{"id":6,"date":"2015-02-16T23:51:10","date_gmt":"2015-02-16T23:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2015.columbus.wordcamp.org\/speakers\/"},"modified":"2015-06-08T21:54:23","modified_gmt":"2015-06-09T01:54:23","slug":"speakers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/columbus.wordcamp.org\/2015\/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-adam-silver\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-adam-silver wcorg-track-contributor\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAdam Silver\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\/fea356ff2c99db4c967b96a8cedbf3232188f23bb3cc1ed337dd48863424f385?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fea356ff2c99db4c967b96a8cedbf3232188f23bb3cc1ed337dd48863424f385?s=500&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-250 photo' height='250' width='250' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kitchensinkwp.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/kitchensinkwp.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/heyadamsilver\" title=\"Adam Silver on Twitter\" target=\"_blank\">@heyadamsilver<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Adam owns &amp; operate Silver Lining Productions based in Redondo Beach,CA. He teaches a WP101 course at the local adult school, presents a monthly WordPress seminar at SBDC, runs the SouthBay WordPress Meetup.  <a href=\"https:\/\/columbus.wordcamp.org\/2015\/speaker\/adam-silver\/#more-781\" class=\"more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading Adam Silver\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/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-andrea-rennick\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-andrea-rennick wcorg-track-b-international-room wcorg-track-a-bob-evans-hall\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAndrea Rennick\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\/0af6cab2f43104364d5bd824e79b310f6abd4a101680976cb88829dee434aa8e?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0af6cab2f43104364d5bd824e79b310f6abd4a101680976cb88829dee434aa8e?s=500&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-250 photo' height='250' width='250' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"http:\/\/studiopress.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/studiopress.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Andrea_r\" title=\"Andrea Rennick on Twitter\" target=\"_blank\">@Andrea_r<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Support tech lead for Copyblogger&#8217;s suite of products, including the Genesis framework, Andrea has been a WordPress user since 2007. Her extensive experience in supporting WordPress users make her a leader in her field. <a href=\"https:\/\/columbus.wordcamp.org\/2015\/speaker\/andrea-rennick\/#more-794\" class=\"more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading Andrea Rennick\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/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-angela-bergmann\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-angela-bergmann wcorg-track-business wcorg-track-b-international-room\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAngela Bergmann\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\/26f55b6979cf1ba2bee9e1363fbead61e559c03770ae3c258a994c356682c466?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/26f55b6979cf1ba2bee9e1363fbead61e559c03770ae3c258a994c356682c466?s=500&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-250 photo' height='250' width='250' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"http:\/\/radkitten.nu\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/radkitten.nu<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/radkitten\" title=\"Angela Bergmann on Twitter\" target=\"_blank\">@radkitten<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Angie has been developing websites since 2000 and using WordPress since it was b2- in other words, a very long time. Additionally, she\u2019s skilled in SEO, PPC, accessibility, and usability.  <a href=\"https:\/\/columbus.wordcamp.org\/2015\/speaker\/angela-bergmann\/#more-751\" class=\"more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading Angela Bergmann\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/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-angie-meeker\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-angie-meeker wcorg-track-a-bob-evans-hall wcorg-track-business wcorg-track-contributor wcorg-track-e-gehres\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAngie Meeker\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\/755f6d20bef7e84adccd18566aa3dfd4ad0855d729e0a73f8e455dd01177761a?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/755f6d20bef7e84adccd18566aa3dfd4ad0855d729e0a73f8e455dd01177761a?s=500&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-250 photo' height='250' width='250' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/angiemeeker\" title=\"Angie Meeker on Twitter\" target=\"_blank\">@angiemeeker<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.angiemeekerdesigns.com\" title=\"Angie Meeker Designs\" target=\"_blank\">www.angiemeekerdesigns.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Angie is the lead organizer of WordCamp Columbus. She helps small businesses increase their sales online at <a href=\"http:\/\/angiemeekerdesigns.com\" target=\"_blank\">angiemeekerdesigns.com<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/inboxgameplan.com\" target=\"_blank\">inboxgameplan.com<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/columbus.wordcamp.org\/2015\/speaker\/angie-meeker\/#more-243\" class=\"more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading Angie Meeker\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/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-benbyrne\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-benbyrne\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBen\tByrne\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\/f2da086564c98fd32e34e32fc2762a028de8404cb00ea617ac6ef211f480c446?