{"id":390776,"date":"2014-01-31T22:23:53","date_gmt":"2014-01-31T22:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2014.stlouis.wordcamp.org\/?page_id=390776"},"modified":"2014-01-31T22:30:00","modified_gmt":"2014-01-31T22:30:00","slug":"speakers-list","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stlouis.wordcamp.org\/2014\/speakers-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<div class=\"cpt-loop speaker-gravatar-list clearfix\">\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='#adam-silverstein' title='Adam Silverstein'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c36fb890fd40499bcf1024280ba5c19f117efd9f6d65f6cbe0c448ce7720eaee?s=48&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c36fb890fd40499bcf1024280ba5c19f117efd9f6d65f6cbe0c448ce7720eaee?s=96&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='#ben-gathard' title='Ben Gathard'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22efafed11f29db40f4e979f280c459555c84febc4fb901057fb72575fb803ed?s=48&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22efafed11f29db40f4e979f280c459555c84febc4fb901057fb72575fb803ed?s=96&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='#brian-messenlehner' title='Brian Messenlehner'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0ab898aa74a884559462411fab7a94ba474b5a957dfdcd3c5d0d5b9c0edf1f78?s=48&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0ab898aa74a884559462411fab7a94ba474b5a957dfdcd3c5d0d5b9c0edf1f78?s=96&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='#carrie-dils' title='Carrie Dils'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b7d375b13cf9f6c87dcce1f21ccceddd2236392b0da4795a5c302dbde3753d76?s=48&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b7d375b13cf9f6c87dcce1f21ccceddd2236392b0da4795a5c302dbde3753d76?s=96&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='#chip-bennett' title='Chip Bennett'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7d256f7b605361e4dc402138e2896ff727d2a13d669f1420a8644d12a90bb7af?s=48&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7d256f7b605361e4dc402138e2896ff727d2a13d669f1420a8644d12a90bb7af?s=96&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='#chris-koerner' title='Chris Koerner'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e26b6b351ec163171493ffacbd45fec31b8d21fa706f87862a1c74082b691896?s=48&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e26b6b351ec163171493ffacbd45fec31b8d21fa706f87862a1c74082b691896?s=96&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='#chris-miller' title='Chris Miller'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7b9f6a493243c3f651016feaee5afecb7ff600b1113d2eaac95f7768be0e51e0?s=48&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7b9f6a493243c3f651016feaee5afecb7ff600b1113d2eaac95f7768be0e51e0?s=96&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='#christoph-trappe' title='Christoph Trappe'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d9422b8aaa3a57fa62952e4e016b0fa516440852c871a8319c0cb2ecbf510d3f?s=48&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d9422b8aaa3a57fa62952e4e016b0fa516440852c871a8319c0cb2ecbf510d3f?s=96&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='#doug-stewart' title='Doug Stewart'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/520df1e3b3ed6060392921be366fa69465b8cce10e1e56d484fa3223b4d90cbc?s=48&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/520df1e3b3ed6060392921be366fa69465b8cce10e1e56d484fa3223b4d90cbc?s=96&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='#eric-juden' title='Eric Juden'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6c4b9c40e8efc17ce777d5d9341914ea8c7cae03657fe20c35ff2c0cac7a6752?s=48&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6c4b9c40e8efc17ce777d5d9341914ea8c7cae03657fe20c35ff2c0cac7a6752?s=96&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='#james-hipkin' title='James Hipkin'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b99808cd7b9b244dfc622524525bdb98cffa1bac9ee88e3cd379f8f0231bfe62?s=48&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b99808cd7b9b244dfc622524525bdb98cffa1bac9ee88e3cd379f8f0231bfe62?s=96&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='#jared-novack' title='Jared Novack'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/692aa0b61ab3442df442597fb9526c13d82252ec3836c574edab4a0b9b38dc38?s=48&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/692aa0b61ab3442df442597fb9526c13d82252ec3836c574edab4a0b9b38dc38?s=96&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='#joe-mcgill' title='Joe McGill'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e250789f7ea263ffffa5d82f9f4877d9c9e11b605424f14f21655faf656ada66?s=48&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e250789f7ea263ffffa5d82f9f4877d9c9e11b605424f14f21655faf656ada66?s=96&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='#joshua-ray' title='Joshua Ray'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ce2f59296e8ee76aac1a6df4bcf75b152b164a0d841a4337c1edf26f34088c8b?s=48&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ce2f59296e8ee76aac1a6df4bcf75b152b164a0d841a4337c1edf26f34088c8b?s=96&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='#konstantin-obenland' title='Konstantin Obenland'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/52571ff84e9ddc518a5a36d434c6cab38e1cfaab16a87ccdf49c51351b00c199?s=48&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/52571ff84e9ddc518a5a36d434c6cab38e1cfaab16a87ccdf49c51351b00c199?s=96&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='#leigh-m-caldwell' title='Leigh M Caldwell'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/644891474017564b14f1fb3ff96eebf89a2ab7ff189cb471ce5d5b69253eae4b?s=48&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/644891474017564b14f1fb3ff96eebf89a2ab7ff189cb471ce5d5b69253eae4b?s=96&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='#mary-baum' title='Mary