Derek Springer is a San Diego based Code Wrangler at Automattic, a beer blogger, and the developer of the BeerXML Shortcode plugin. In a previous life Derek spent nearly 10 years developing software in the Aerospace industry.

Chris Lema is the CTO and Chief Strategist at Crowd Favorite. He’s also a daily blogger, a public speaker, and product strategist. He helps companies leverage WordPress, and helps WordPress companies find leverage.

Michael Bastos is a self & university taught C++, Java, Php, Perl and Ruby Developer working as a Full Time Senior Software Engineer in San Diego with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and founder of the Advanced WordPress Group. He has also spoken publicly at numerous WordCamps and Tech Events.