8558fd9c31e330?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/54824ffa162752831a6b9c4f54c4d1b488c6eff0f71882d6ca8558fd9c31e330?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"header-container\">\n<div id=\"item-header\">\n<div id=\"meta-status-badge-container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/brashrebel\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar user-9449600-avatar avatar- photo alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e92790b5c63243648bb64785c0f4052?d=mm&amp;s=150&amp;r=G\" alt=\"Profile picture of BrashRebel\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"user-website\">\n<div class=\"dashicons dashicons-admin-links\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/realbigmarketing.com\/\">realbigmarketing.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"user-company\">\n<div class=\"dashicons dashicons-portfolio\"><\/div>\n<p>Real Big Marketing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"item-body\">\n<div class=\"vcard\">\n<div class=\"inner-tube\">\n<div id=\"content-tabs\" class=\"info-group\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\" active\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/brashrebel#content-about\">About Me<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"inactive\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/brashrebel#content-activity\">Activity<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"inactive\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/brashrebel#content-plugins\">Plugins<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"inactive\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/brashrebel#content-favorites\">Favorites<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"main-column\" class=\"\">\n<div id=\"content-about\" class=\"info-group  active\">\n<h4>Bio\/Description<\/h4>\n<div class=\"item-meta-about\">\n<p>I love working with WordPress and developing new ways for my company and my clients to get more from our online efforts. Making plugins is something I do for fun and I love WordPress meetups and WordCamps.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h4>WordPress Origin Story<\/h4>\n<div class=\"item-meta-interests\">\n<p>In the summer of Twenty Eleven<br \/>\nMy job was not going so well<br \/>\nMy desk was no working man\u2019s heaven<br \/>\nMore closely it resembled hell<\/p>\n<p>My sources of strife I shall spare you<br \/>\nOnly these tidbits I\u2019ll tell<br \/>\nMy boss was a jerk and most of my work<br \/>\nWas done in straight HTML<\/p>\n<p>For many long days I endured this<br \/>\nSo that I could bring home enough cash<br \/>\nBut it\u2019s hard to do any site justice<br \/>\nWhen using Dreamweaver and Flash<\/p>\n<p>But then the day came when I found<br \/>\nThis free open source CMS<br \/>\nIt soon turned my whole world around<br \/>\nThe system that\u2019s known as \u201cWordPress\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I dove in and I learned about plugins<br \/>\nMySQL, JS, PHP<br \/>\nI learned all the outs and all the ins<br \/>\nAnd then knew what I wanted to be<\/p>\n<p>I decided to start my own business<br \/>\nTold my boss that he could take a hike<br \/>\nSet out with just me and WP<br \/>\nTo see what self employment was like<\/p>\n<p>The burdens and hardships were many<br \/>\nAs I journeyed down that long road<br \/>\nBut I started to make a sweet penny<br \/>\nWhen I discovered I freaking love code!<\/p>\n<p>So farewell to Frontpage and Adobe<br \/>\nI\u2019m pleased with how my future looks<br \/>\nI\u2019m paving the way to a much brighter day<br \/>\nWith filters and actions and hooks<\/p>\n<p>So don\u2019t listen to all the naysayers<br \/>\nFor I know what I have is the best<br \/>\nIt has answered all of my prayers<br \/>\nHello Dolly, goodbye to the rest<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-andy-christian\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-andy-christian wcorg-track-beginner wcorg-track-education wcorg-track-room-2\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAndy Christian\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a6de1f9729b98ea8dd34bc694f14dece6f58d65f5213ca6f3616689ed3557a65?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a6de1f9729b98ea8dd34bc694f14dece6f58d65f5213ca6f3616689ed3557a65?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"header-container\">\n<div id=\"item-header\">\n<h2 class=\"fn\"><\/h2>\n<div id=\"meta-status-badge-container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/andywashere\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar user-13670982-avatar avatar- photo alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/eadbe7b128037e25a19db613e4e7659c?d=mm&amp;s=150&amp;r=G\" alt=\"Profile picture of Andy Christian\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"user-location\">\n<div class=\"dashicons dashicons-location-alt\"><\/div>\n<p>New York, NY<\/li>\n<li id=\"user-website\">\n<div class=\"dashicons dashicons-admin-links\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/andywashere.com\/\">andywashere.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"user-social-media-accounts-tag\" class=\"transparent\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"item-body\">\n<div class=\"vcard\">\n<div class=\"inner-tube\">\n<div id=\"content-tabs\" class=\"info-group\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\" active\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/andywashere#content-activity\">Activity<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-chris-wiegman\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-chris-wiegman wcorg-track-room-3 wcorg-track-workshop\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tChris Wiegman\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/40a8933f4657e7b3451cc6f3bd09225ba0f9899a92016c3815facef9954cd666?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/40a8933f4657e7b3451cc6f3bd09225ba0f9899a92016c3815facef9954cd666?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<figure id=\"attachment_225889\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-225889\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/2014.providence.wordcamp.org\/files\/2014\/08\/ChrisWiegmanImage2014.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-225889\" src=\"https:\/\/2014.providence.wordcamp.org\/files\/2014\/08\/ChrisWiegmanImage2014.png\" alt=\"Chris Wiegman\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-225889\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chris Wiegman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Chris is the developer of iThemes Security (formerly Better WP Security) and has been working on WordPress security for over 5 years. 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