{"id":1063,"date":"2016-03-30T12:00:59","date_gmt":"2016-03-30T16:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2016.jacksonville.wordcamp.org\/?p=1063"},"modified":"2016-04-03T15:03:05","modified_gmt":"2016-04-03T19:03:05","slug":"introducing-our-fourth-round-of-speakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jacksonville.wordcamp.org\/2016\/introducing-our-fourth-round-of-speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Our Fourth Round of Speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"

WordCamp Jacksonville is excited to announce our fourth\u00a0set of confirmed speakers for this year’s conference! Have you seen our first,<\/a>\u00a0second,<\/a>\u00a0and third rounds<\/a>\u00a0of speaker announcements?<\/p>\n

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Bill Gadless<\/h2>\n
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\"\"President\/Co-Founder of a 50-person agency called emagine (headquartered in Boston). 15+ years ago started as a very typical \u201c2 guys in a garage\u201d firm building small websites on a proprietary CMS. Today, we develop WordPress-powered websites for multi-billion dollar, multi-national companies in the areas of B2B, High-Tech, Healthcare, Manufacturing and Professional Services. We\u2019ve built roughly 1,500 websites over the years (over 200 since adopting WordPress a couple years ago).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Wes Benwick<\/h2>\n
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\"\"I\u2019m the CEO of FileLogix, a cloud based software platform for Document and Records Management. Before becoming actively involved in PHP development, database design and hosting, I spent many years in the TV industry, behind the camera, producing, shooting, and editing videos. I am passionate about combining the world\u2019s of software development and multimedia production.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Angelica Yarde<\/h2>\n
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\"\"Angelica Yarde has been designing for over nine years of experience combining the world of digital aesthetics with strategic functionality to develop and implement successful branding techniques. She is the co-owner of Sevenality, a brand strategy firm she runs with her husband. She is also the editor of Studio 404 Design Blog, the designer of Studio 404 Paper, and the co-host of the Heat + Hustle Podcast. .<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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AJ Morris<\/h2>\n
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\"\"I\u2019m a Product Manager for Liquid Web, a fully managed hosting company. I work on various WordPress products and initiatives focusing on open-source, community, and spreading the love of WordPress. I have been involved with the WordPress community since 2006, working with theme and plugin companies in support and project management positions. In my spare time I love to travel and spend time with my lovely wife.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Rob Taylor<\/h2>\n
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\"\"I\u2019m the writer, photographer, editor, and subject matter of 2TravelDads \u2013 a travel blog about my husband and I taking our sons out into the world and experiencing it as an LGBT family, learning about culture, having great food, and playing in the sand. I come from a career in hospitality and HR, having worked with Disney, Starbucks, Princess Cruises and Kimpton Hotels and Restaurants.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Steve Dimmick<\/h2>\n
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\"\"Steve Dimmick has been a WordPress developer since version 2. He started out building custom membership websites with WordPress and now works with clients on retainer and in long term relationships.<\/p>\n

He has developed custom plugins costing over $20,000, built custom child themes and integrated many different systems together \u2013 all in the name of helping clients achieve their dreams.<\/p>\n

Steve is married, loves traveling with his wife and lives near the beach on the gulf coast of Florida.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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James Tryon<\/h2>\n
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\"\"James Tryon is the Creative Director of Valet, the founder of Easily Amused, Inc, and a father of two. He\u2019s also one of the co-organizers of WordCamp Orlando and the WordPress Orlando meetup group.<\/p>\n

James has been in the creative industry for more than 18 years, and he has a meticulous eye for design and usability. He also possess the know-how to plan, design, and code it all if needed.<\/p>\n

An avid collector of random awesomeness and thrift-store artifacts, he\u2019s always finding something interesting to spark his creativity (and share with the team in Hipchat.) When he\u2019s not working, he can be found building something, playing with toys, or hanging with friends and family.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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WordCamp Jacksonville is excited to announce our fourth\u00a0set of confirmed speakers for this year’s conference! Have you seen our first,\u00a0second,\u00a0and third rounds\u00a0of speaker announcements? Bill Gadless President\/Co-Founder of a 50-person agency called emagine (headquartered in Boston). 15+ years ago started … Continue reading Introducing Our Fourth Round of Speakers<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3189736,"featured_media":1340,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/jacksonville.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/03\/WCJAX2016_speakersrnd4_v2.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6uG2V-h9","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacksonville.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacksonville.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacksonville.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacksonville.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3189736"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacksonville.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1063"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/jacksonville.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1338,"href":"https:\/\/jacksonville.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1063\/revisions\/1338"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacksonville.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jacksonville.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacksonville.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jacksonville.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}