{"id":2586,"date":"2018-03-16T09:00:44","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T09:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2018.sandiego.wordcamp.org\/?p=2586"},"modified":"2018-03-16T01:57:09","modified_gmt":"2018-03-16T01:57:09","slug":"meet-the-speakers-for-the-air-force-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiego.wordcamp.org\/2018\/meet-the-speakers-for-the-air-force-track\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Speakers for the Air Force Track"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Make sure to sit in on the Air Force track and master your web development skills with these awesome speakers.<\/p>\n<h2>Tessa Kriesel<\/h2>\n<div class=\"speaker-avatar\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"3734ba5f47b3e579b367b4202aaba163\" class=\"avatar avatar-96 photo grav-hashed grav-hijack\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3734ba5f47b3e579b367b4202aaba163?s=100&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Developer Advocate at Pantheon, Tessa has been a web developer for over 10 years. She enjoys front-end development but also loves to build sites from start to finish.<\/p>\n<p>She enjoys teaching others to code, mentoring junior developers and speaking at conferences and youth events. She is an instructor and retired Chapter Leader for Girl Develop It Minneapolis, WordCamp Minneapolis Organizer and founder of Outspoken Women. Tessa is a northern Minnesota native, but now lives in the Twin Cities. She loves dogs and enjoys helping local organizations rescue dogs in her free time.<\/p>\n<h2>Mika Epstein<\/h2>\n<div class=\"speaker-avatar\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"f4c134eb021e026414a1bd23d3c5c927\" class=\"avatar avatar-96 photo grav-hashed grav-hijack\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f4c134eb021e026414a1bd23d3c5c927?s=100&amp;r=pg&amp;d=mm\" alt=\"\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Mika Ariela \u201cIpstenu\u201d Epstein works for DreamHost as a full stack WordPress developer on DreamPress, Mika helps make the internet better for everyone. She is passionate about code, open source technology, open data, and mindful development practices. The cofounder of LezWatchTV, the greatest database of queer characters and shows, she develops software and trawls queer representation on television to make the data visible.<\/p>\n<h2>Adam Rasheed<\/h2>\n<div class=\"speaker-avatar\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"1f24390d3c7c6881e5e2a16cadcc8ec1\" class=\"avatar avatar-96 photo grav-hashed grav-hijack\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1f24390d3c7c6881e5e2a16cadcc8ec1?s=100&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Adam Rasheed is a UI designer and front-end developer who runs a design consultancy at Creatix Online Marketing. For 5+ years, he\u2019s directly helped small businesses reach their audiences online.<\/p>\n<h2>Carl Alexander<\/h2>\n<div class=\"speaker-avatar\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"5a4758faa5ba6c1322bdfb0f6ebcf56c\" class=\"avatar avatar-96 photo grav-hashed grav-hijack\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5a4758faa5ba6c1322bdfb0f6ebcf56c?s=100&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" \/><\/div>\n<p>I\u2019m a PHP developer from Montr\u00e9al, Canada. I live and breath advanced programming topics (and memes). I share a lot of my passion for those topics on my website where I publish articles on a regular basis.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s my way to help you with these hard-to-learn topics. That\u2019s also why I\u2019m excited to speak at WordCamp San Diego. It\u2019s another way for me to help you.<\/p>\n<p>Besides that, I\u2019ve been a WordPress Montr\u00e9al organizer since 2010. I also help organize other WordPress events during the year. You can find me on Twitter and GitHub.<\/p>\n<h2>Chris David Miles<\/h2>\n<div class=\"speaker-avatar\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"e92d79e539c8e0b974e0ce4065be5ee5\" class=\"avatar avatar-96 photo grav-hashed grav-hijack\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e92d79e539c8e0b974e0ce4065be5ee5?s=100&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Chris is a Product Manager for Bluehost in Salt Lake City, Utah. He has done freelance web design and front-end development for over a decade. He discovered WordPress in 2011 and has used it to build sites for clients and non-profits ever since.<\/p>\n<h2>Johm Adams<\/h2>\n<div class=\"speaker-avatar\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"a5e7ecaed118e867b8e7f766f60128d9\" class=\"avatar avatar-96 photo grav-hashed grav-hijack\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a5e7ecaed118e867b8e7f766f60128d9?s=100&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" \/><\/div>\n<p>I\u2019m a friendly, goofy guy who is a bit a Frankenstein engineer. I started in home automation, then worked in software, from there server and database development, machine automation and development, and finally web development. My wife \u2014 my best friend \u2014 and I moved to San Diego two years ago from Detroit and have enjoyed the weather! I\u2019ve contributed to WP core, am an author of Piklist, and like to contribute where I can. Feel free to approach me and chat about anything!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Make sure to sit in on the Air Force track and master your web development skills with these awesome speakers. Tessa Kriesel Developer Advocate at Pantheon, Tessa has been a web developer for over 10 years. She enjoys front-end development but also loves to build sites from start to finish. 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