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f2da086564c98fd32e34e32fc2762a028de8404cb00ea617ac6ef211f480c446?s=500&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-250 photo' height='250' width='250' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>https:\/\/cornershopcreative.com<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/drywall\" title=\"Ben\tByrne on Twitter\" target=\"_blank\">@drywall<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ben Byrne is Chief Creative Officer at Cornershop Creative, which he co-founded in 2012. As CCO, Ben has nearly 20 years&#8217; professional experience wireframing, designing, and developing for the web.  <a href=\"https:\/\/columbus.wordcamp.org\/2015\/speaker\/benbyrne\/#more-761\" class=\"more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading Ben\tByrne\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/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-benjamin-cool\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-benjamin-cool wcorg-track-e-gehres\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBenjamin Cool\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\/fa61040dbe5bd6681586c98e38447b8f1dfbe686317fb4479f1c6a6cbc5dd567?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fa61040dbe5bd6681586c98e38447b8f1dfbe686317fb4479f1c6a6cbc5dd567?s=500&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-250 photo' height='250' width='250' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/a2hosting.com\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/a2hosting.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/benjamincool\" title=\"Benjamin Cool on Twitter\" target=\"_blank\">@benjamincool<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Benjamin Cool is the Application Optimizer at A2 Hosting in Ann Arbor Michigan where he focuses on building &#8220;one click&#8221; tools for improving Web application performance.  <a href=\"https:\/\/columbus.wordcamp.org\/2015\/speaker\/benjamin-cool\/#more-796\" class=\"more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading Benjamin Cool\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/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-caleb-burks\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-caleb-burks wcorg-track-contributor wcorg-track-a-bob-evans-hall\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCaleb Burks\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\/5c0060c69180158ccd7cfc9af45ea4153ba6c4d6b806f841b0868ab6f0292821?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5c0060c69180158ccd7cfc9af45ea4153ba6c4d6b806f841b0868ab6f0292821?s=500&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-250 photo' height='250' width='250' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"http:\/\/calebburks.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/calebburks.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/WPprodigy\" title=\"Caleb Burks on Twitter\" target=\"_blank\">@WPprodigy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hey! I\u2019ll just admit from the start that I\u2019m a WordPress fanboy. I am a lover of all things WordPress! I\u2019ve been working and developing with WordPress since 2009, and have since become a WooCommerce Ninja at Automattic. <a href=\"https:\/\/columbus.wordcamp.org\/2015\/speaker\/caleb-burks\/#more-741\" class=\"more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading Caleb Burks\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/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-damon-sharp\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-damon-sharp wcorg-track-a-bob-evans-hall\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDamon Sharp\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\/e6ae03c88e10292e6911557ce9efecee53a939128eaed0d867caad8d292b7b97?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e6ae03c88e10292e6911557ce9efecee53a939128eaed0d867caad8d292b7b97?s=500&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-250 photo' height='250' width='250' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"http:\/\/damonsharp.me\">http:\/\/damonsharp.me<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/damonsharp\" title=\"Damon Sharp on Twitter\" target=\"_blank\">@damonsharp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Damon is currently a SR. Digital Engineer at inVentiv Creative Studios. He&#8217;s been taking on freelance WordPress theme and plugin development projects since 2007, and is the organizer of the Marysville WordPress meetup.  <a href=\"https:\/\/columbus.wordcamp.org\/2015\/speaker\/damon-sharp\/#more-785\" class=\"more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading Damon Sharp\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/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-danny-santoro\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-danny-santoro wcorg-track-c-eastman\">\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\/5d92589d527015d9be6cce2ab00020650edd9d48f226dd90ff3c4a9473119651?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5d92589d527015d9be6cce2ab00020650edd9d48f226dd90ff3c4a9473119651?s=500&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-250 photo' height='250' width='250' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"http:\/\/danielsantoro.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/danielsantoro.