{"id":1665,"date":"2017-02-17T06:51:37","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T14:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2017.sandiego.wordcamp.org\/?p=1665"},"modified":"2017-02-17T11:18:56","modified_gmt":"2017-02-17T19:18:56","slug":"announcing-beginner-track-speakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiego.wordcamp.org\/2017\/announcing-beginner-track-speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing Beginner Track Speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The WordCamp San Diego organizing team is pleased\u00a0to announce an amazing lineup of speakers for this year&#8217;s beginner track.<\/p>\n<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-konstantin-obenland\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-konstantin-obenland wcorg-track-beginner\">\n<h2>Konstantin Obenland<\/h2>\n<div class=\"speaker-avatar\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"grav-2370ea5912750f4cb0f3c51ae1cbca55-0\" class=\"avatar avatar-96 photo grav-hashed grav-hijack\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2370ea5912750f4cb0f3c51ae1cbca55?s=192&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Konstantin is a WordPress aficionado, and Core Developer based in Southern California. You might remember him from projects like WordPress 4.3 or the new WordPress.org Plugin Directory. At Automattic he\u2019s is part of a team that contributes to Core and WordPress.org full time. He enjoys home improvements, bourbons, and good food \u2014 sometimes so much that he blogs about it.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-michael-cain\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-michael-cain wcorg-track-beginner\">\n<h2>Michael Cain<\/h2>\n<div class=\"speaker-avatar\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"grav-377c3dd307043ed31bbc3a1b54416532-0\" class=\"avatar avatar-96 photo grav-hashed grav-hijack\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/377c3dd307043ed31bbc3a1b54416532?s=192&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Michael is a Portland, Maine-based developer for Automattic\u2018s Delta team. He spends his days developing, testing, and improving the new user experience on WordPress.com, his evenings blogging about food and travel on mapandmenu.com, and his nights dreaming about how to make tomorrow\u2019s WordPress blogs and sites even better.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-amber-hewitt\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-amber-hewitt wcorg-track-beginner\">\n<h2>Amber Hewitt<\/h2>\n<div class=\"speaker-avatar\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"grav-ecf1ed72f102d378dfd3b426fad1f66b-0\" class=\"avatar avatar-96 photo grav-hashed grav-hijack\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ecf1ed72f102d378dfd3b426fad1f66b?s=192&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Amber Hewitt is a front-end web developer who has created websites for a wide variety of clients for over 15 years. With a strong background in design (graphic design degree from Pasadena\u2019s Art Center College of Design), she has developed a passion for good imagery and typography in print and on the web.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-russell-aaron\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-russell-aaron wcorg-track-beginner\">\n<h2>Russell Aaron<\/h2>\n<div class=\"speaker-avatar\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"grav-8c9c304f6c1134b51f85485cd6b15bbc-0\" class=\"avatar avatar-96 photo grav-hashed grav-hijack\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8c9c304f6c1134b51f85485cd6b15bbc?s=192&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Russell Aaron is a back-end developer &amp; support specialist at WebDevStudios.com Russell has created two WordPress.org plugins. One of which won second place in WCOC Plugin-a-Palooza. He is a fan of WordPress first and foremost. He is currently the lead organizer of the Las Vegas WordPress Meetup Group &amp; WordCamp Las Vegas. He is an admin of the Advanced WordPress Facebook group.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-christopher-tuttle\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-christopher-tuttle wcorg-track-beginner\">\n<h2>Christopher Tuttle<\/h2>\n<div class=\"speaker-avatar\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"grav-ec95a90f325cafc01de953c06844bcb5-0\" class=\"avatar avatar-96 photo grav-hashed grav-hijack\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ec95a90f325cafc01de953c06844bcb5?s=192&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" \/><\/div>\n<p>I have been teaching WordPress for the last 3 years and I currently run a premium WordPress consulting team called WP-Live for Mojo Marketplace. I love helping people and small business get a start on something they didn\u2019t think they could do on their own.