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Scott Porad Scott Porad is the CTO of the Cheezburger Network, the company behind the hugely popular I Can Has Cheezburger? and Failblog.org. The Cheezburger Network is a collection of web sites where millions of people share moments of joy through the humor and wonder of LOL. Scott speaks about user-submitted content and successfully launching web startups based on his experiences at Cheezburger, and previously at drugstore.com, ESPN.com and Seth Godin’s Yoyodyne Entertainment. |
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Angelo Mandato Angelo is a seasoned web developer, programmer and network administrator with exceptional knowledge of network software and web development. Since joining RawVoice in August of 2005, Angelo has gained valuable knowledge developing solutions focused on blogging and podcasting. In his free time, Angelo hosts the Plugins, The WordPress Plugins Podcast, and is also responsible for organizing Podcamp Ohio, a regional unconference focused on the social media scene in and around Ohio. He spends his free time with his family, friends and of course his computers. |
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Greg Keller Greg Keller is a seasoned technologist having spent the last 16 years as designing and building data analysis and management software. As vice president of products management for Lijit Networks, he oversees the conceptualization and go to market strategy of the software the Boulder Colorado-based company produces for its publishers. He is a prolific blogger managing 4 blogs, primarily with mudandcowbells.com, a blog dedicated to the balancing act of managing a family, a challenging job and being a bike racer. |
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John Pozadzides John P. is the CEO of iFusion Labs, the parent company of Woopra, host of the popular Wealth Nation podcast, former Chief Marketing Officer for Layered Tech, founder of HTMLHelp.com, and former Vice President for SAVVIS Communications. John is also co-organizer of WordCamp Dallas 2008, WordCamp Dallas 2009, and likely the most prolific WordCamp videographer on the planet. In addition to his contributions in the technical fields, John has also volunteered with the local community of Frisco, TX by serving on the Citizen’s Bond committee in 2006, sitting on the Visual Arts Guild of Frisco’s Board of Directors, and acting as Secretary of the City of Frisco’s Public Art Board from 2007-2008. In all of his spare time he also happens to be a classically trained bladesmith, welder and Direct Metal Artist, chef, computer expert and world traveler. |
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Pete Mall Pete is a self-described WordPress ninja and has been taming WordPress since 2006. He is a technology consultant and developer who works with WordPress for fun and profit. You can follow his rumblings on his personal blog at developersmind.com or catch him on Twitter @petemall. He lives with his wife, Tina, and dog, Max, in the San Francisco Bay Area. |
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Jeremy Wright Jeremy Wright is a longtime serial entrepenur who has been involved with the business, programming, and IT aspects of the technology industry for nearly a decade. He was the CEO, President and Co-Founder of b5media, Inc, a prominent blog network. He is currently the The Boss at netmobs, a digital strategy and execution agency based in Toronto. Jeremy is the author of Blog Marketing, a business book on blogging as well as a father to his two wonderful boys, Evan and Alex. |
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Darren Rowse Darren Rowse is the founder and editor of three successful blogs – ProBlogger.net (blog tips for those wanting to make a living blogging), Digital-Photography-School.com (tips on digital photography) and TwiTip.com (a twitter tips site). He connects with millions of readers each month through his blogs but also social media sites like Twitter and Facebook and regularly speaks on how to engage in the social media space. He’s also the co-author of the successful ‘ProBlogger’ book and is a co-founder of the b5media blog network. He lives in Melbourne with his wife and two boys. |
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Chris Garrett Chris Garrett, also known as chrisg, is a professional blogger, Internet Marketing Consultant, writer, coach, and web geek. He is an internet veteran, having worked online since before the web began. Since 1994, Chris has helped thousands of individuals, non- profits, small businesses and blue chips make the most of the web. |
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Glenda Watson Hyatt For ten years, Glenda worked with three levels of government, transit authorities and non-profit organizations to increase the accessibility of their websites for people with disabilities. She is now combining her web accessibility expertise with her passion for blogging and her first-hand experience living with a disability to work with bloggers to build an accessible blogosphere. |
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Damien Patton Damien Patton is a successful business owner and entrepreneur who has been involved with several tech start-ups. Through one of his start-ups, Path to Access, Damien volunteers his time educating corporate America on the benefits of making their websites and blogs accessible to everyone. |
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Jane Wells Jane Wells has been working in user experience for a decade, and with Automattic for the past year. Jane works with the WordPress core development team to determine features and design of the core application (such as the admin UI redesign of 2.7), and works to create non-traditional contribution opportunities within the open source project, including improving accessibility. Jane will speak to the official efforts of the WordPress open source project to improve accessibility in the core application. |
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Aaron Kronis Aaron Kronis is a Computer Science Graduate from Canada who relocated to Los Angeles in early 2007 to head up Wpromote’s SEO Division. The SEO Team has grown to over a fifteen employees dedicated specifically to SEO, Linkbuilding, and Blog Outreach/Management, Content Development, Linkbaiting and more. Aaron has provided SEO consulting to TOMS Shoes, Inc. 500 Conference, Den-Mat, Stacks and Stacks, Myshape, Pictage, Earth Eternal, ScanDigital and others. Blog contributions include the Wpromoter.com, some guest blogging including GoogleAndBlog.com as well as his own ‘Go In his spare time he runs GuitarTechnician.com and plays in KRONiS |
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Aaron Brazell Aaron Brazell is the Lead Editor of Technosailor.com and a WordPress expert. He has operated in the role of Director of Technology for b5media and advised many companies, particularly small businesses, on how to leverage WordPRess and social media to their advantage. He is currently writing the WordPress Bible for Wiley Publishing and the book will be on sale in February, 2010. He is a frequent public speaker and beer snob. He lives in the Washington, D.C. suburbs. |
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Brett Bumeter Brett Bumeter left the high rise corporate world and an office with a view of a man made pond in Buckhead, for a Cove on Lake Wylie across from Charlotte, NC where a WiFi connection and an international airport keep him connected to the world. He provides blog consulting services for CEOs of firms around the world, working for clients, increasing customer relationships to attract & hold business through social media. Through Softduit Media, Brett offers web design, WordPress configuration, and WordPress migration packages, plus social media marketing, SEO, & ghost writing services using industry proven strategies. He builds profitable blogging strategies that evolve every day in an industry that changes weekly, covering consumer electronics, software, social media, solar power, personal finance, politics & comedy. |
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Proud to have Roger Theriault from True/Slant speaking at WordCamp Miami. 
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technosailor What account did you tweet the MidAtl-WordCamp location from? I was gonna RT to pass it on. !