Baum'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/46e579e5809af6c797613c207eb35f9b2ef06b2008e48c03e63e6d801ad048d6?s=48&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/46e579e5809af6c797613c207eb35f9b2ef06b2008e48c03e63e6d801ad048d6?s=96&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='#michael-arestad' title='Michael Arestad'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1f8183788864573e351090795bc5daf0818c66e621f4cc27cb2db196782275bc?s=48&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1f8183788864573e351090795bc5daf0818c66e621f4cc27cb2db196782275bc?s=96&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='#mike-hansen' title='Mike Hansen'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/17cc0421d1b8f5de4f589a84dc6c2408f50248f68ab57b1aa7316c05cc07d34b?s=48&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/17cc0421d1b8f5de4f589a84dc6c2408f50248f68ab57b1aa7316c05cc07d34b?s=96&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='#myke-bates' title='Myke Bates'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e4e48cc489c89d7a4183a134951d8c1ca9a907eb943a6a08841d2d000f4e281?s=48&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e4e48cc489c89d7a4183a134951d8c1ca9a907eb943a6a08841d2d000f4e281?s=96&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='#nile-flores' title='Nile Flores'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3ea22ed74a344aa85942adee0981eca6f0323d3b61402a480ee640a2faa2f112?s=48&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3ea22ed74a344aa85942adee0981eca6f0323d3b61402a480ee640a2faa2f112?s=96&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='#rachel-baker' title='Rachel Baker'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f6930bb401e10b78e1654175f39666d3b16d2cda33dcae1f20109b2dc67ef5b3?s=48&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f6930bb401e10b78e1654175f39666d3b16d2cda33dcae1f20109b2dc67ef5b3?s=96&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='#randy-hicks' title='Randy Hicks'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b3570426dc554b821b457cc8807eea58efd745bc3b8f8a8c6a80a2641add6608?s=48&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b3570426dc554b821b457cc8807eea58efd745bc3b8f8a8c6a80a2641add6608?s=96&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='#sam-hotchkiss' title='Sam Hotchkiss'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4d84a31f5e7c1a3089d51f5dc871a2149524ec2573349b3c0f8c97d8efb8135e?s=48&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4d84a31f5e7c1a3089d51f5dc871a2149524ec2573349b3c0f8c97d8efb8135e?s=96&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='#teresa-lane' title='Teresa Lane'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/48cdd0e2510ab965cb5db215e420480ccb93e0331b776b6ced990f52dd68d78b?s=48&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/48cdd0e2510ab965cb5db215e420480ccb93e0331b776b6ced990f52dd68d78b?s=96&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='#tom-harness' title='Tom Harness'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1a97686b4df5f44fec0a3163156de2909bad5f92cf0bd896a982d13d11947e82?s=48&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1a97686b4df5f44fec0a3163156de2909bad5f92cf0bd896a982d13d11947e82?s=96&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='#will-hanke' title='Will Hanke'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/635df9b075c711fc815d884c567894b49216524d6aa12ad78b4fc2d09fdb49bc?s=48&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/635df9b075c711fc815d884c567894b49216524d6aa12ad78b4fc2d09fdb49bc?s=96&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"cpt-loop speakers\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid_6 alpha\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"adam-silverstein\" class=\"speaker clearfix odd post-409609 wcb_speaker type-wcb_speaker status-publish hentry\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title speaker-name\">Adam Silverstein<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content speaker-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c36fb890fd40499bcf1024280ba5c19f117efd9f6d65f6cbe0c448ce7720eaee?s=102&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c36fb890fd40499bcf1024280ba5c19f117efd9f6d65f6cbe0c448ce7720eaee?s=204&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-102 photo' height='102' width='102' \/><p><a href=\"http:\/\/tunedin.net\" target=\"_blank\">Adam<\/a> started programming by learning assembly code on his Radio Shack color computer (with 4k!). After years building completely custom solutions he embraced WordPress as his platform of choice, building\u00a0 themes and plugins for clients large and small.<\/p>\n<p>Adam contributed extensively to the revisions rewrite in WordPress 3.6 and has contributed to every release since. Adam now works as a Senior Web Engineer at 10up. When not coding he loves rafting , mbira, travel, walks and tending his garden.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ben-gathard\" class=\"speaker clearfix even post-416935 wcb_speaker type-wcb_speaker status-publish hentry\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title speaker-name\">Ben Gathard<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content speaker-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22efafed11f29db40f4e979f280c459555c84febc4fb901057fb72575fb803ed?s=102&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22efafed11f29db40f4e979f280c459555c84febc4fb901057fb72575fb803ed?s=204&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-102 photo' height='102' width='102' \/><p>A St. Louis native, <a href=\"http:\/\/bengathard.com\/\">Ben<\/a> is a web designer and front-end developer and has been developing for WordPress since 2010. He co-founded <a href=\"http:\/\/seekbrevity.com\/\">Brevity<\/a> in 2013, which specializes in branding, web design and developing custom, responsive WordPress themes