{"id":8,"date":"2020-03-16T16:49:26","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T16:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2020.la.wordcamp.org\/speakers\/"},"modified":"2020-09-21T16:29:32","modified_gmt":"2020-09-21T23:29:32","slug":"speakers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"wordcamp-block wordcamp-post-list has-layout-list wordcamp-speakers\"><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-adam-bell\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/adam-bell\/\">Adam Bell<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-right\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/adam-bell\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/40aa953d4dd66e90ad49e4f5868a22f6cf5731815a8a41287fb20566e6fb86e6?s=300&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Adam Bell\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large speaker-avatar second-speaker\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"491\" height=\"491\" src=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/files\/2020\/10\/Adam-Bell.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/files\/2020\/10\/Adam-Bell.jpg 491w, https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/files\/2020\/10\/Adam-Bell-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/files\/2020\/10\/Adam-Bell-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Talk:<\/strong> <em>WooCoffee and Beignets: the story of the Cafe du Monde redesign<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Adam Bell runs the independent web design studio, dataTV, based in the Los Angeles area since 2005, when he migrated from New Orleans and Hurricane Katrina. He runs the Los Angeles Adobe User Group since 2006 and has been on the board for Social Media Club LA since 2017. Bell has worked with WordPress since 2005 and has designed sites for Tender Greens, Ovation TV, Tattoo Tequila, Karmana CBD, and the legendary Cafe du Monde. Bell last spoke at WordCamp LA in 2016.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-alicia-st-rose\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/alicia-st-rose\/\">Alicia St. Rose<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-right\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/alicia-st-rose\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dc26b72f27f6c74827ac46d3987e37461221f7a216573aa01c06bc690e200120?s=300&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Alicia St. Rose\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><p><strong>Talk:<\/strong> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/session\/piping-hot-delivery-anywhere-with-zapier\/\">Piping Hot Delivery Anywhere with Zapier<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Alicia St. Rose is the owner, principal designer, and developer at WP with Heart. Her WP journey started over 13 years ago when a UX friend offhandedly suggested using the CMS for a website.&nbsp; The adventure turned into a torrid love affair. In addition to creating for WordPress, her agency provides an online one on one DIY website coaching for heart inspired entrepreneurs and content creators. She is also a Creativity and Mindshift Mentor, empowering people to dropkick their limitations to express their own wildly creative selves with authenticity and integrity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-allie-nimmons\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/allie-nimmons\/\">Allie Nimmons<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-right\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/allie-nimmons\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e498961e417b00cbd003c1adf3d98fa7013267bdb334ed99997897dd0fd0ef0?s=300&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Allie Nimmons\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><p><strong>Talk:<\/strong> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/session\/5-ways-to-make-your-events-and-projects-more-diverse\/\">5 Ways to Make Your Events and Projects More Diverse<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Allie Nimmons is the Community Manager at WP Buffs. She is a self-taught WordPress user. Before joining the WP Buffs team, Allie spent five years maintaining, troubleshooting, designing, building, and breaking WordPress sites for small business owners. She is passionate about tapping into what makes WordPress and the WordPress community so powerful, from human to code and back again.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-amyjune-hineline\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/amyjune-hineline\/\">AmyJune Hineline<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-right\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/amyjune-hineline\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/47412804dc2912c15ca787fb5b431bc876a73b57cbb9e78f749796019cf1f8f5?s=300&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of AmyJune Hineline\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><p><strong>Talk:<\/strong> <em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/session\/inclusive-content-strategy\/\">Inclusive Content Strategy<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Amy is the Open Source Community Ambassador at Kanopi Studios. She brings a dual focus on both open-source community development and inclusivity to uniquely help individuals become more comfortable and confident as they contribute to their communities. She has co-organized various open-source camps and conventions throughout North America, empowering individuals to forge deep community connections that benefit the whole. As a self-described non-coder, Amy helps communities discover how they can contribute and belong beyond coding.