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Danny_Santoro\" title=\"Danny Santoro on Twitter\" target=\"_blank\">@Danny_Santoro<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hey everyone! I&#8217;m a Cincinnati born and raised fiction fanatic with an obsession for tech, code, and anything with a current, switch, or explosion.  <a href=\"https:\/\/columbus.wordcamp.org\/2015\/speaker\/danny-santoro\/#more-731\" class=\"more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading Danny Santoro\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/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-drew-jaynes\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-drew-jaynes wcorg-track-business\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDrew Jaynes\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\/19347ef87f4fd5978b2184e7f05af5c780485f69dbfdefccfe3521c732a87f06?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/19347ef87f4fd5978b2184e7f05af5c780485f69dbfdefccfe3521c732a87f06?s=500&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-250 photo' height='250' width='250' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/DrewAPicture\" target=\"_blank\">@DrewAPicture<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/werdswords.com\/\">http:\/\/werdswords.com\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/werdswords.com\/\">Drew Jaynes<\/a> is a WordPress docs committer and recently lead the 4.2 release. He lives and works in Denver as a Web Engineer at 10up, a distributed digital agency focused on making publishing and content management easy and fun. 10up donates half of Drew\u2019s time to contributing back to core and the community.<\/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-eric-katz\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-eric-katz wcorg-track-e-gehres\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tEric Katz\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\/b4d00e074e6df95ec8a61bdbd64deb67f1fb448781816b7fcb6df52898d3ea90?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b4d00e074e6df95ec8a61bdbd64deb67f1fb448781816b7fcb6df52898d3ea90?s=500&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-250 photo' height='250' width='250' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ericnkatz.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/ericnkatz.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ericnkatz\" title=\"Eric Katz on Twitter\" target=\"_blank\">@ericnkatz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He is currently a full stack developer, working as a senior consultant at Cardinal Solutions in the Arena District. Eric Katz has been working with WordPress professionally in the Columbus area for over 4 years. <a href=\"https:\/\/columbus.wordcamp.org\/2015\/speaker\/eric-katz\/#more-749\" class=\"more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading Eric Katz\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/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-gery-deer\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-gery-deer wcorg-track-a-bob-evans-hall\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGery Deer\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\/88a3bd08eee776b12f7f228d571aaa00828caabe42fc6e34e2e5e8213470c2cb?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/88a3bd08eee776b12f7f228d571aaa00828caabe42fc6e34e2e5e8213470c2cb?s=500&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-250 photo' height='250' width='250' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/gerydeer\" title=\"Angie Meeker on Twitter\" target=\"_blank\">@gerydeer<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gldenterprises.net\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.gldenterprises.net<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gery L Deer is a copywriter, author, technical consultant and marketing specialist with GLD Enterprises Communications in Jamestown, Ohio.  <a href=\"https:\/\/columbus.wordcamp.org\/2015\/speaker\/gery-deer\/#more-723\" class=\"more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading Gery Deer\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/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-ian-wilson\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-ian-wilson wcorg-track-business\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tIan Wilson\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\/37b50f206412cec1091f6127de6b06e1b95c1899a782287aa180b0ac2fad98cf?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/37b50f206412cec1091f6127de6b06e1b95c1899a782287aa180b0ac2fad98cf?s=500&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-250 photo' height='250' width='250' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"http:\/\/buildcreate.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/buildcreate.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/buildcreate\" title=\"Ian Wilson on Twitter\" target=\"_blank\">@buildcreate<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ian started off his career by swearing off web design entirely. This lasted through most of college, at which point he realized that print design is not a super viable career path and succumbed to the toxic allure of the World Wide Web. <a href=\"https:\/\/columbus.wordcamp.org\/2015\/speaker\/ian-wilson\/#more-769\" class=\"more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading Ian Wilson\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/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-jamie-schmid\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-jamie-schmid wcorg-track-c-eastman\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJamie Schmid\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\/58b9303756240a6d84e68e12383a3a92f016cc2f14ad2f06ab94a7c33b95a614?