for their clients. Ben is a big advocate for css frameworks, modular development and of course WordPress. Outside of client work Ben has a number of personal projects, including <a href=\"http:\/\/lazervsmachines.com\/\">Lazer Vs The Machines<\/a>, an online tutorial-based website due to launch in Sping 2014. Sometimes he tweets about stuff <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bengathard\">@bengathard<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"brian-messenlehner\" class=\"speaker clearfix odd post-390765 wcb_speaker type-wcb_speaker status-publish hentry\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title speaker-name\">Brian Messenlehner<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content speaker-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0ab898aa74a884559462411fab7a94ba474b5a957dfdcd3c5d0d5b9c0edf1f78?s=102&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0ab898aa74a884559462411fab7a94ba474b5a957dfdcd3c5d0d5b9c0edf1f78?s=204&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-102 photo' height='102' width='102' \/><p>Brian is the co-founder of <a href=\"http:\/\/webdevstudios.com\/\">WebDevStudios.com<\/a>, a web development company that specializes in building all things WordPress.\u00a0He is also the co-founder of <a href=\"http:\/\/apppresser.com\/\">AppPresser.com<\/a>, a WordPress based framework for building iOS and\u00a0Android\u00a0Apps.<\/p>\n<p>Brian started his\u00a0career as a software developer for the U.S. Marines with a focus on building web applications and relational databases for the\u00a0Marine Corps Logistics Command.\u00a0After the\u00a0Marines, and\u00a0prior to WebDevStudios he worked at a law firm in New Jersey building custom web applications to identify and track insurance and healthcare fraud for clients such as Allstate and\u00a0Encompass.<\/p>\n<p>Brian loves WordPress in his spare time! He is the co-author of the book\u00a0&#8220;Building Web Apps with WordPress\u201d by O\u2019Reilly Media, which is about leveraging WordPress as an Application Framework and he is the organizer of the New Jersey WordPress Meetup Group.<\/p>\n<p>Brian enjoys learning about new technology and believes open source software like WordPress is the key to successful cost effective web solutions in any situation.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Brian on Twitter at: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bmess\">@bmess<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/webdevstudios\">@webdevstudios<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/apppresser\">@apppresser<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BWAwWP\">@bwawwp<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"carrie-dils\" class=\"speaker clearfix even post-409611 wcb_speaker type-wcb_speaker status-publish hentry\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title speaker-name\">Carrie Dils<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content speaker-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b7d375b13cf9f6c87dcce1f21ccceddd2236392b0da4795a5c302dbde3753d76?s=102&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b7d375b13cf9f6c87dcce1f21ccceddd2236392b0da4795a5c302dbde3753d76?s=204&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-102 photo' height='102' width='102' \/><p>Carrie Dils is a WordPress Developer specializing in the Genesis Framework. Based out of Fort Worth, Texas, she splits her time between serving clients and creating custom WordPress themes. Outside of WordPress, she loves dogs, books, candy, running, Jesus, and her husband, Dave. She tweets somewhat excessively at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cdils\">@cdils<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"chip-bennett\" class=\"speaker clearfix odd post-416927 wcb_speaker type-wcb_speaker status-publish hentry\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title speaker-name\">Chip Bennett<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content speaker-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7d256f7b605361e4dc402138e2896ff727d2a13d669f1420a8644d12a90bb7af?s=102&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7d256f7b605361e4dc402138e2896ff727d2a13d669f1420a8644d12a90bb7af?s=204&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-102 photo' height='102' width='102' \/><p>Chip has been using WordPress since 2005, and has been a hobbyist web developer since the mid-90s. He has developed WordPress Themes and Plugins, and is a minor contributor to WordPress core. He is an admin for the WordPress Theme Review Team that reviews\/approves Themes for inclusion in the WordPress Theme Repository. He can often be found in the <a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/\">WordPress.org<\/a> support forums and at WordPress StackExchange. He is also a part-time freelance WordPress developer.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"chris-koerner\" class=\"speaker clearfix even post-416939 wcb_speaker type-wcb_speaker status-publish hentry\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title speaker-name\">Chris Koerner<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content speaker-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e26b6b351ec163171493ffacbd45fec31b8d21fa706f87862a1c74082b691896?s=102&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e26b6b351ec163171493ffacbd45fec31b8d21fa706f87862a1c74082b691896?s=204&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-102 photo' height='102' width='102' \/><p>By day <a href=\"http:\/\/clkoerner.com\" target=\"_blank\">Chris<\/a> works in the Data Management department at <a href=\"http:\/\/mercy.net\/\">Mercy<\/a>\u00a0where he helps empower co-workers with collaborative technologies. A long-time WordPress fan he enjoys helping local non-profits and small businesses develop strong web presences using WordPress.