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-cal-evans\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/cal-evans\/\">Cal Evans<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-right\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/cal-evans\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/af70e3d71b3fb87f45c1025d3a21149958da1a416cabbebd4f450e18f920babc?s=300&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Cal Evans\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><p><strong>Talk:<\/strong> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/session\/the-basics-of-hosting\/\">The Basics of Hosting<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Cal touched his first computer at the tender age of 14, and his life has never been the same. (We\u2019re using the term \u201ccomputer\u201d loosely here as it was a TRS-80 Model 1). He graduated from TRS-80s to Commodores and eventually to IBM PCs. For the past 15 years, Cal has worked with PHP and MySQL on Linux, OSX, and Windows. He has built various projects ranging in size from simple web pages to multi-million dollar web applications. Cal lives in West Palm Beach, Florida, happily married to his lovely and talented 1.36 wife, Kathy. They have two wonderful kids who were both smart enough not to pursue a job in IT.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-chris-ferdinandi\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/chris-ferdinandi\/\">Chris Ferdinandi<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-right\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/chris-ferdinandi\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d0a2fc7c3816fee3f7c83708e8fc03c91a75d0c5487755893b5bd6408a81abf8?s=300&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Chris Ferdinandi\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><p><strong>Talk:<\/strong> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/session\/the-lean-web\/\">The Lean Web<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Chris Ferdinandi loves to help people learn vanilla JavaScript. He believes there&#8217;s a simpler, more resilient way to make things for the web. Chris wrote the &#8220;Vanilla JS Pocket Guide series,&#8221; created the &#8220;Vanilla JS Academy training program,&#8221; and is the host of the &#8220;Vanilla JS Podcast.&#8221; Thousands of developers read his daily developer tips newsletter with code snippets, tools, techniques, and interesting stuff from around the web. Net Magazine featured his ideas on building a simpler, faster world-wide-web. He&#8217;s taught developers at organizations like Chobani and the Boston Globe, and Apple and Harvard Business School have used his JavaScript plugins. Chris Coyier, the founder of CSS-Tricks and CodePen, has described Chris&#8217; writing as &#8220;infinitely quote-worthy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-desiree-rose-martinez\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/desiree-rose-martinez\/\">Desiree Rose Martinez<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-right\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/desiree-rose-martinez\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/889b5d39ea532f69f85d7f2280253bbd04df91b6a98c83e21a5a8507ee76c3cc?s=300&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Desiree Rose Martinez\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><p><strong>Talk:<\/strong> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/session\/how-video-storytelling-can-propel-your-brand-build-community-and-get-leads\/\">How Video Storytelling Can Propel Your Brand, Build Community, and Get Leads<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Desiree Martinez is a long-time and award-winning social media creative content creator. She has worked with hundreds of businesses and brands to help them grow their business with better content marketing. As a YouTuber, podcaster, speaker, and business owner, Desiree knows what it takes to help your business grow, build a community, and get leads through a very noisy news feed. She is the author of <em>Innovation From Desperation: The Unfiltered Failures &amp; Successes of an OG Social Media Marketer.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-francesca-marano\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/francesca-marano\/\">Francesca Marano<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-right\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/francesca-marano\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/695971c40a2153a6f3ab72ca6b01baee8dc44df9e9ef86a5647672983cd694c6?s=300&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Francesca Marano\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><p><strong>Talk:<\/strong> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/session\/the-future-of-wordpress\/\">The Future of WordPress<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Francesca is the WordPress Core Team Lead at Yoast, where we believe SEO is for everyone.&nbsp;She is an accomplished educator, community leader, and public speaker.<\/p>\n<p>Francesca co-led the release of WordPress.org 5.3 and 5.4. She serves as the Core Team global representative and mentors other women to get involved in making WordPress.<\/p>\n<p>One of the things she is most proud of is the blog she founded in 2013, C+B. With an editorial staff of more than eighty authors, C+B has helped thousands of Italian creative female entrepreneurs find their path throughout the years.<\/p>\n<p>Francesca is a passionate speaker and you can find her around the world talking about WordPress, community, open-source, women in tech, and small businesses. Right now she does it via Zoom from her living room.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-glen-ingram\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/glen-ingram\/\">Glen Ingram<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-right\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/glen-ingram\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5f36ba191a99aa87809b7b399641ad0ed4d9fdf9326725666d7abe3a77a51334?s=300&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Glen Ingram\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><p><strong>Talk:<\/strong> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/session\/web-accessibility-and-on-page-seo-why-they-are-really-like-twins\/\">Web Accessibility and On Page SEO. Why they are really like twins?