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/58b9303756240a6d84e68e12383a3a92f016cc2f14ad2f06ab94a7c33b95a614?s=500&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-250 photo' height='250' width='250' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jamieschmid\" title=\"Jamie Schmid on Twitter\" target=\"_blank\">@jamieschmid<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ohmztech.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.ohmztech.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jamie is a Web Architect at OhmzTech, a Milwaukee-based custom application and website development firm.  <a href=\"https:\/\/columbus.wordcamp.org\/2015\/speaker\/jamie-schmid\/#more-729\" class=\"more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading Jamie Schmid\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/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-jason-packer\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-jason-packer wcorg-track-f-multimedia\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJason Packer\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\/08513addd3b7477c79e34269ba4af9e4356235c6c5524586d837bcd5fba2de65?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/08513addd3b7477c79e34269ba4af9e4356235c6c5524586d837bcd5fba2de65?s=500&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-250 photo' height='250' width='250' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quantable.com\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.quantable.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jhpacker\" title=\"Jason Packer on Twitter\" target=\"_blank\">@jhpacker<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jason is the owner of Quantable; an analytics, architecture, and optimization consulting company.  <a href=\"https:\/\/columbus.wordcamp.org\/2015\/speaker\/jason-packer\/#more-783\" class=\"more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading Jason Packer\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/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-jessica-gardner\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-jessica-gardner wcorg-track-d-board-room\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJessica Gardner\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\/8af0fad0be54a1eb587da381ae737de09afa954f8199ce2d17f885e1640b892b?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8af0fad0be54a1eb587da381ae737de09afa954f8199ce2d17f885e1640b892b?s=500&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-250 photo' height='250' width='250' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.btwrx.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.btwrx.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jessica Gardner is the web development arm of Bitworx, an IT consulting business based in Kent, OH. She has an academic background in linguistics, library science and information architecture, and has been building websites since 1998.  <a href=\"https:\/\/columbus.wordcamp.org\/2015\/speaker\/jessica-gardner\/#more-755\" class=\"more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading Jessica Gardner\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/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-joe-querin\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-joe-querin wcorg-track-c-eastman\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJoe Querin\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\/1c9ec5ff47183f6eb6f93cb0464b26fd46c1b6f4193525385597cd2dd3d8f128?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1c9ec5ff47183f6eb6f93cb0464b26fd46c1b6f4193525385597cd2dd3d8f128?s=500&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-250 photo' height='250' width='250' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"http:\/\/unlimitedimaginationstudio.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/unlimitedimaginationstudio.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/joequerin\" title=\"Joe Querin on Twitter\" target=\"_blank\">@joequerin<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Joe Querin is a self taught web developer\/designer for the past 17 years with a background in graphic design and computer art.  <a href=\"https:\/\/columbus.wordcamp.org\/2015\/speaker\/joe-querin\/#more-771\" class=\"more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading Joe Querin\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/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-john-hartley\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-john-hartley wcorg-track-e-gehres\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJohn Hartley\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\/d972f57757b4afff1429daee17a62bd2ccbd361aedca3463226b651d384b6bdb?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d972f57757b4afff1429daee17a62bd2ccbd361aedca3463226b651d384b6bdb?s=500&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-250 photo' height='250' width='250' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"http:\/\/johnbhartley.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/johnbhartley.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/johnbhartley\" title=\"John Hartley on Twitter\" target=\"_blank\">@johnbhartley<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Front-end Web Developer at Dynamit, worked with Max Foundry on MaxButtons, the most popular button plugin for WordPress. 5+ years WordPress experience. Man of few words. <a href=\"https:\/\/columbus.wordcamp.org\/2015\/speaker\/john-hartley\/#more-759\" class=\"more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading John Hartley\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/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-john-parkinson\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-john-parkinson wcorg-track-contributor\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJohn Parkinson\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\/48469f81d21307fe9f5cdbbd894dbd65869d62189ea910deb3202aed987efb07?