{"id":1626,"date":"2018-01-21T23:41:49","date_gmt":"2018-01-21T23:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2018.miami.wordcamp.org\/?p=1626"},"modified":"2018-01-22T19:20:32","modified_gmt":"2018-01-22T19:20:32","slug":"wordcamp-miami-speakers-round-five","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miami.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wordcamp-miami-speakers-round-five\/","title":{"rendered":"WordCamp Miami Speakers: Round Five"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/2018.miami.wordcamp.org\/files\/2018\/01\/4th-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/miami.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/01\/4th-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/miami.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/01\/4th-1-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/miami.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/01\/4th-1-768x553.jpg 768w, https:\/\/miami.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/01\/4th-1-417x300.jpg 417w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>WordCamp Miami is happy to announce the fifth round confirmed speakers and panelists for WordCamp Miami 2018.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wcmia-speaker\">\n<h2>April Wier<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wcmia-speaker-description\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar avatar-100 photo alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab5e777f7f442fc8627a0b75d6f17ea4?s=80&amp;r=g\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p>April helps individuals and business become the best versions of themselves. This may come in the form of a new, or better, web site, or coaching to break through self-imposed limitations. As Director at <a href=\"https:\/\/sugarfivedesign.com\">Sugar Five Design<\/a> specializes\u00a0 in helping high-performers reach their goals online. She is heavily involved in Atlanta WordPress community, as a co-organizer of the Woodstock WordPress Meetup and am a former organizer for WordCamp Atlanta. As lead instructor at <a href=\"http:\/\/localserviceacademy.com\/\">Local Service Academy<\/a> she helps local service providers put growth strategies into action.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wcmia-speaker\">\n<h2>Irina Blumenfeld<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wcmia-speaker-description\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar avatar-100 photo alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9ef3b3ebab0ebef4221c9f6834cfbd7e?s=80&amp;r=g\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Irina Blumenfeld is a Web Consultant and Founder of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.netmagik.com\/\">Netmagik<\/a>, a WordPress development company, based in Orlando. She has been building things on the web over 15 years. Prior to beginning her career, Irina studied Management Information Systems and Computer Science. Over the years, she branched out her skills to responsive design with a focus on website performance.<br \/>\nOriginally from Ukraine, Irina has lived in the Orlando area for more than 20 years. While she is not working, she enjoys running and spending time with her husband and 2 girls.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wcmia-speaker\">\n<h2>Pam Aungst<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wcmia-speaker-description\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar avatar-100 photo alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b6bd2b4db28753aa4c4262ee6692cbc9?s=80&amp;r=g\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pam is the owner of Pam Ann Marketing and Stealth\u2122 Search and Analytics. Both specialize in SEO, PPC, and Analytics. Through Stealth\u2122, we work on a private-label basis through other agencies. Through Pam Ann Marketing, we work directly with well-established businesses and funded startups to take their search and analytics strategies to the next level.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wcmia-speaker\">\n<h2>Naomi C. Bush<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wcmia-speaker-description\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar avatar-100 photo alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6354477353860da97fefca9938042c2d?s=80&amp;r=g\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/>Naomi\u2019s been working with WordPress as a professional developer since 2005, and you can find her at <a href=\"https:\/\/gravityplus.pro\/\">gravityplus.pro<\/a>, where she specializes in quickly delivering custom business applications at a fraction of the cost, and curating The Gravity Guide. She contributes back to the WordPress project through the core code, the codex documentation, free plugins, organizing the WordPress Gwinnett meetup, organizing WordCamp Atlanta, and speaking at WordCamps.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wcmia-speaker\">\n<h2>Christie Chirinos<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wcmia-speaker-description\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar avatar-100 photo alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5dbbc73c953e0424e3df51ea64fd28bf?s=80&amp;r=g\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Christie Chirinos is one of the co-owners and the business development lead at Caldera Labs, a WordPress plugin company best known for its popular contact form plugin, Caldera Forms. Christie started making websites at the age of 14, and before joining Caldera Labs did everything from selling items on eBay to leading website re-launch projects for major nonprofit organizations &#8211; on WordPress, of course. Christie recently received her Master of Business Administration degree from Florida State University (2015), and is currently based out of New York City.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wcmia-speaker\">\n<h2>Rick Tuttle<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wcmia-speaker-description\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar avatar-100 photo alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6fc34bb1fd79c7cf17686585582e21cf?s=80&amp;r=g\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rick Tuttle is a Senior Web Developer at National Auto Lenders in Miami Lakes where he leads a team building web and mobile apps. Rick is a supporter of the local tech community as an organizer and speaker at WordCamp Miami and other local meetups. He is a musician and an aspiring fiction author.<\/p>\n<p>Rick is &#8220;The Guy in the Chair&#8221; for WordCamp Miami. When asked if his consciousness was downloaded in order to create our Wapuu SlackBot Rick said, &#8220;Yeah no! Pero like, we&#8217;re primos&#8230;supposably.&#8221; You can find Rick at <a href=\"http:\/\/papasoft.com\">papasoft.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wcmia-speaker\">\n<h2>Kevin Langley, Jr.<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wcmia-speaker-description\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar avatar-100 photo alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3937d4ff0418c8dcea3bf616eefb3865?s=80&amp;r=g\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kevin joined Human Made in 2017, as a Senior WordPress Engineer. Before working with Human Made, he has worked for various agencies and had a large stint freelancing as well. Over the years, Kevin has expanded his knowledge of WordPress by working on projects ranging from small microsites to enterprise level customizations for companies such as ESPN, Disney, and BigTen Networks.<\/p>\n<div class=\"human-grid__item__panel__bio\">\n<p>Kevin resides in sunny Beverly Hills, FL and when not working can be found spending time with his two children, tinkering on a side project, or cycling.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wcmia-speaker\">\n<h2>Christina Harris<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wcmia-speaker-description\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar avatar-100 photo alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/s.gravatar.com\/avatar\/aa39579ef2c948b2345bc4a740913c4b?s=80&amp;r=g\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Christina Harris first started working with WordPress 2008. After spending years building WordPress sites for friends, family, and clients, she realized how much she enjoys teaching others about WordPress. In 2014, she started making training videos about WordPress for WPBeginner, which is now one of the largest free WordPress resource sites on the web. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WordCamp Miami is happy to announce the fifth round confirmed speakers and panelists for WordCamp Miami 2018. April Wier April helps individuals and business become the best versions of themselves. This may come in the form of a new, or better, web site, or coaching to break through self-imposed limitations. As Director at Sugar Five &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/miami.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wordcamp-miami-speakers-round-five\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;WordCamp Miami Speakers: Round Five&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23114,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[352076,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-speaker-announcements","category-speakers"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9i5nN-qe","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/miami.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/miami.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/miami.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miami.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23114"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miami.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1626"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/miami.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1667,"href":"https:\/\/miami.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1626\/revisions\/1667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/miami.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miami.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miami.wordcamp.org\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}