<\/p>\n<p>Chris loves debunking the status quo and is always asking annoying questions.<br \/>\nYou can find him on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ckoerner\" target=\"_blank\">@ckoerner<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"chris-miller\" class=\"speaker clearfix odd post-416933 wcb_speaker type-wcb_speaker status-publish hentry\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title speaker-name\">Chris Miller<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content speaker-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7b9f6a493243c3f651016feaee5afecb7ff600b1113d2eaac95f7768be0e51e0?s=102&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7b9f6a493243c3f651016feaee5afecb7ff600b1113d2eaac95f7768be0e51e0?s=204&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-102 photo' height='102' width='102' \/><p>Chris is the founder of Spiked Studio, a niche podcast network offering video and audio shows on social media, IBM software, BlackBerry and product reviews. He speaks globally at conferences, user groups and industry events. Chris is in the process of completing his second book titled Social Identity due out at the end of 2012. You can find Chris as @IdoNotes on every network, yes everything<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"christoph-trappe\" class=\"speaker clearfix even post-425018 wcb_speaker type-wcb_speaker status-publish hentry\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title speaker-name\">Christoph Trappe<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content speaker-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d9422b8aaa3a57fa62952e4e016b0fa516440852c871a8319c0cb2ecbf510d3f?s=102&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d9422b8aaa3a57fa62952e4e016b0fa516440852c871a8319c0cb2ecbf510d3f?s=204&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-102 photo' height='102' width='102' \/><p>A newspaper reporter by trade, <a href=\"http:\/\/authenticstorytelling.net\" target=\"_blank\">Christoph<\/a> left the newspaper industry in 2007 to research, write and produce training videos for the U.S. financial services industry. He then started a community news site and currently works as a communications executive in the nonprofit sector.<\/p>\n<p>His career has focused on helping organizations tell their stories in authentic and meaningful ways. He uses and teaches brand and traditional journalism as well as content marketing techniques in the pursuit of great stories.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s currently helping United Way of East Central Iowa tell its stories in an authentic way through a multi-channel content delivery strategy that engages all of United Way\u2019s key audiences.<\/p>\n<p>He lives in Marion, Iowa, with his wife and their daughter.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"doug-stewart\" class=\"speaker clearfix odd post-417157 wcb_speaker type-wcb_speaker status-publish hentry\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title speaker-name\">Doug Stewart<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content speaker-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/520df1e3b3ed6060392921be366fa69465b8cce10e1e56d484fa3223b4d90cbc?s=102&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/520df1e3b3ed6060392921be366fa69465b8cce10e1e56d484fa3223b4d90cbc?s=204&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-102 photo' height='102' width='102' \/><p><a href=\"http:\/\/literalbarrage.org\/blog\/\">Doug<\/a> is a 15-year-veteran of the IT industry, a long-time Linux user and has been using WordPress since version 1.0. He had to be dragged, kicking and screaming into using a Mac in 2006 or so and might even admit that it&#8217;s probably for the best if you catch him on the right day. He has a passion for systems and for getting the most out of WordPress and has applied his skills in the commercial, government contracting, healthcare and general IT spheres.<\/p>\n<p>Doug is currently a Senior Systems Engineer for 10up and can be found co-organizing the monthly <a href=\"http:\/\/phillywp.org\">Philadelphia WordPress Meetup<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/2014.philly.wordcamp.org\/\">WordCamp Philadelphia<\/a> when he&#8217;s not working diligently behind the scenes. You can find him on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zamoose\">@zamoose<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"eric-juden\" class=\"speaker clearfix even post-390769 wcb_speaker type-wcb_speaker status-publish hentry\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title speaker-name\">Eric Juden<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content speaker-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6c4b9c40e8efc17ce777d5d9341914ea8c7cae03657fe20c35ff2c0cac7a6752?s=102&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6c4b9c40e8efc17ce777d5d9341914ea8c7cae03657fe20c35ff2c0cac7a6752?s=204&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-102 photo' height='102' width='102' \/><p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ericjuden\" target=\"_blank\">Eric<\/a> is a Senior Application Developer at EPC, Inc. in St. Charles, Missouri. His role there is to create and support applications using C#, <a href=\"http:\/\/asp.net\/\">ASP.NET<\/a> and PHP. At his previous job as the web application developer, Eric migrated the Maryville University website to use WordPress Multisite as their CMS and blogging platform. He\u2019s written several WordPress plugins (available on the <a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/\">wordpress.org<\/a> plugin repository) and custom themes. Eric has been working with WordPress since 2008. He also helps lead the St. Louis WordPress Developers meetup.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ericjuden.