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/48469f81d21307fe9f5cdbbd894dbd65869d62189ea910deb3202aed987efb07?s=500&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-250 photo' height='250' width='250' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wpknut.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/wpknut.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jwparkinson\" title=\"John Parkinson on Twitter\" target=\"_blank\">@jwparkinson<\/a><\/p>\n<p>John Parkinson is a WordPress user, a WordCamp attendee, more of a beginner than an expert.  <a href=\"https:\/\/columbus.wordcamp.org\/2015\/speaker\/john-parkinson\/#more-779\" class=\"more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading John Parkinson\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/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-kylemaurer\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-kylemaurer\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tKyle\tMaurer\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\/97c61e64b0bb09a8b3bd34ddac5c48bc2d9b83adfb93c9d8d707fe3afeae574e?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/97c61e64b0bb09a8b3bd34ddac5c48bc2d9b83adfb93c9d8d707fe3afeae574e?s=500&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-250 photo' height='250' width='250' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"http:\/\/realbigmarketing.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/realbigmarketing.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/MrKyleMaurer\" title=\"Kyle Maurer on Twitter\" target=\"_blank\">@MrKyleMaurer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kyle is the co-founder of a Jackson, Michigan based firm called Real Big Marketing which specializes in using WordPress to solve complicated problems for businesses.  <a href=\"https:\/\/columbus.wordcamp.org\/2015\/speaker\/kylemaurer\/#more-767\" class=\"more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading Kyle\tMaurer\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/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-maria-averion\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-maria-averion wcorg-track-d-board-room\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMaria Averion\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\/840c57bbc01021801be6dbc86e3a9a6fc5842f976f8d2d996b0fb23a78349893?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/840c57bbc01021801be6dbc86e3a9a6fc5842f976f8d2d996b0fb23a78349893?s=500&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-250 photo' height='250' width='250' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.averion.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.averion.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/mariatwit\" title=\"Maria Averion on Twitter\" target=\"_blank\">@mariatwit<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been a graphic designer, page designer, photo editor, web designer and PhotoShop user in the newspaper business for more than 20 years.  <a href=\"https:\/\/columbus.wordcamp.org\/2015\/speaker\/maria-averion\/#more-753\" class=\"more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading Maria Averion\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/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-mary-baum\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-mary-baum wcorg-track-c-eastman\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMary Baum\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\/46e579e5809af6c797613c207eb35f9b2ef06b2008e48c03e63e6d801ad048d6?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/46e579e5809af6c797613c207eb35f9b2ef06b2008e48c03e63e6d801ad048d6?s=500&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-250 photo' height='250' width='250' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"http:\/\/marginhancers.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/marginhancers.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/marybaum\" title=\"Mary Baum on Twitter\" target=\"_blank\">@marybaum<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Veteran creative, degreed designer, direct-response copywriter turned #genesiswp broad. Speak some @ WordCamps; permanent co-organizer of #wcstl. <a href=\"https:\/\/columbus.wordcamp.org\/2015\/speaker\/mary-baum\/#more-791\" class=\"more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading Mary Baum\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/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-phil-hoyt\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-phil-hoyt wcorg-track-c-eastman\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPhil Hoyt\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\/c946ead5be748a2361948be569877a172434feb05b1c035dbe36213b46e8278e?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c946ead5be748a2361948be569877a172434feb05b1c035dbe36213b46e8278e?s=500&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-250 photo' height='250' width='250' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"R12uCbIT7o\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/philhoyt.com\/\">Home<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Home&#8221; &#8212; philhoyt\" src=\"https:\/\/philhoyt.com\/embed\/#?secret=MYsLP3qX1S#?secret=R12uCbIT7o\" data-secret=\"R12uCbIT7o\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/philhoyt\" title=\"Phil Hoyt on Twitter\" target=\"_blank\">@philhoyt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Phil Hoyt is a web developer, and he likes to create cool things. Ever since he was a child he has had a DIY attitude towards life. Plucking away at his keyboard late into the nights until the caffeine wore off.  <a href=\"https:\/\/columbus.wordcamp.org\/2015\/speaker\/phil-hoyt\/#more-744\" class=\"more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading Phil Hoyt\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/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-rich-koffy\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-rich-koffy wcorg-track-business\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRich Koffy\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\/646cff4b813632bd6c48eed9e8781e757f465d3ee14f6798467dde8317ad516d?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/646cff4b813632bd6c48eed9e8781e757f465d3ee14f6798467dde8317ad516d?s=500&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-250 photo' height='250' width='250' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/rkoffy\">@rkoffy<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/rkoffy.com\/\">rkoffy.com<\/a><br \/>\nWhile working towards a career transition into technology (where his real passion lies), Rich stumbled upon WordPress, and let\u2019s just say it was love at first site! Since then, he has\u00a0submerged himself in all things WordPress; developing WordPress sites and attending, speaking at, and organizing WordCamps and meetups while discovering his own WordPress voice. When he\u2019s not knee-deep in achieving Career 2.0, Rich works full time in Supply Chain and teaches Web Development at a local Community College,\u00a0evenings and online.<\/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-ryan-duff\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-ryan-duff wcorg-track-f-multimedia\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRyan Duff\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\/ba937927014c577fae3acb28246ab9b58d342e9f98099a88a97b16e3d3ab55e6?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba937927014c577fae3acb28246ab9b58d342e9f98099a88a97b16e3d3ab55e6?s=500&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-250 photo' height='250' width='250' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fusionized.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/fusionized.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ryancduff\" title=\"Ryan Duff on Twitter\" target=\"_blank\">@ryancduff<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ryan Duff has been working with WordPress since early 2004 and was the original author of WordPress Contact Form. As a long time community member, he enjoys exploring new ways to make use of WordPress.  <a href=\"https:\/\/columbus.wordcamp.org\/2015\/speaker\/ryan-duff\/#more-787\" class=\"more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading Ryan Duff\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/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-ryan-erwin\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-ryan-erwin wcorg-track-b-international-room\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRyan Erwin\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\/6f1afaa2f67052e117691c68c7c28dc70ae0a2f614a0aaa2a974a037ff872ab5?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6f1afaa2f67052e117691c68c7c28dc70ae0a2f614a0aaa2a974a037ff872ab5?s=500&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-250 photo' height='250' width='250' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"http:\/\/internetmarketing.chicago.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/internetmarketing.chicago.com\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ryanerwin33\" title=\"Ryan Erwin on Twitter\" target=\"_blank\">@ryanerwin33<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ryan is the WordCamp Chicago lead organizer for 2015 and have been apart of the organizing team for almost 5 years. His experience ranges from small sites to large enterprise and multinational sites in both information and e-commerce.<br \/>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/columbus.wordcamp.org\/2015\/speaker\/ryan-erwin\/#more-798\" class=\"more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading Ryan Erwin\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/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-seth-shoultes\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-seth-shoultes wcorg-track-e-gehres\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSeth Shoultes\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\/17e03cf24aa84e0b04e252560d5154c9c4b9411006e6bcbc96b26c3cc034b97f?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/17e03cf24aa84e0b04e252560d5154c9c4b9411006e6bcbc96b26c3cc034b97f?s=500&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-250 photo' height='250' width='250' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sethshoultes\" target=\"_blank\">@sethshoultes<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/eventespresso.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/eventespresso.com<\/a><br \/>\nSeth is a self starter and has worked in the web design industry since 2001. He has owned a web design firm since 2005 and built over one hundred websites for small business owners and large companies throughout Utah and Arizona. In 2009, he developed Event Espresso, an event management system for WordPress.<\/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-shawn-hooper\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-shawn-hooper wcorg-track-f-multimedia\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tShawn Hooper\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\/e6b86a4cfc44ecc7855cb85c5302f8b3a0bd7bd482bfadb367fbb8bba65124ca?