{"id":56,"date":"2013-05-02T21:22:52","date_gmt":"2013-05-02T21:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2013.albuquerque.wordcamp.org\/?page_id=56"},"modified":"2013-07-10T14:29:21","modified_gmt":"2013-07-10T20:29:21","slug":"speakers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/albuquerque.wordcamp.org\/2013\/speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t
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Alison Barrett<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Code Wrangler,\u00a0Automattic<\/em>
\nYou, Too, Can Write a Plugin<\/strong><\/a>
\nDeveloper track
\nI’ve been using WordPress to build custom websites since 2008, and I’ve developed a handful of plugins in the WordPress.org repository. Since 2012 I’ve worked for Automattic, writing code for WordPress.com and our internal sites.<\/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

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Anna Doo<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Owner, Lei Lani Design Studio<\/em>
\nChoose and Modify a Theme with the End User in Mind<\/strong><\/a>
\nDesigner track
\nI’ve been using WP to build websites for about three years. Have a background in website design with some coding experience. I’ve built more than a half dozen sites using WP as the CMS but totally tweaking the CSS to create the best user experience I can for my clients. I’ve taught website design, website 101 and some other web design classes around NM over the past 18 months.<\/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

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Brooks Walch<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Hacking his way through Albuquerque since 2009.<\/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

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Chad Person<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Creative Director, @Pay<\/em>
\nClean eCommerce Solutions for the Responsive Web<\/strong><\/a>
\nDesigner track
\nChad is a designer and front-end developer with 7+ years of WordPress experience. He currently leads the Creative and Marketing team at local financial start up @Pay. See more at:\u00a0www.atpay.com<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0chadperson.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

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Daryl L. L. Houston<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Happiness Gardener,\u00a0Automattic<\/em>
\nAnatomy of a VIP Code Review
\n<\/strong><\/a>Developer track
\nI work for Automattic, providing developer support for the\u00a0wordpress.com<\/a>\u00a0support team. I know less about WordPress than you’d think. \ud83d\ude09<\/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

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Drew Jaynes<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Web Engineer,\u00a010up<\/em>
\nThere\u2019s a Filter for That<\/strong><\/a>
\nDeveloper track
\nI’ve been a full-time WordPress developer and designer since 2008 and PHP developer for 10 years. In 2010, I took a much more active role in the WordPress community, contributing to core and the support and docs teams. I worked on auto-complete in 3.4 and served as backup lead for the nav menus refresh in the upcoming 3.6 release.<\/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

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Elizabeth Urello<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Happiness Engineer, Automattic<\/em>
\nStrategy for Traffic Building for Beginning Bloggers (How to Win Friends and Avoid Making Enemies)
\n<\/strong><\/a>Publisher\/User track
\nI’m a Happiness Engineer for Automattic and I write posts about blogging etiquette, traffic building, and WordPress.com features for The Daily Post and the WordPress.com blog.<\/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

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Eric Renz-Whitmore<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Director, New Mexico Technical Council
\n<\/em>Keynote Speaker<\/strong>
\nEric has a long track record of gathering resources and creating opportunities to bring people and groups together, as well as developing systems to make activities and programs more efficient. Beginning in 2004, he became involved in the state\u2019s \u201cMedia Industries Strategy Project\u201d (MISP) leading several efforts to build community, encourage business and cluster development. Since leaving the ARTS Lab he has worked to enhance economic development efforts throughout New Mexico, focusing on strengthening the technology business community as Executive Director of the New Mexico Technology Council.<\/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

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Jamii Corley<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Vice President, Southwest Cyberport<\/em>
\nNewbie Session:\u00a0A short, hands-on introduction to WordPress<\/strong><\/a>
\nNewbie Track
\nAs a User\/Designer, I’ve built our (SWCP’s) website and several customer websites using WordPress. As a developer, I’ve built a directory plugin for the SWCP main site, and a must-use plugin to bridge a legacy authentication system with WordPress.<\/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

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Jenifer De La Garza<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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My name is Jenifer De La Garza. I am one of two original co-founders of the Albuquerque WordPress Meetup Group and one of two primary organizers of Albuquerque\u2019s first WordCamp in 2011. I opened my virtual assistance company, Administrative Support Group, in 2006. I\u2019ve been working on WordPress websites for my clients since 2008, when I started by designing my own business website using WordPress.<\/p>\n

I love children; I have six of my own. I\u2019m looking forward to sharing my knowledge at the WordPress for Kids session at WordCamp 2013.<\/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

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Karen Arnold<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Happiness Engineer, Automattic<\/em>
\nHappiness Bar<\/strong><\/a>
\nKaren Arnold (pronounced Car-en) and her husband, 4 children, 4 cats, and approximately 10 chickens, live in sunny Albuquerque, New Mexico. When she isn\u2019t engineering happiness at WordPress.com, she helps her husband homeschool their energetic kiddos, tries to blog regularly, and brainstorms ways to meet every WordPress user in New Mexico.<\/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

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Kevin Donnigan<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Designer, @Pay<\/em>
\nClean eCommerce Solutions for the Responsive Web<\/strong><\/a>
\nDesigner track
\nKevin is an award-winning designer and front end developer specializing in WordPress development, design, building custom themes, as well as implementing e-commerce web solutions and SEO. See more at\u00a0anythinggraphic.net<\/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

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Keya Horiuchi<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Designer, Ideas and Coffee, CoWorking Space<\/em>
\nWordPress and Mapping<\/strong><\/a>
\nDesigner track
\nI’ve been using WordPress as a user\/designer since first stumbling upon it in 2006.<\/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>