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/ericjuden.com<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"james-hipkin\" class=\"speaker clearfix odd post-416941 wcb_speaker type-wcb_speaker status-publish hentry\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title speaker-name\">James Hipkin<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content speaker-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b99808cd7b9b244dfc622524525bdb98cffa1bac9ee88e3cd379f8f0231bfe62?s=102&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b99808cd7b9b244dfc622524525bdb98cffa1bac9ee88e3cd379f8f0231bfe62?s=204&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-102 photo' height='102' width='102' \/><p>James is an accomplished, forward-thinking marketing professional with 25+ years of multi-disciplinary experience in marketing and marketing communications companies serving high-profile, global brands and B2C clients in packaged goods, durables, transportation, telecommunications and financial services. He has been involved in digital for the past ten years, first as President of a direct marketing agency in San Francisco, where he led the evolution of the agency from traditional direct marketing to digital. Clients included Apple and Wells Fargo online bank. And then as the head of a mid sized agency&#8217;s interactive group, with Toyota as the main client. He joined <a href=\"http:\/\/red8interactive.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Red8<\/a>, a long term vendor, as an owner and managing director 3.5 years ago.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"jared-novack\" class=\"speaker clearfix even post-385030 wcb_speaker type-wcb_speaker status-publish hentry\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title speaker-name\">Jared Novack<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content speaker-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/692aa0b61ab3442df442597fb9526c13d82252ec3836c574edab4a0b9b38dc38?s=102&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/692aa0b61ab3442df442597fb9526c13d82252ec3836c574edab4a0b9b38dc38?s=204&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-102 photo' height='102' width='102' \/><p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jarednova\" target=\"_blank\">Jared<\/a> is a founder and partner at <a href=\"http:\/\/upstatement.com\" target=\"_blank\">Upstatement<\/a>, a design firm located in Boston that specializes in responsive websites for media companies (like BostonGlobe.com which they designed in 2011). At Upstatement he directs projects and uses WordPress to build and prototype sites. Jared was formally the newsroom developer at the Houston Chronicle and Boston Globe and an adjunct professor at MassArt. He graduated from Syracuse University in 2006 with a BA in Computer Art and from Ladue Horton Watkins High School in 2002.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"joe-mcgill\" class=\"speaker clearfix odd post-417151 wcb_speaker type-wcb_speaker status-publish hentry\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title speaker-name\">Joe McGill<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content speaker-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e250789f7ea263ffffa5d82f9f4877d9c9e11b605424f14f21655faf656ada66?s=102&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e250789f7ea263ffffa5d82f9f4877d9c9e11b605424f14f21655faf656ada66?s=204&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-102 photo' height='102' width='102' \/><p>Joe McGill is from St. Louis, MO, where he works as a web designer at Washington University. He specializes in creating future-friendly user experiences that work well on multiple devices and loves swapping ideas on <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/joemcgill\" target=\"_blank\">twitter<\/a>\u00a0or over one of his nine daily cups of coffee.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"grid_6 omega\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"joshua-ray\" class=\"speaker clearfix even post-486187 wcb_speaker type-wcb_speaker status-publish hentry\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title speaker-name\">Joshua Ray<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content speaker-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ce2f59296e8ee76aac1a6df4bcf75b152b164a0d841a4337c1edf26f34088c8b?s=102&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ce2f59296e8ee76aac1a6df4bcf75b152b164a0d841a4337c1edf26f34088c8b?s=204&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-102 photo' height='102' width='102' \/><p>Joshua Ray is a passionate web developer and lover of Golf, Coffee and Micro Brews. He got his start at Yahoo! in Portland Oregon as a web hosting support technician. Through support he taught himself front end development and found WordPress. Since his time at Yahoo! he has worked locally and telecommute for digital agencies to raise the bar for what&#8217;s possible with WordPress.<\/p>\n<p>Currently he is with Singularity Interactive, a game development start up in Boulder, Colorado working to build engaging online experiences through web applications and games.