<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Glen is the founder of Web Search Pros Inc. in Huntington Beach, CA. He brings over 15 years of experience in online marketing. Previously he developed online media opportunities for one of the largest phone book companies in the US.&nbsp; Web Search Pros Inc. has built over a thousand websites and ranked hundreds of first-page sites for too many phrases to count. Web Search Pros Inc. specializes in website accessibility and compliance, which enables websites to work for those with disabilities and help protect businesses from lawsuits and increase their reach<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-jake-spurlock-liz-mcdonald\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/jake-spurlock-liz-mcdonald\/\">Jake Spurlock &amp; Liz McDonald<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-right\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/jake-spurlock-liz-mcdonald\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/70c83ce0b076a495b73ee5823d0007c7b8e340fbc920c61286d2750deafa6a77?s=300&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Jake Spurlock &amp; Liz McDonald\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><p><strong>Talk: <\/strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/session\/failure-is-not-an-option-what-apollo-13-can-teach-us-about-launching-websites\/\">Failure Is Not an Option: What Apollo 13 Can Teach Us about Launching Websites<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Jake splits his time between being a Technical Account Engineer at Automattic on the WordPress.com VIP team and being a release lead on the WordPress Core Security team. Most recently, he was the release coordinator for WordPress 5.5.&nbsp; Jake has spent more than a decade building editorial tools for publishers and has a deep love of podcasting which started back when video iPods came out. He wants to hear about your favorite show.&nbsp; He loves WordPress because it keeps getting better, and the amazing tools that are being built around Gutenberg are continually redefining the product. Did you know that Jake is also in the top #100 players in the world for expert level solves for a popular Sudoku app?<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full speaker-avatar second-speaker\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/files\/2020\/10\/Liz-McDonald.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/files\/2020\/10\/Liz-McDonald.jpg 500w, https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/files\/2020\/10\/Liz-McDonald-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/files\/2020\/10\/Liz-McDonald-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Liz\u2019s career has centered around the excitement of large technology projects. She is a Lead Technical Account Manager for WordPress VIP, where she partners with Enterprise clients to manage their applications. Before joining WordPress VIP, she enjoyed employing WordPress to meet the needs of startups and Fortune 100 brands from a small agency. She also had opportunities to deep dive into what it means to manage a brand\u2019s digital assets and form deep relationships in business and nonprofit development.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-jason-orellana\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/jason-orellana\/\">Jason Orellana<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-right\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/jason-orellana\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/90f289c0fa129b5a698433d99ad7771468294072dc8a3e73fe5a1e16c4f2c501?s=300&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Jason Orellana\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><p><strong>Talk:<\/strong> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/session\/level-up-with-child-themes\/\">Level Up With Child Themes<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Jason Orellana is the founder and web developer at Emphasis.LA, a digital marketing and website development agency. Their priority is to help Los Angeles small businesses and non-profits create an online presence and expand their exposure from LA to the world.<\/p>\n<p>Jason began studying website development in 2014. After freelancing for a few years, he founded Emphasis.LA with the help of his wife Josie. Jason has learned a lot from attending various WordPress meetups, WordCamps, marketing meetups, and other networking activities. He hopes to share the same value that has been given to him with others that are in a similar situation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-joe-a-simpson-jr\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/joe-a-simpson-jr\/\">Joe A Simpson Jr.<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-right\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/joe-a-simpson-jr\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/96ae813550879b6696702767bdb4de1d252a15a2ab3c62ce7c8123d4c627fded?s=300&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Joe A Simpson Jr.