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Kristelle Siarza<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Online Account Executive,\u00a0The Garrity Group PR<\/em>
\nIntegrating Online Communications with WordPress
\n<\/strong><\/a>Publisher\/User track
\nCurrently, I am a user\/designer, using well developed themes and incorporating them into organizational communication goals. I have been maintaining and managing websites of multiple CMS systems and have two WordPress websites live.<\/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

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Lauren MacEwen<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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CEO,\u00a0SM Cubed Consulting<\/em>
\nBlast Off Your Blog with Social Media!
\n<\/strong><\/a>Publisher\/User track
\nLauren MacEwen is a social media strategist, blogger and speaker on social media topics.\u00a0She has a BA from Smith College and an MBA from ASU. Having a passion for social media and technology, Lauren has worked with non-profits and business\u2019 to create highly effective and award winning social marketing campaigns. She is a guest blogger on top industry blogs such as Technorati and Blogher in social marketing\u00a0technology, business development and politics.<\/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

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Mark Casias<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Software Engineer, New Signature<\/em>
\nPanelist:\u00a0Developer Diversity: The Mars\/Venus Thing and WordPress<\/strong>
\nMark has been creating and maintaining dynamic web-based tools and applications for over 15 years. He has created website platforms using a variety of platforms including Drupal, Ruby on Rails, WordPress, CodeIgniter, and ColdFusion.
\nThrough his company projects he has created various private WordPress Plugins and Themes. Mark is also a core contributor to the Drupal project and maintains multiple, high profile contributed modules.
\nMark is very active in the New Mexico Web community. He also hosts a local podcast (dukecitytech.com<\/a>) and manages a web presentation group (httq.org<\/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

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Mark Costlow<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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President, Southwest Cyberport<\/em>
\nDNS and WordPress Website Migration
\n<\/strong><\/a>Designer track
\nSouthwest Cyberport is\u00a0a web host specializing in WordPress hosting.<\/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

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Mark Hudnall<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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CTO, Clef
\nAnatomy of a WordPress Hack
\n<\/strong>Developer Track
\nI am a developer with extensive experience building web applications with and without WordPress. I currently lead all mobile development and security operations at Clef.<\/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

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Melissa J. White<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Owner,\u00a0Blogshop World<\/em>
\nSEO for WordPress Sites:\u00a0How To Find and Implement a Sweet Strategy for Getting Noticed<\/strong><\/a>
\nPublisher\/User track
\nMelissa is the owner of BlogshopWorld.com, and presenter of \u00a0Blogshop Weekend\u2122. She was the Blog Editor for the Santa Fe Film Festival 2011 & 2012, and creates custom WordPress websites on the Genesis framework for a variety of clients. In August of 2013, Melissa will be launching\u00a0ArtGothic.com<\/a>, built around one keyword phrase: Gothic Art.<\/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

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Oban Lambie<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Sys Admin\/Developer, Brownrice Internet<\/em>
\nHacked! How they hack it and how you clean it<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Developer Track
\nOban has been hosting WordPress sites \u2013 and using WordPress himself (http:\/\/blog.brownrice.com) \u2013 since the early days. He and his staff love it, routinely install it for customers, fix it when it breaks, and clean it when it becomes soiled with dirty hackers.<\/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

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Ray Gulick<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Principal, Evo Web Development<\/em>
\nMaking the Leap from Designer to Designer\/Developer<\/strong><\/a>
\nDesigner track
\nIn business since 2000, Evo focuses on WordPress as a CMS platform for business and professional organization websites. Gulick discovered WordPress in 2008, when he “just wanted a blog.” Soon after, Evo shifted to “all WordPress, all the time.”<\/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

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Robert “Bob” De Young<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Managing Partner, Blue Lotus Works, LLC<\/em>
\nOrganizing the WordPress Backoffice: Eight Plugins that Help!<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Publisher\/User Track
\nBlue Lotus Works consultants have backgrounds as accounting, compliance, finance and hospitality management executives.\u00a0Bob has been a web site designer\/developer since 1998 and has used WordPress since 2007. He has specific interests in web site optimization and hardening, white hat SEO and social media presence.<\/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

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Russell Aaron<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Developer, Geek Street WP
\n<\/em>Think Before You Install – A Call to Action<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Designer Track
\nI am a developer, and I run my own Managed WordPress Support site.\u00a0We support WordPress. Our Geeks are here to help you take back the control of your site, and learn how WordPress works.<\/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

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Suzette Franck<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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WordPress Evangelist, Media Temple
\n<\/em>Avoiding Scope Creep by Writing a Proper Statement of Work
\n<\/strong><\/a>Developer track
\n<\/em>I have been a user, designer, but I am mostly a developer, speaker, and teacher.<\/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

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Tim Anderson<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Owner, Cygnet Press<\/em>
\nOnline Newsletters: Challenges and Benefits<\/strong><\/a>
\nPublisher\/User track
\nTim Anderson is the publisher\/editor of Red Dog News, a photography based e-newsletter in its fifth\u00a0year, that now goes out to more than 5,000 bi-monthly subscribers from more than 100 countries. He\u00a0currently manages five WP sites and assists artists in putting their stamp on the Internet cyber-universe.\u00a0Not knowing all the answers, he knows where to go to get the answers he seeks to the questions he\u00a0asks.<\/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

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Virginia DeBolt<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Educator<\/em>
\nPanelist:\u00a0Developer Diversity: The Mars\/Venus Thing and WordPress<\/strong>
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