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"konstantin-obenland\" class=\"speaker clearfix odd post-405035 wcb_speaker type-wcb_speaker status-publish hentry\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title speaker-name\">Konstantin Obenland<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content speaker-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/52571ff84e9ddc518a5a36d434c6cab38e1cfaab16a87ccdf49c51351b00c199?s=102&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/52571ff84e9ddc518a5a36d434c6cab38e1cfaab16a87ccdf49c51351b00c199?s=204&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-102 photo' height='102' width='102' \/><p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/obenland\">Konstantin<\/a> is a WordPress developer and core contributor since WordPress 3.4. After contributing to Twenty Twelve, he\u00a0was the backup lead and theme developer for Twenty Thirteen and Twenty Fourteen, the most recent default themes. Today he\u2019s working on improving the theme selection experience on <a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.com\/\">WordPress.com<\/a>. He enjoys craft beers and\u00a0good food \u2014 sometimes so much that <a href=\"http:\/\/konstantin.obenland.it\">blogs about it<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"leigh-m-caldwell\" class=\"speaker clearfix even post-431913 wcb_speaker type-wcb_speaker status-publish hentry\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title speaker-name\">Leigh M Caldwell<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content speaker-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/644891474017564b14f1fb3ff96eebf89a2ab7ff189cb471ce5d5b69253eae4b?s=102&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/644891474017564b14f1fb3ff96eebf89a2ab7ff189cb471ce5d5b69253eae4b?s=204&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-102 photo' height='102' width='102' \/><p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/leighmcaldwell\" target=\"_blank\">Leigh M. Caldwell<\/a> is Director of Social Media and Digital Marketing at Harness TechED. She is a content creator and marketing strategist with two decades of experience in social, online, print and broadcast media. Leigh is a native of West Frankfort, Illinois, and a Southern Illinois University alum. She&#8217;s also been blogging with WordPress since 2008 at <a href=\"http:\/\/themeparkmom.com\/\">ThemeParkMom.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"mary-baum\" class=\"speaker clearfix odd post-416931 wcb_speaker type-wcb_speaker status-publish hentry\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title speaker-name\">Mary Baum<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content speaker-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/46e579e5809af6c797613c207eb35f9b2ef06b2008e48c03e63e6d801ad048d6?s=102&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/46e579e5809af6c797613c207eb35f9b2ef06b2008e48c03e63e6d801ad048d6?s=204&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-102 photo' height='102' width='102' \/><p>A 30-year veteran creative, Mary is a degreed designer with a track record in every marketing discipline and most media, from traditional print ads to corporate communications and long-form direct response copy. <\/p>\n<p>Now her first love is the web &#8211; where every customer relationship begins, and the paint never dries. After a number of years building sites the wrong way, she finally learned proper HTML and CSS at the tender age of 47 and started with WordPress (and php) at 50.<\/p>\n<p>A certified typography nut, Mary is a competitive tennis player who would like nothing better than to make a specialty out of doing tennis-themed sites. She and her husband, Dick Moomaw, are spending a couple of years in California; they have two grown children who are both gainfully employed.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"michael-arestad\" class=\"speaker clearfix even post-425013 wcb_speaker type-wcb_speaker status-publish hentry\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title speaker-name\">Michael Arestad<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content speaker-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1f8183788864573e351090795bc5daf0818c66e621f4cc27cb2db196782275bc?s=102&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1f8183788864573e351090795bc5daf0818c66e621f4cc27cb2db196782275bc?s=204&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-102 photo' height='102' width='102' \/><p><a href=\"http:\/\/about.me\/arestad\">Michael<\/a> is a designer at Automattic, the makers of <a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.com\/\">WordPress.com<\/a>. He may be a tad obsessed with CSS (especially Sass) and beautiful typography.\u00a0He contributes to WordPress Core, VaultPress, Jetpack, and <a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.com\/\">WordPress.com<\/a>. You can follow him on twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michaelarestad\">@michaelarestad<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"mike-hansen\" class=\"speaker clearfix odd post-416937 wcb_speaker type-wcb_speaker status-publish hentry\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title speaker-name\">Mike Hansen<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content speaker-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/17cc0421d1b8f5de4f589a84dc6c2408f50248f68ab57b1aa7316c05cc07d34b?s=102&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/17cc0421d1b8f5de4f589a84dc6c2408f50248f68ab57b1aa7316c05cc07d34b?s=204&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-102 photo' height='102' width='102' \/><p><a href=\"http:\/\/MikeHansen.me\">Mike<\/a> is a WordPress Developer working on the Open Source Outreach\u00a0team at Bluehost. He spends his day contributing back to the WordPress\u00a0project, writing patches , and brainstorming with others on features and\u00a0best practices. He loves giving back to causes that makes the world a\u00a0better place. You can find him on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeHansenMe\">@MikeHansenMe<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"myke-bates\" class=\"speaker clearfix even post-390771 wcb_speaker type-wcb_speaker status-publish hentry\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title speaker-name\">Myke Bates<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content speaker-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e4e48cc489c89d7a4183a134951d8c1ca9a907eb943a6a08841d2d000f4e281?s=102&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e4e48cc489c89d7a4183a134951d8c1ca9a907eb943a6a08841d2d000f4e281?s=204&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-102 