{"id":1420,"date":"2021-06-23T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/santaclarita.wordcamp.org\/2021\/?p=1420"},"modified":"2021-06-26T08:36:15","modified_gmt":"2021-06-26T15:36:15","slug":"wordcamp-santa-clarita-speakers-round-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/santaclarita.wordcamp.org\/2021\/wordcamp-santa-clarita-speakers-round-3\/","title":{"rendered":"WordCamp Santa Clarita Speakers: Round 3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The Colossus<\/strong> was once the tallest and fastest wooden roller coaster in the world and the first with two drops greater than 30 m. In this appropriately named track, we celebrate the thrills and chills of our third round of speakers who will teach you neat tricks on how to use WordPress more efficiently.  <\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wordcamp-block wordcamp-post-list has-layout-list wordcamp-speakers\"><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-craig-west\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/santaclarita.wordcamp.org\/2021\/speaker\/craig-west\/\">Craig West<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-none\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/santaclarita.wordcamp.org\/2021\/speaker\/craig-west\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5f7eaad0416b1ebec1398f9a5de6994742c4ccac51492a7b52e99a8b37edb433?s=300&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Craig West\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><p>Craig&nbsp;is a freelance trainer and architect that focuses on bringing together the WP and non-WP worlds by advocating WP-HTML, \u2018where there is HTML, there is WP\u2019.<br \/>He is based in Brighton and attends the local WordUp meetings. With a previous career in business and accounting, as well as having run his own non-IT business,&nbsp;Craig&nbsp;can speak both technical and business. He believes that technology serves the user, not the other way around, so the user experience is paramount.<br \/>He has started to speak at WP and non-WP events and is interested in Web Components, Progressive Web Apps, RxJS, and WP REST API with a developing interest in pages that are \u2018instant\u2019 and\/or offline capable.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-joseph-dickson\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/santaclarita.wordcamp.org\/2021\/speaker\/joseph-dickson\/\">Joseph Dickson<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-none\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/santaclarita.wordcamp.org\/2021\/speaker\/joseph-dickson\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/671bba9021e904c4a766fd9971e9d806f2d6d8780da9077efbdc40ff4b597141?s=300&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Joseph Dickson\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><p>Joseph Dickson is a web developer in higher education and an advocate of using WordPress core features to create flexible and manageable websites.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-josh-pollock\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/santaclarita.wordcamp.org\/2021\/speaker\/josh-pollock\/\">Josh Pollock<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-none\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/santaclarita.wordcamp.org\/2021\/speaker\/josh-pollock\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/49ce6f509c945b9c9009f75cae274d4d827e26b25616141df82e4fbdfaa207c8?s=300&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Josh Pollock\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><p>Josh is a JavaScript and PHP developer from Pittsburgh, PA. He is a Lead Web Engineer at 10up, and formerly was a plugin developer at Saturday Drive, CalderaWP and Pods. He is a super nerd for ecology, dogs, growing plants, sci-fi, outdoor exercise and trustless computing systems.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-maciek-palmowski\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/santaclarita.wordcamp.org\/2021\/speaker\/maciek-palmowski\/\">Maciek Palmowski<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-none\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/santaclarita.wordcamp.org\/2021\/speaker\/maciek-palmowski\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/197d6e0e53628b436100d8f8c715260450533face21bf65dcd733dc135faa2ce?s=300&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Maciek Palmowski\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized speaker-avatar-override\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/santaclarita.wordcamp.org\/2021\/files\/2021\/06\/wcscv-maciek-e1625020054238.jpg\" alt=\"Maciek Palmowski\" class=\"wp-image-1858\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/santaclarita.wordcamp.org\/2021\/files\/2021\/06\/wcscv-maciek-e1625020054238.jpg 599w, https:\/\/santaclarita.wordcamp.org\/2021\/files\/2021\/06\/wcscv-maciek-e1625020054238-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/santaclarita.wordcamp.org\/2021\/files\/2021\/06\/wcscv-maciek-e1625020054238-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Maciek is a WordPress Ambassador at Buddy passionate about all things related to web development. He is a speaker &amp; organizer of CMS-related events in Poland. After hours, apart from cycling, which he loves &#8211; he spends most of his time looking for cutting-edge (well, &#8216;interesting&#8217; is enough) news from the CMS world to share with the community of his followers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-topher-derosia\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/santaclarita.wordcamp.org\/2021\/speaker\/topher-derosia\/\">Topher DeRosia<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-none\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/santaclarita.wordcamp.org\/2021\/speaker\/topher-derosia\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5e5d02711813143f8d9c65d2e79d835383525e0ed4894d9902a682fc477a72cb?s=300&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Topher DeRosia\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized speaker-avatar-override\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/santaclarita.wordcamp.org\/2021\/files\/2021\/06\/wcscv-derosia.jpg\" alt=\"Topher DeRosia\" class=\"wp-image-1859\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/santaclarita.wordcamp.org\/2021\/files\/2021\/06\/wcscv-derosia.jpg 600w, https:\/\/santaclarita.wordcamp.org\/2021\/files\/2021\/06\/wcscv-derosia-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/santaclarita.wordcamp.org\/2021\/files\/2021\/06\/wcscv-derosia-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Topher DeRosia is Senior WordPress Architect at Camber Creative. He brings more than 25 years of experience as a web developer, over a decade of which has been spent building out WordPress sites. In addition, Topher curates http:\/\/HeroPress.com. Fun fact: Topher was building web pages before CSS and Javascript were invented.<\/p>\n<p>He currently lives in Grand Rapids, MI with his wife Cate and two daughters, Ema and Sophia. You can find Topher on Twitter (@topher1kenobe) talking about e-commerce, web development, general technology, and culture. He\u201a\u00c4\u00f4s also a regular on the Make WordPress and Post Status Slack channels.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-toren-ajk\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/santaclarita.wordcamp.org\/2021\/speaker\/toren-ajk\/\">Toren Ajk<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-none\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/santaclarita.wordcamp.org\/2021\/speaker\/toren-ajk\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5d5f54c81ef077727749ecafd4cfdc6118d46f986a0e8eb6a9e3d4106ee3c81e?s=300&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Toren Ajk\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><p>I\u2019m the founder of TAC Marketing Group &#8211; a digital marketing agency specializing in SEO, CRO, and paid media. Over the years we\u2019ve worked with a variety of clients, including Lexus, Lending Club, and Backblaze. Formerly I was CMO of Line2 where I drove over 1.5 million downloads of the app and grew annual revenue from 0- $10 million. In 2016 we started developing a native AMP framework for WordPress and have since developed a number of themes and plugins available at\u00a0https:\/\/ampwptools.com\/<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Colossus was once the tallest and fastest wooden roller coaster in the world and the first with two drops greater than 30 m. 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