{"id":8,"date":"2016-01-21T21:35:47","date_gmt":"2016-01-21T21:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2016.ottawa.wordcamp.org\/speakers\/"},"modified":"2016-05-31T20:28:23","modified_gmt":"2016-05-31T20:28:23","slug":"our-speakers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ottawa.wordcamp.org\/2016\/our-speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are happy to invite over 25 speakers from across Canada and the United States to talk at WordCamp Ottawa 2016!<\/p>\n<p>Please see the\u00a0<a href=\"\/sessions\/\">Sessions<\/a> page to see what each speaker will be presenting.<\/p>\n\n\t<div class=\"wcorg-speakers\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-alison-knott\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-alison-knott wcorg-track-content-creators\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAlison Knott\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1fb35b3f7baf5ce3728027767868e88c9b6559a8b7c79235d5349f515b1fd652?s=125&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1fb35b3f7baf5ce3728027767868e88c9b6559a8b7c79235d5349f515b1fd652?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-125 photo' height='125' width='125' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>As a web designer, <a href=\"http:\/\/eraserheader.com\/\">Alison Knott<\/a> wants to dispel the myth that design is about looking good. It\u2019s about effective communication\u2026 that works and looks great!<\/p>\n<p>Alison\u2019s career as a print designer turned web geek has seen her give presentations in an unusual blend of creativity, marketing, community and web. As an emerging public speaker, she brings high-octane enthusiasm to her presentations, with a focus on audience involvement.<\/p>\n<p>When not tooting the WordPress horn, she can be found drawing strange portraits in the company of her two parrots in Halifax. She runs the WordPress Halifax Meetup and E3C, a meetup for visual artists.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-anthony-d-paul\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-anthony-d-paul wcorg-track-site-creators\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAnthony D Paul\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8b366e698edf6accbc08d9536fbb52a351d53bf396a16d92784f6fe358aaa67c?s=125&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8b366e698edf6accbc08d9536fbb52a351d53bf396a16d92784f6fe358aaa67c?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-125 photo' height='125' width='125' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>I help build great digital experiences and software through usability research, IA concepts, and prototypes. Outside the office, you\u2019ll find me spread across regional meetups and conferences\u2014evangelizing IA\/UX, accessibility, and a variety of open source dev projects. When I\u2019m not doing responsible adult things, I grow the world\u2019s hottest chili peppers and bottle my own hot sauce. I\u2019d divulge something funny from my past, but these days the Internet does a better job of surfacing our embarrassing moments; find me anywhere by Googling \u201canthonydpaul\u201d.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-brian-hogg\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-brian-hogg wcorg-track-code-creators\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBrian Hogg\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0de4cf2b707d9b3b9668bcea583008c1b2289c9474a607bb55f7845283555bff?s=125&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0de4cf2b707d9b3b9668bcea583008c1b2289c9474a607bb55f7845283555bff?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-125 photo' height='125' width='125' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Based in Cambridge, Ontario. Creator of <a href=\"https:\/\/eventcalendarnewsletter.com\/\">Event Calendar Newsletter<\/a>. I\u2019ve been consulting in WP and doing <a href=\"https:\/\/brianhogg.com\/blog\">training<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.tv\/?s=hogg\">speaking<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/brianhogg.com\/courses\/\">courses<\/a> for the last few years. I\u2019m also currently the lead organizer for WordCamp Hamilton.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-brian-rotsztein\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-brian-rotsztein wcorg-track-content-creators\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBrian Rotsztein\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c4308799f762f5a228f9105a1a96dab781b41a9dea58a08153fea7e62b900923?s=125&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c4308799f762f5a228f9105a1a96dab781b41a9dea58a08153fea7e62b900923?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-125 photo' height='125' width='125' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>As an experienced <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rotsztein.com\">entrepreneur, Internet marketer, consultant, speaker, and author<\/a>, Brian has spent much of the past two decades helping companies excel. His latest book, Content Marketing Ideas, is a trusted guide to online marketing, has been highly praised by critics and is rated five stars on Amazon. He\u2019s the head of well-established brands such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uniseo.com\">Uniseo<\/a>\u00a0 (a boutique online marketing company) and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redstonex.com\">Redstone Online Communications<\/a> (a web design and Internet marketing specialty shop), where he brings a hype-free, seasoned approach to working with clients. He is also the editor of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.citynetmagazine.com\/\">Citynet Magazine, a lifestyle, food, travel, beauty, and pop culture website in Montreal and beyond<\/a>. You may have caught his appearances on CTV News, or various radio shows and podcasts. He writes about content marketing, SEO, social media, business, and entrepreneurship, among other topics. His work has been used by USA Today, ABC News, Social Media Today, Search Engine Journal, and other prominent sources. He\u2019s a Senior Editor at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewpcrowd.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">The WP Crowd<\/a> and President of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.internetmarketingassociation.ca\">Canadian Internet Marketing Association<\/a>. Brian holds two Master\u2019s degrees, has taught university courses, and provides training services on Internet marketing. He\u2019s been using WordPress since 2005 (version 1.6!)\u00a0Connect with him on Twitter (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brianrotsztein\">@brianrotsztein<\/a>) and Instagram (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/brianrotsztein\/\">@brianrotsztein<\/a>).<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-christopher-ross\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-christopher-ross wcorg-track-code-creators\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tChristopher Ross\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1854b5e14a56e458413b4e756ab8e21db6acc48c6c8358e009a0a39c1b211a95?s=125&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1854b5e14a56e458413b4e756ab8e21db6acc48c6c8358e009a0a39c1b211a95?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-125 photo' height='125' width='125' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>I&#8217;m a WordPress consultant, and online marketing expert with a passion for using technology to\u00a0solve\u00a0problems, create new ones, and build better ways to keep visitors\u00a0engaged.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-david-bird\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-david-bird wcorg-track-content-creators\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDavid Bird\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1e4a025dfbc8919bc0230996eb3c95971b10d1618edab822bedca6145817775c?s=125&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1e4a025dfbc8919bc0230996eb3c95971b10d1618edab822bedca6145817775c?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-125 photo' height='125' width='125' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>A content marketer at heart, David understands that good content starts with knowing the audience.\u00a0\u00a0 He blends what people say (customer conversations) with what customers do (website data) to help businesses build smart more attractive content.\u00a0 David has contagious passion for using data to guide content development and better marketing decisions.\u00a0 He&#8217;s the owner of Bird\u2019s Eye Marketing.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-hector-jarquin\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-hector-jarquin wcorg-track-code-creators\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHector Jarquin\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5bb7a84ccf004768c439b6060bda5dc1e6f40c305d19b4c655311fd64c7dbb21?s=125&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5bb7a84ccf004768c439b6060bda5dc1e6f40c305d19b4c655311fd64c7dbb21?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-125 photo' height='125' width='125' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>As front-end developer <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hectorjarquin\">Hector<\/a> ensures that the projects that he is involved follow accessibility and web standards. At work&#8230; communication (content, graphics and interfaces) accessed via multiple devices and channels. When free&#8230; travel, food, adventure and vintage stuff.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-jai-sangha\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-jai-sangha wcorg-track-site-creators\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJai Sangha\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9b12732237dda41a6e9faf1b60682487215dd52387d8fa86dd20a860924a9898?s=125&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9b12732237dda41a6e9faf1b60682487215dd52387d8fa86dd20a860924a9898?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-125 photo' height='125' width='125' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>I write weekly posts for two eCommerce blogs &#8211; sellwithwp.com (focused on WordPress), and shopstorm.com\/blog (focused on Shopify). This includes plugin reviews, marketing and shop tips, how-to articles, and other eCommerce topics. I also work in the digital strategy team at TD Bank in Canada, and do freelance web strategy. Outside of all that work, I like to try new things (tried snowmobiling and drove a NASCAR so far this year).<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-jamie-oastler\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-jamie-oastler wcorg-track-code-creators\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJamie Oastler\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/52cf73879acbb565974f03d685acf04ff2471b7f4127b500a9c39126257e2903?s=125&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/52cf73879acbb565974f03d685acf04ff2471b7f4127b500a9c39126257e2903?