photo' height='102' width='102' \/><p><a href=\"http:\/\/mykebates.com\/\">Myke<\/a> is a web developer, musician, husband, and pizza connoisseur. While not one to boast of verbose skill sets and fancy job titles, Myke is known for crafting one-of-a-kind WordPress themes and solutions. Born and raised in the Midwest, his friendly approach sets him apart from the others. By day, you will find him combining technology and creative ideas together with his friends at <a href=\"http:\/\/thealchemediaproject.com\/\">The Alchemedia Project<\/a>. By night, he is most always burning the midnight oil on a handful of freelance projects and other personal ventures. You can find him on Twitter\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MykeBates\">@MykeBates<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"nile-flores\" class=\"speaker clearfix odd post-416929 wcb_speaker type-wcb_speaker status-publish hentry\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title speaker-name\">Nile Flores<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content speaker-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3ea22ed74a344aa85942adee0981eca6f0323d3b61402a480ee640a2faa2f112?s=102&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3ea22ed74a344aa85942adee0981eca6f0323d3b61402a480ee640a2faa2f112?s=204&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-102 photo' height='102' width='102' \/><p>Nile is a sassy Southern Illinois mom who is a WordPress Designer and Developer, and a Professional Blogger. She&#8217;s passionate about helping others rock out their websites through her own site, <a href=\"http:\/\/blondish.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Blondish.net<\/a>. Nile has mentored thousands of bloggers over the past 13 years while teaching WordPress, blogging, SEO, social media, and web design. While Nile may be a WordPress designer and developer, she is also a WordPress fan, having used the CMS since its beginning. Nile also runs a popular WordPress community called <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/groups\/AllAboutWP\" target=\"_blank\">All About WordPress<\/a> on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>When Nile isn&#8217;t knee deep in blogging, graphic designing, consulting or coding, she has fun practicing Shoren Kempo Jutsu karate and other martial art disciplines alongside her son, who is a WordPress blogger too. You can find her on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/blondishnet\" target=\"_blank\">@blondishnet<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"rachel-baker\" class=\"speaker clearfix even post-445198 wcb_speaker type-wcb_speaker status-publish hentry\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title speaker-name\">Rachel Baker<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content speaker-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f6930bb401e10b78e1654175f39666d3b16d2cda33dcae1f20109b2dc67ef5b3?s=102&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f6930bb401e10b78e1654175f39666d3b16d2cda33dcae1f20109b2dc67ef5b3?s=204&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-102 photo' height='102' width='102' \/><p>Rachel started building websites in 1996, and has acquired a broad range of technical knowledge including front-end development, back-end development, API design, database architecture, systems administration, and QA testing. She started using WordPress personally in 2005, and professionally since 2009.  Her contributions to the WordPress Community include speaking at WordCamps, contributions to BuddyPress, and contributions to WordPress 3.6 and 3.8.<\/p>\n<p>Rachel has lead development on WordPress projects of all shapes and sizes including for high-traffic communities and Fortune 500 companies.  She is a Senior Strategic Engineer at <a href=\"http:\/\/10up.com\/\">10up<\/a>, where her team is trusted to audit themes and plugins for security or performance issues.<\/p>\n<p>Rachel lives in Chicago where she watches the Cubs lose, mentors new developers at Dev Bootcamp, relaxes with a Belgian style beer, and tweets at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rachelbaker\">@rachelbaker<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"randy-hicks\" class=\"speaker clearfix odd post-390767 wcb_speaker type-wcb_speaker status-publish hentry\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title speaker-name\">Randy Hicks<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content speaker-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b3570426dc554b821b457cc8807eea58efd745bc3b8f8a8c6a80a2641add6608?s=102&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b3570426dc554b821b457cc8807eea58efd745bc3b8f8a8c6a80a2641add6608?s=204&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-102 photo' height='102' width='102' \/><p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vc27\" target=\"_blank\">Randy<\/a> is a NorthWest boy at heart, but lives in Nashville and loves it. He&#8217;s been helping cultivate the Nashville WordPress community since 2010 and is currently on the planning teams for both the Nashville Meetup and WordCamp.