\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><p><strong>Talk:<\/strong> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/session\/history-101-how-creating-a-wapuu-adds-fun-to-your-wordpress-event\/\">History 101: How creating a Wapuu adds fun to your WordPress Event<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Joe A. Simpson, Jr. is a Front-End Web Developer and User-Experience Designer specializing in WordPress solutions. He is also a SiteGround Ambassador. Faced with a life-altering heart event in 2017, Joe pivoted, focusing FIRST on doing the things he truly loved &#8212; WordPress, creative passions, teaching tech, and truly giving back. He actively contributes to the WordPress Community, founding WordPress and Elementor Santa Clarita Valley Meetups, speaking or volunteering at WordCamps, is the Lead Organizer for WordCamp Santa Clarita Online, and is helping wrangle volunteers for WordPress Accessibility Day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-maciej-palmoski\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/maciej-palmoski\/\">Maciej Palmowski<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-right\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/maciej-palmoski\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a994ca6946b431eaa5a51804f5eec26ef034dfc25435a26142fd9fc6318eb03b?s=300&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Maciej Palmowski\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><p><strong>Talk:<\/strong> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/session\/creating-gutenberg-blocks-using-acf-blocks\/\">Creating Gutenberg blocks using ACF Blocks<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Maciej is a WordPress developer working in WPMU DEV. After hours, he is helping develop a Timber plugin. He is also an organizer of WordCamp Lodz (Poland).<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-marieke-van-de-rakt\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/marieke-van-de-rakt\/\">Marieke van de Rakt<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-right\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/marieke-van-de-rakt\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/680332e6a2c01fb87007fc18990326c1dcb1d55f195a57c3f41bf41107c0db21?s=300&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Marieke van de Rakt\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><p><strong>Talk:<\/strong><em> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/session\/importance-of-readability-for-seo-copywriting\/\">Importance of Readability for SEO Copywriting<\/a><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Marieke van de Rakt is the CEO at Yoast, a top WordPress SEO plugin. As the founder of Yoast Academy, she teaches bloggers, developers, marketers, and business owners how to set up a winning local SEO strategy to rank among the top local search results. She also manages the Yoast marketing and project teams. Marieke&#8217;s favorite SEO topics are copywriting and site structure.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-mario-santos-guillamot\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/mario-santos-guillamot\/\">Mario Santos Guillamot<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-right\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/mario-santos-guillamot\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/04e36e9dce7cbd21f6dc794dce197bc84eedaefcce2d4982023db02a696cf26e?s=300&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Mario Santos Guillamot\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><p><strong>Talk:<\/strong> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/session\/connecting-gutenberg-and-frontity-a-case-study\/\">Connecting Gutenberg and Frontity: A Case Study<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Mario is an industrial engineer passionate about learning and testing new tools. After being on the Big Data team at Orange Spain, he joined Frontity, an open-source framework to create websites using WordPress and React. As Product Manager, Mario is in charge of understanding the user needs and trying to figure out the best solution. To continue learning about different areas, Mario has simultaneously developed a small eCommerce company and is about to launch a new hostel in his home town of Burgos, Spain. Since beginning to work with WordPress on these projects, his love and passion for this platform has grown.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-mauricio-dinarte\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/mauricio-dinarte\/\">Mauricio Dinarte<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-right\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/mauricio-dinarte\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/555d585fb1734f59648c5ee477892ce8cdc4cb25fb114d9d42b3623576e42590?s=300&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Mauricio Dinarte\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><p><strong>Talk:<\/strong> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/session\/understanding-react\/\">Understanding React.js<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Mauricio is a web developer passionate about Drupal, WordPress, and ReactJS. He believes in the value of free software communities working together and looks for collaboration opportunities among them. Mauricio enjoys traveling, reading, and teaching. He blogs in English, Spanish, and French.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-meryl-evans\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/meryl-evans\/\">Meryl Evans<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-right\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/meryl-evans\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d56493a6c8d22b1a9baaa2d9ec4e8a06c1c037aa2e97aa16b92fd1d8ed1ae229?s=300&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Meryl Evans\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><p><strong>Talk: <\/strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/session\/much-ado-about-captioning-your-videos-for-wordpress-sites\/\">Much Ado About Captioning Your Videos for WordPress Sites<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Born hearing-free, Meryl&#8217;s first encounter with captions started in 1983 when she received her first closed-caption decoder. As she depends on captions to follow videos, she has seen the best and worst of captioning. Fast forward decades later, Meryl&#8217;s digital marketing career has come in handy in educating people about the benefits of captioning videos and captioning them well. Meryl created #Captioned in social media to help people find captioned videos to spread awareness and video reach.