{"id":8,"date":"2016-01-26T18:08:03","date_gmt":"2016-01-26T18:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2016.sydney.wordcamp.org\/speakers\/"},"modified":"2016-08-05T22:10:57","modified_gmt":"2016-08-05T12:10:57","slug":"speakers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sydney.wordcamp.org\/2016\/speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Speaker submissions are now closed<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

We’ve had an overwhelming influx of submissions so thanks to all those who put together a speaking proposal.\u00a0 We’ll be in touch soon if your proposal has been accepted.<\/p>\n

We’d love to let every one of you speak but we just don’t have the schedule so don’t worry if you haven’t been chosen to speak at this year’s WordCamp Sydney.\u00a0 It’s not because your proposal was bad.\u00a0 In fact we may get in contact to see if you would like to give a talk at our WordPress Sydney meetups.<\/p>\n\n\t

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\"Andy<\/p>\n

Andy<\/a> has been a web developer since the early 1990\u2019s (Yes the internet really did exist then).<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBronson Quick\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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\"bronson-quick-300x300\"<\/p>\n

When Bronson<\/a> isn\u2019t collecting Smashing Pumpkins memorabilia he\u2019s coding WordPress goodness with the wonderful team at Human Made.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDee Teal\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Dee Teal is a front end developer building bespoke sites for a wide range of enterprises and in recent times under contract to top quality WordPress agencies as a project manager and team leader.<\/p>\n

Dee has been using WordPress exclusively since having had her mind blown with its possibilities at her first WordCamp in 2011. Since then she\u2019s been a sold out advocate of WordPress meetups, WordCamps and the WordPress community as a whole.<\/p>\n

Dee has a Masters Degree in Digital Communication and Culture from the University of Sydney and contributes to the WordPress community organising and speaking at WordPress events both in her local Melbourne, around Australia and further afield as her travel opportunities arise.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDion Beetson\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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I\u2019m a full stack software development leader based in Sydney, Australia. Being a software engineer at heart, I\u2019ve architected and lead the development and roll out of some of the largest e-commerce and CMS migrations within Australia.<\/p>\n

In my spare time I work across a range of startups in Sydney, either developing a new amazing idea in the latest technology, or managing the development so we can build it fast, but also build it right.<\/p>\n

I want to share my experiences with developing scalable web applications, as well as development processes teams should put in place to ensure they can deliver enterprise grade solutions on WordPress.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\"profile_emir\"
\nEmir<\/a> was first exposed to the web development industry at the ripe young age of 9 years old with Microsoft front-page.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJack Skinner\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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\"jack-skinner\"<\/p>\n

Jack Skinner<\/a> is a Senior Web Developer turned API Evangelist who\u2019s been coding over half his life.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJaph Thomson\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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\"japh-thomson\"<\/p>\n

Japh<\/a> is Director of Hosting Operations at Human Made, developer, occasional WordPress contributor. Professional helper. Collector of interests. (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJeremy Kelaher\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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\"Jeremy<\/p>\n

Jeremy’s<\/a> first love is creating ways to connect talented content creators to loyal audiences.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJordan Gillman\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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\"jordan-gillman\"<\/p>\n

Jordan<\/a> is designer who started learning to code by necessity – and now considers himself to \u2018know enough to be dangerous\u2019.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tKat Slump\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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\"Kat<\/p>\n

Kat Slump<\/a> is a rising senior at the University of Nebraska at Omaha where she is pursuing a degree in IT Innovation.<\/div>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tKate Toon\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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\"katetoon\"<\/div>\n
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Kate Toon<\/a>\u00a0is an award-winning SEO copywriter and SEO consultant with almost two decades of experience in all things advertising, digital and writing. Originally from the UK but now based just outside Sydney.<\/div>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tKris Howard\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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\"kris-howard\"<\/p>\n

Kris<\/a> is a veteran IT business analyst and software engineer who cut her teeth during the first dot-com boom.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLuke Carbis\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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\"photo<\/p>\n

Luke<\/a> is a product manager at XWP, lead developer for Stream, and inventor of various other secret projects. His daily focus is building products which help companies serve clients, and inspire growth.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNik Cree\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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\"Nik<\/p>\n

Nik Cree<\/a> designs and builds business websites that generate leads and sales!<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNoel Tock\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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\"noel<\/p>\n

Noel<\/a> is a Swiss digital nomad that loves creating products online.<\/div>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPeter Wilson\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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\"peter-wilson-300x300\"<\/p>\n

Peter Wilson<\/a> is a web-developer with twenty years experience, a CSS junkie, a WordPress Engineer at Human Made and a guest committer to WordPress core.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRheinard Korf\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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At the age of twelve Rheinard discovered a love for programming languages and writing software for friends and family. Whilst studying Information Technology Rheinard also discovered a love for teaching programming and has done so for over a decade before turning to programming as a career.<\/p>\n

Rheinard still considers himself quite young to the WordPress development arena but has had the opportunity to work with some exceptional people who continues to push him to new limits.<\/p>\n

Joining XWP this year and working with enterprise clients has been the highlight of his career.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRicky Blacker\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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\"Rick\"<\/p>\n

Ricky<\/a> is a self taught web professional who found and fell in love with WordPress, and the\u00a0community behind it while looking for a CMS platform to build websites for clients.<\/div>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRobert Wilde\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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\"robert-wilde\"<\/p>\n

Robert Wilde<\/a> is currently a Cloud Technology Developer and Consultant, but he has had a lot of roles over the years.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSam Bizri\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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\"sam_bizri_edupreneur\"<\/p>\n

Sam Bizri<\/a> is an educator and a catalyst award-wining online learning designer at the University of Sydney. Sam is passionate about EDTECH and lifelong learning. He graduated with Master in Business & Tech (UNSW) and Master in eLearning (UTS).<\/u><\/u><\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSarah Moore\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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\"sarah-moore\"<\/p>\n

Sarah Moore<\/a> is the CEO + Founder of social media agency, Eleven Lights Media.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tScott Huntley\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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\"scott\"<\/p>\n

Kenneth Scott Huntley<\/a> (\u201cCall me Scott\u201d) is a Consultant\/Trainer for Pukunui Technology and a part-time IT instructor at SWSI TAFE.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSharon France\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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\"sharon-france\"<\/p>\n

Sharon<\/a> is a relative newcomer to all sorts of things including environmental advocacy\u00a0and WordPress.<\/div>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSimon Kelly\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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\"simon-kelly\"<\/p>\n

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Simon<\/a> is passionate about using technology, strategic design and automation to create simple marketing systems that generate leads.<\/div>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTanja Turner\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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\"tanja<\/p>\n

Tanja<\/a> is a Digital Consultant and Podcaster who supports individuals and small businesses in using Technology.<\/div>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTrish Fehon\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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\"Trish-Fehon\"<\/p>\n

Trish Fehon<\/a> runs a Sydney based digital agency specialising in Lead Generation using Google Adwords.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTroy Dean\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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\"troy-dean-boracay\"<\/p>\n

Troy<\/a> is an online marketing speaker, coach, consultant and podcaster.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tVlad Lasky\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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\"Vlad\"<\/p>\n

Vladimir Lasky<\/a>, Computer Systems Engineer and Actor, discovered WordPress in early 2008 when he first got into blogging.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWil Brown\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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