{"id":17536,"date":"2013-09-23T15:37:01","date_gmt":"2013-09-23T19:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2014.ottawa.wordcamp.org\/?page_id=17536"},"modified":"2014-03-13T16:45:22","modified_gmt":"2014-03-13T20:45:22","slug":"organizers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ottawa.wordcamp.org\/2014\/organizers\/","title":{"rendered":"Organizers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WordCamp Ottawa 2014 is a not-for-profit event created, organized and run by volunteers.  This event would not be possible without the generous support of our sponsors, many volunteers, meetup members and local businesses.<\/p>\n<h4>WordCamp Ottawa 2014 Lead Organizers<\/h4>\n\t<div class=\"wcorg-organizers\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-organizer\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>St\u00e9phane Boisvert<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-organizer-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cfe43cc11bedeab86e699a1a0ebac6adea0ed1901c6fe5bfef1947df94e3aac1?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cfe43cc11bedeab86e699a1a0ebac6adea0ed1901c6fe5bfef1947df94e3aac1?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<h2>St\u00e9phane Boisvert<\/h2>\n<p>St\u00e9phane Boisvert has been using WordPress for four years now. He&#8217;s passionate about how WordPress can help you make the world a better place. St\u00e9phane now works for Automattic as a VIP Ninja. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stephBoisvert\">@stephBoisvert<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-organizer\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Troy Chaplin<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-organizer-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fa03166fff0491864a56577a5a7315a6671cfb47eee98140b29d271fa1eb9322?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fa03166fff0491864a56577a5a7315a6671cfb47eee98140b29d271fa1eb9322?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Troy Chaplin<\/h2>\n<p>Troy Chaplin is a passionate WordPress theme developer who enjoys pushing the envelope with each new project. With over 10 years of experience in creative environments, Troy has dedicated the last six years to working with WordPress in a variety of different ways. Troy currents works as a WordPress theme developer at Carleton University, assisting in enhancing their online brand and web presence and providing content editors with intuitive tools to promote their various initiatives and activities. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/troychaplin\">@troychaplin<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-organizer\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Michael Corkum<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-organizer-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c6de5acd163bcee0b09bbb99f8d295ff05371c3e464b3a37f54d1417ede5b145?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c6de5acd163bcee0b09bbb99f8d295ff05371c3e464b3a37f54d1417ede5b145?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Michael Corkum<\/h2>\n<p>Mike Corkum is seasoned web developer with over 14 years of experience. Currently, he works at Carleton University where he and a small team manage 250+ WordPress sites. When he\u2019s not up to his neck in code or banging his head against his desk, he enjoys playing music and jumping out of perfectly good airplanes. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/cuweb\">@cuweb<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-organizer\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Meagan Hanes<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-organizer-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34076f2d7ed4c5380e261e8fcb138c5aac103682fb9822cff34c79035d99806d?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34076f2d7ed4c5380e261e8fcb138c5aac103682fb9822cff34c79035d99806d?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Meagan Hanes<\/h2>\n<p>Meagan Hanes is a designer of digital things, photographer, blogger and all around creative gal living in Ottawa. Thorough her company Love Digimedia, she enjoys creating easy-to-use websites and technology solutions for artists, entrepreneurs and other creatives around the world. When not giving back to the community, you&#8217;ll find her behind a laptop or smartphone screen. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/mhanes\">@mhanes<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-organizer\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Richard Martin<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-organizer-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1907325204bc16cda35f2e00b4c8b65b843565798d0bcc5a2071b4120e718cc3?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1907325204bc16cda35f2e00b4c8b65b843565798d0bcc5a2071b4120e718cc3?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Richard Martin<\/h2>\n<p>Richard Martin is an online entrepreneur. He builds online businesses that find, engage, convert and retain customers. Before going online, Richard worked in Silicon Valley with Apple, Cisco and Broadcom. He lives in Ottawa and is one of the WordCamp Ottawa organizers. He has presented at WordCamps in Toronto, Ottawa and Montr\u00e9al. He can be found at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/richardgmartin.me\/\">richardgmartin.me<\/a> and on Twitter <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/richardgmartin\">@richardgmartin<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-organizer\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Rick Radko<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-organizer-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/156988e05f579885182ec22b45ed68e728467b8d8c97be958e5579f74617f3dc?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/156988e05f579885182ec22b45ed68e728467b8d8c97be958e5579f74617f3dc?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Rick Radko<\/h2>\n<p>Rick Radko has been creating web sites and applications since 1996. He launched his first WordPress site in 2008. Rick is at home coding plugins, designing custom themes, building multilingual sites and teaching others to do all of those. His involvement in the WordPress community began when he became a co-founder of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/wpottawa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ottawa WordPress Meetup Group<\/a>\u00a0and spoke at WordCamp Toronto around the same time in 2011. Since then he has been a repeat presenter at WordCamps Toronto and Montr\u00e9al, and launched WordCamp Ottawa in 2013. \u00a0Rick is the founder of\u00a0<a title=\"R-Cubed Design Forge\" href=\"http:\/\/r3df.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">R-Cubed Design Forge<\/a>, where he develops and designs web sites and applications using open source software.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/r3designforge\" target=\"_blank\">@r3designforge<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-organizer\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Jasmine Vesque<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-organizer-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/21a5a3e76ad39b62f830e13796ad5f5188f3b9588ee91605c273ae15f295a477?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/21a5a3e76ad39b62f830e13796ad5f5188f3b9588ee91605c273ae15f295a477?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Jasmine Vesque<\/h2>\n<p>Jasmine is a WordPress evangelists who enjoys helping people share their most important stories and ideas. She loves teaching and regularly contributes as both an instructor and a mentor to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/The-Ottawa-WordPress-Group\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Ottawa WordPress Group<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/ladieslearningcode.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Ladies Learning Code <\/a>. This is her second year as a WordCamp Ottawa organizer, and if you&#8217;ve ever engaged with us on Twitter (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wpottawa\" target=\"_blank\">@wpottawa<\/a>) you were most likely talking to her. Jasmine is a <a href=\"http:\/\/jasminevesque.com\" target=\"_blank\">freelance web specialist, consultant, and trainer<\/a>. Her work experience includes government, small businesses, arts groups, and non-profits.\u00a0\u00a0She also volunteers for the charity, <a href=\"http:\/\/forgetforamoment.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"> The Forget for a Moment Foundation<\/a>, as the VP of Communications and Webmaster. She is passionate about digital communications, social media and web design. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jasmineVesque\" target=\"_blank\">@jasmineVesque<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div><!-- .wcorg-organizers -->\n\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WordCamp Ottawa 2014 is a not-for-profit event created, organized and run by volunteers. This event would not be possible without the generous support of our sponsors, many volunteers, meetup members and local businesses. 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