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-mike-demopoulos\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/mike-demopoulos\/\">Mike Demopoulos<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-right\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/mike-demopoulos\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/357eb11be07d8107d458d422cdfc355a3052c3ba283a31f079ff665347634381?s=300&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Mike Demopoulos\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><p><strong>Talk:<\/strong> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/session\/how-to-have-a-human-connection-with-your-clients-in-a-covid-19-world\/\">How to Have a Human Connection to your Clients in a COVID-19 World<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Mike is a virtual marketing innovator always looking to bring his energy and creativity to the next challenge. He has a proven background of managing 100+ accounts, creating successful multi-channel marketing packages, and monitoring outsourced vendors to ensure the highest quality and adherence to best practices. Mike spoke at Press4Word in Tel Aviv last year and is a former Disney cast member. He even had his own\u00a0 Disney podcast &#8211; The MouseStation Podcast \u2013 &#8220;Magic to your Ears!&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-natalie-maclees\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/natalie-maclees\/\">Natalie MacLees<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-right\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/natalie-maclees\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0c82305781283eb0c5364cb2a8a511a7b0eddf38cb1be148ed55e59542e2dac8?s=300&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Natalie MacLees\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><p><strong>Talk:<\/strong> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/session\/creating-content-for-everyone-tips-for-ensuring-your-digital-presence-is-accessible\/\">Creating content for everyone: Tips for ensuring your digital presence is accessible<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Natalie is a born leader and motivator. As the founder + principal of Digitally, an accessibility-focused digital agency, she has been building the internet since 1996. Her credits include:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Author of jQuery for Designers, now in its second edition.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Founder of Website Weekend, a 48-hour hackathon matching web professionals with nonprofits in need of websites.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Lead organizer of WordCamp Los Angeles in 2013 and 2014 and on the organizing team for 2015.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>One of the founders of the Los Angeles chapter of Girl Develop It, a nonprofit organization that provides training in web development for women.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Co-host and co-producer of the &#8220;Do Weekly&#8221; Podcast, a weekly challenge podcast by small business owners.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-pablo-pastigo\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/pablo-pastigo\/\">Pablo Pastigo<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-right\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/pablo-pastigo\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f1e48c84bba5f2148497273eeec80e4e2d1cc38259dc0cfd0bd93136e08df07b?s=300&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Pablo Pastigo\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><p><strong>Talk: <\/strong><em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/session\/frontity-framework-introduction-to-building-react-frontends-for-wordpress\/\">Frontity Framework: Introduction to Building React Frontends for WordPress<\/a><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Born and raised in Madrid, Spain, this software engineer, entrepreneur, and foodie founded Worona.org in 2015, a platform to turn WordPress blogs into mobile apps. Worona had more than 15,000 users from 140 countries. In 2017, Worona became Frontity, a platform to build PWAs for WordPress using React. Pablo is proud of this technology, which served more than 50 million pageviews. In June 2019, Frontity evolved into a 100% open source project after releasing a framework to build lightning-fast sites using React and WordPress.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-rachel-anderson\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/rachel-anderson\/\">Rachel Anderson<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-right\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/rachel-anderson\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2b22d38933e03bb373924d62980c9c221090e414fd00140ae32e98fed9434682?s=300&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Rachel Anderson\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><p><strong>Talk:<\/strong> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/session\/how-to-research-and-write-blog-posts-people-want-to-read\/\">How to Research and Write Blog Posts People Want to Read<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Rachel Anderson is the Managing Editor for <em>Need Someone to Blog<\/em> (Women Who WP Co-Founder Jen Miller&#8217;s company). She&#8217;s a &#8220;Jill&#8221; of all trades and can write and edit copy for a website, whip up fun blog posts, ghostwrite books, and manage social media. Rachel&#8217;s specialty is writing blog posts and cornerstone content for real estate agencies, design-build residential construction firms, architects, and brick-and-mortar businesses in the US and Canada.