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-matt-cromwell\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-matt-cromwell wcorg-track-beginner\">\n<h2>Matt Cromwell<\/h2>\n<div class=\"speaker-avatar\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"grav-e468338594bcd488a80ef3a1df0f1c6e-0\" class=\"avatar avatar-96 photo grav-hashed grav-hijack\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e468338594bcd488a80ef3a1df0f1c6e?s=192&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Matt is Head of Support and Community Outreach at GiveWP.com and WordImpress.com. He is the author of several popular free plugins, the Lead Organizer of the Advanced WordPress San Diego Meetup and AWP Facebook group (which boasts over 25K members) and a WordPress Community Consultant for Media Temple. He\u2019s a popular blogger at his personal site (mattcromwell.com), wordimpress.com, givewp.com, and mediatemple.net.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-lucy-beer\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-lucy-beer wcorg-track-beginner\">\n<h2>Lucy Beer<\/h2>\n<div class=\"speaker-avatar\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"grav-67a6505bfb36238498079f18d2287f82-0\" class=\"avatar avatar-96 photo grav-hashed grav-hijack\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/67a6505bfb36238498079f18d2287f82?s=192&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Manchester-raised, now based in Los Angeles, I\u2019ve been using WordPress since 2004. I started using it for my own personal projects and in 2009 started to teach others how to use it. Since then I\u2019ve been training people in the ways of WordPress. For the past year I have been working as a Customer Happiness Rocketeer with WP Rocket \u2013 the premium caching plugin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-christina-hills\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-christina-hills wcorg-track-beginner\">\n<h2>Christina Hills<\/h2>\n<div class=\"speaker-avatar\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"grav-cf0ed133613eb04798eb1438dc6db3c6-0\" class=\"avatar avatar-96 photo grav-hashed grav-hijack\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cf0ed133613eb04798eb1438dc6db3c6?s=192&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Christina Hills, the creator of the Website Creation Workshop , has been passionately teaching non-techie small business owners, authors, experts, coaches and consultants, how to easily create their websites in WordPress so that they can get their message out to the world. She has been running this WordPress training program to an international audience for the past 9 years. She loves to teach WordPress as a creative way to get clarity on your business, your marketing, and your message. Christina is also an 11-year online marketing veteran, often seen at events as an expert speaker teaching on a variety of topics such as email marketing, membership sites, and ecommerce marketing, all with a focus on WordPress. Before becoming an entrepreneur, Christina Hills worked as a digital artist for the network promotions division of NBC-TV, and then as a senior technical director in the Feature Film Division at George Lucas Industrial Light &amp; Magic with film credits for Star Wars, Jurassic Park, and ET the re-release. While her skills and background are unquestionably \u201ctechnical\u201d her style is completely \u201cuser friendly\u201d and marketing-oriented. She puts the fun into teaching technology and empowers business owners to be in full control of their marketing and online presence. Come find her and ask her anything about WordPress, or about Spirituality and God (her other passion!) She lives near the beach in San Diego, California with her husband and daughter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-nathan-weller\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-nathan-weller wcorg-track-beginner\">\n<h2>Nathan Weller<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"grav-ee178b37d5941f8edd7c831e0d025e65-0\" class=\"avatar avatar-96 photo grav-hashed grav-hijack\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ee178b37d5941f8edd7c831e0d025e65?s=192&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Nathan B. Weller is the Content Manager for Elegant Themes, creators of the Divi WordPress Theme. It is Nathan\u2019s responsibility to set and execute Elegant Themes\u2019 content strategy. To that end he edits the blog and manages a remote staff of freelance writers. He also manages Elegant Themes\u2019 social channels, populates them with content, and does his best to find meaningful ways of engaging with the community\u2013such as creating and hosting their new podcast, Divi Nation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The WordCamp San Diego organizing team is pleased\u00a0to announce an amazing lineup of speakers for this year&#8217;s beginner track. Konstantin Obenland Konstantin is a WordPress aficionado, and Core Developer based in Southern California. You might remember him from projects like WordPress 4.3 or the new WordPress.org Plugin Directory. 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