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e6b86a4cfc44ecc7855cb85c5302f8b3a0bd7bd482bfadb367fbb8bba65124ca?s=500&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-250 photo' height='250' width='250' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shawnhooper.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.shawnhooper.ca\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/shawnhooper\" title=\"Shawn Hooper on Twitter\" target=\"_blank\">@shawnhooper<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shawn is a partner at Fivesense Technologies in Ottawa, Canada. A lifelong computer geek, Shawn wrote his first database application at the age of 12, and ran a bulletin board system while in high school. <a href=\"https:\/\/columbus.wordcamp.org\/2015\/speaker\/shawn-hooper\/#more-803\" class=\"more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading Shawn Hooper\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/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-steve-grunwell\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-steve-grunwell wcorg-track-business wcorg-track-a-bob-evans-hall\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSteve Grunwell\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\/05f4d610f0de13ac1c23825f691fd05f2dd37ae9e8f0483e2dc4f1ca1e2bfb32?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/05f4d610f0de13ac1c23825f691fd05f2dd37ae9e8f0483e2dc4f1ca1e2bfb32?s=500&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-250 photo' height='250' width='250' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stevegrunwell.com\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/stevegrunwell.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/stevegrunwell\" title=\"Steve Grunwell on Twitter\" target=\"_blank\">@stevegrunwell<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Steve Grunwell is a Senior Web Engineer at 10up, specializing in WordPress and application development. 10up is a World-class WordPress development company.  <a href=\"https:\/\/columbus.wordcamp.org\/2015\/speaker\/steve-grunwell\/#more-763\" class=\"more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading Steve Grunwell\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/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-tim-sisson\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-tim-sisson wcorg-track-b-international-room\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTim Sisson\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\/1e8597efcdb22b47895890b4d2dd73123ab1df04fd7f37a462b963462abdd3f9?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1e8597efcdb22b47895890b4d2dd73123ab1df04fd7f37a462b963462abdd3f9?s=500&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-250 photo' height='250' width='250' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/inmotionhosting.com\/support<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/VA_SEO_Labs\" title=\"Tim Sisson on Twitter\" target=\"_blank\">@VA_SEO_Labs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tim loves WordPress and enjoys leveraging it to meet businesses needs. He leads the Customer Community Team at InMotion Hosting where they write content and act as subject matter experts for software like WordPress. <a href=\"https:\/\/columbus.wordcamp.org\/2015\/speaker\/tim-sisson\/#more-738\" class=\"more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading Tim Sisson\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/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-harrigan\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-tom-harrigan wcorg-track-b-international-room\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTom Harrigan\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\/330d6ede148f7d02c88792bb799bd89aae397a7933f4c4293fe9e580c392f245?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/330d6ede148f7d02c88792bb799bd89aae397a7933f4c4293fe9e580c392f245?s=500&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-250 photo' height='250' width='250' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thomasharrigan.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/thomasharrigan.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/tomharrigan\" title=\"Tom Harrigan on Twitter\" target=\"_blank\">@tomharrigan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m a Principal Software Developer at Alley Interactive where I focus on large media sites. Over the years I&#8217;ve worked on properties such as NY Post, POLITICO.eu, Vogue, Digiday and others. <a href=\"https:\/\/columbus.wordcamp.org\/2015\/speaker\/tom-harrigan\/#more-789\" class=\"more-link\"><span aria-label=\"Continue reading Tom Harrigan\">(more&hellip;)<\/span><\/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-topher-derosia\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-topher-derosia wcorg-track-f-multimedia\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTopher DeRosia\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\/9f8f099065ceffe62bc40ed22f624d99fcc084ef2b9dc9b656923fe2f0899a11?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9f8f099065ceffe62bc40ed22f624d99fcc084ef2b9dc9b656923fe2f0899a11?s=500&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-250 photo' height='250' width='250' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"http:\/\/topher1kenobe.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/topher1kenobe.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/topher1kenobe\" title=\"Topher DeRosia on Twitter\" target=\"_blank\">@topher1kenobe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Topher has been a WordPress developer for 5 years, and a general web developer for 20 years. 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