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"sam-hotchkiss\" class=\"speaker clearfix even post-417153 wcb_speaker type-wcb_speaker status-publish hentry\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title speaker-name\">Sam Hotchkiss<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content speaker-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4d84a31f5e7c1a3089d51f5dc871a2149524ec2573349b3c0f8c97d8efb8135e?s=102&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4d84a31f5e7c1a3089d51f5dc871a2149524ec2573349b3c0f8c97d8efb8135e?s=204&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-102 photo' height='102' width='102' \/><p>Sam Hotchkiss is the Principal of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/hotchkissconsulting.net\/\">Hotchkiss Consulting Group<\/a>, a WordPress development firm based in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cityofbath.com\/\">Bath, Maine<\/a>. \u00a0He is also the Big Cheese at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/getparka.com\/\">Parka<\/a>, the company behind\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bruteprotect.com\/\">BruteProtect<\/a>, a WordPress security plugin in use by tens of thousands of sites. Sam\u2019s background is in PHP development, and he has been developing sites with WordPress since 2004. \u00a0He is currently traveling around the country from WordCamp to WordCamp<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"teresa-lane\" class=\"speaker clearfix odd post-417159 wcb_speaker type-wcb_speaker status-publish hentry\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title speaker-name\">Teresa Lane<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content speaker-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/48cdd0e2510ab965cb5db215e420480ccb93e0331b776b6ced990f52dd68d78b?s=102&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/48cdd0e2510ab965cb5db215e420480ccb93e0331b776b6ced990f52dd68d78b?s=204&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-102 photo' height='102' width='102' \/><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/teresaalane\/\">Teresa Lane<\/a> is director of digital content strategy at Washington University. She stumbled upon the world of digital strategy after finishing graduate studies in literature and hasn&#8217;t looked back since. Teresa finds WordPress a godsend because it allows both sides of her brain to coexist in harmony;\u00a0the writer\/editor side and the SEO side can finally play nicely. You can find her on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/teresaalane\">@teresaalane<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"tom-harness\" class=\"speaker clearfix even post-431911 wcb_speaker type-wcb_speaker status-publish hentry\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title speaker-name\">Tom Harness<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content speaker-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1a97686b4df5f44fec0a3163156de2909bad5f92cf0bd896a982d13d11947e82?s=102&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1a97686b4df5f44fec0a3163156de2909bad5f92cf0bd896a982d13d11947e82?s=204&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-102 photo' height='102' width='102' \/><p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomharness\" target=\"_blank\">Tom Harness<\/a> is a Us. Army Veteran, Teacher, Educator, and Business owner with 15 years of combined experience. He is an avid supporter of empowering and educating business owners and leveraging all forms of technology to increase revenue and efficiency. At the end of the day, he goes home to his wife and daughter, opens up his favorite craft beer, and watches his beloved Chicago Cubs.<\/p>\n<p>Tom has been using WordPress for the past 3 years and uses it as a core foundation for his digital marketing business, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.harnessteched.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Harness TechED<\/a>. His team works with Start-Ups and Small Businesses on maximizing their online presence through Social Media Management, WordPress SEO plug-ins, and Email Marketing.Putting the priority on quality content and data driven reporting separates Tom&#8217;s firm from its competitors.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"will-hanke\" class=\"speaker clearfix odd post-417155 wcb_speaker type-wcb_speaker status-publish hentry\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"entry-title speaker-name\">Will Hanke<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content speaker-bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/635df9b075c711fc815d884c567894b49216524d6aa12ad78b4fc2d09fdb49bc?s=102&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/635df9b075c711fc815d884c567894b49216524d6aa12ad78b4fc2d09fdb49bc?s=204&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-102 photo' height='102' width='102' \/><p>Business owners and marketing managers hire Will to help them get better search engine rankings and higher conversions from their Internet marketing campaigns. Since 1997 Will has been consulting businesses such as Carhartt, Rockboard and Emerson on how to squeeze more revenue out of their website. \u00a0He also authored an Amazon best selling ebook on Google Authorship for WordPress.<\/p>\n<p>Missouri born and Air Force proud, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.willhanke.com\">Will<\/a> is a huge float trip fan and can be found many summer days in a canoe with a fishing pole in his hand. \u00a0You can find him on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/techlh\">@techlh<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3137607,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-390776","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlouis.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/390776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlouis.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlouis.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlouis.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3137607"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlouis.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=390776"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stlouis.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/390776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":390777,"href":"https:\/\/stlouis.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/390776\/revisions\/390777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlouis.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}