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-rob-watson\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/rob-watson\/\">Rob Watson<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-right\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/rob-watson\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50c9dd6a349c9a69914b27d733e6c5a44f3ef188a9bdfe7697a853d3ca0df70b?s=300&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Rob Watson\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><p><strong>Talk:<\/strong> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/session\/the-care-and-feeding-of-your-web-designer\/\">The Care and Feeding of Your Web Designer<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Rob Watson has been a web designer since 1996, a blogger since 2001, and a WordPress user, designer, and developer since 2007, where he integrated WordPress into the content publishing environment of a multi-national educational publisher. For ten years, Rob owned and operated a digital agency called Webidextrous.com. In 2019 he became a part of the Pantheon.io Heroes program. He is now an online business coach and the founder of the West Orlando WordPress Meetup.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-sabrina-liao\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/sabrina-liao\/\">Sabrina Liao<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-right\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/sabrina-liao\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/215b41e6e5edff4299c18a59774a1a02a6f6e35d77a461edf12538b5c9388e16?s=300&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Sabrina Liao\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><p><strong>Talk: <\/strong><em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/session\/who-cares-about-ux-case-study-ux-before-and-after\/\">Who Cares About UX? Case Study: UX Before And After<\/a><\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p>With a passion for creative, fun, and challenging things, Sabrina Liao has worked at a top Asia agency on global brands as the Creative Director. Her work consists of UX research and educating future designers\/developers at universities and providing digital solutions to Fortune 500 companies and government agencies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-sean-conklin\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/sean-conklin\/\">Sean Conklin<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-right\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/sean-conklin\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2f6f4e8870f377f2d13b7bb0a4b3d987921e7b04e9de2adf7b18f97d6b75c574?s=300&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Sean Conklin\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><p><strong>Talk:<\/strong> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/session\/database-cleanup-prune-legacy-plugin-and-theme-cruft-to-free-up-resources\/\">Database Cleanup, Prune Legacy Plugin And Theme Cruft To Free Up Resources<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Sean Conklin, MBA and Founder at Coded Commerce, LLC has been a full-stack PHP web developer since 2002. He&#8217;s been specializing in WordPress powered websites since 2011 and WooCommerce powered stores in recent years. Sean co-organizes the West Valley WordPress Meetup, WooCommerce Los Angeles Meetup and has spoken at or helped organize local WordCamp conferences.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-steve-zehngut\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/steve-zehngut\/\">Steve Zehngut<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-right\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/steve-zehngut\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7687fa17b96f12e5509c56ee53295d5267ee475c8650639fb51afd5e9e1ff29d?s=300&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Steve Zehngut\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><p><strong>Talk:<\/strong><em> <a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/session\/five-reasons-to-move-to-headless-wordpress\/\">Five Reasons to Move to Headless WordPress<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Steve founded Zeek Interactive in 1995 and ever since then, he has been the creative technologist behind the Huntington Beach, CA-based company.<\/p>\n<p>Steve is the Orange County (OC) WordPress Meetup organizer and has helped build the community to over 2,400 members. He is a two-time lead organizer of WordCamp Orange County and has served on the organizing committee for WordCamp US and on the organizing team for WordCamp Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-topher-derosia\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/topher-derosia\/\">Topher DeRosia<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-right\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/topher-derosia\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34bc4f7add9afbf3ecdd81b561a7a9e0079ec2e192fd0d6ca825c9506cac3a21?s=300&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Topher DeRosia\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><p><strong>Talk:<\/strong> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/la.wordcamp.org\/2020\/session\/build-ecommerce-sites-with-confidence-demystifying-commerce\/\">Build Ecommerce Sites With Confidence (Demystifying Commerce)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Topher DeRosia is a Senior Developer Advocate at BigCommerce, where he works to enhance the communication between BigCommerce and developers. He brings more than 25 years of experience as a web developer, over a decade spent building out WordPress sites. 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