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-125 photo' height='125' width='125' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Jamie has a wide range of experiences across the WordPress solution stack and is currently the lead WordPress developer at Innovapost supporting 20+ internal domains \/ external microsites for the Canada Post Group of Companies. Whether working as front-end designer, plugin developer, DevOps resource or solution architect, he is equally capable \/ comfortable helping clients deliver small projects that might convert legacy applications into highly-engaging user experiences as he is launching enterprise-scale initiatives that integrate complex workflows to APIs and other infrastructure.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-jasmine-vesque\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-jasmine-vesque wcorg-track-content-creators wcorg-track-intro-camp\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJasmine Vesque\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/21a5a3e76ad39b62f830e13796ad5f5188f3b9588ee91605c273ae15f295a477?s=125&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/21a5a3e76ad39b62f830e13796ad5f5188f3b9588ee91605c273ae15f295a477?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-125 photo' height='125' width='125' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Jasmine is a WordPress evangelist 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:\/\/ladieslearningcode.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ladies Learning Code<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/The-Ottawa-WordPress-Group\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Ottawa WordPress Group<\/a>. This is her third\u00a0year 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 currently works as the Digital and Design Officer for an international NGO based in Ottawa, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.micronutrient.org\/\">Micronutrient Initative<\/a>. She also is a <a href=\"http:\/\/jasminevesque.com\" target=\"_blank\">freelance web specialist, consultant, and trainer<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0volunteers 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\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-jonathan-bardo\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-jonathan-bardo wcorg-track-code-creators\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJonathan Bardo\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7a771c3cc705cd53ed698696dee855e50bd37d6dd2b181c13f2b795fac556540?s=125&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7a771c3cc705cd53ed698696dee855e50bd37d6dd2b181c13f2b795fac556540?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-125 photo' height='125' width='125' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>I\u2019m Montreal based web developer currently working as a senior product engineer for GoDaddy on the managed WordPress platform.<\/p>\n<p>I engineer and scale WordPress products that reach millions of people and I particularly enjoy crunching data in the hope of seeing patterns, understanding behavior and improving the product I work on.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-jonathan-perlman\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-jonathan-perlman wcorg-track-code-creators\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJonathan Perlman\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2dc89034bb24da62adf0f74b5b8c1049f2071b7823424b096cd044845066c09b?s=125&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2dc89034bb24da62adf0f74b5b8c1049f2071b7823424b096cd044845066c09b?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-125 photo' height='125' width='125' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Jonathan Perlman is an experienced web developer and teacher that works for Dawson College in Montreal, Quebec. He builds custom web solutions for students, faculty and staff. Recently he\u2019s been \u00a0focusing on the needs of the institution with the creation of custom themes and plugins that help\u00a0WordPress do the heavy lifting. Some of his sites have been built for a select few whereas others are visited by 12,000+ applicants.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-jordan-st-jacques\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-jordan-st-jacques wcorg-track-code-creators\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJordan St Jacques\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/28c17c9d170f6d760590e249155aec1453a417c99ee90990da42c06c5f0c14b7?s=125&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/28c17c9d170f6d760590e249155aec1453a417c99ee90990da42c06c5f0c14b7?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-125 photo' height='125' width='125' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Jordan St Jacques is the Owner of Digitera Interactive and also the Founder of newly-launched LottoProxy.com. Coming from a background of Digital Marketing, Jordan started his journey into WordPress back in 2013. Currently, Jordan is extensively researching the subject of Web Security with respect to WordPress sites, and is happy to share part of that knowledge with WordCampers this June! Feel free to connect before or after WordCamp at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jordanstjacques\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jordanstjacques<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-kathryn-presner\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-kathryn-presner wcorg-track-workshop wcorg-track-content-creators\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tKathryn Presner\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b4344f98dbb5adea94daedb7c79001e017a8f125330f0db385b0453bfeeea2aa?s=125&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b4344f98dbb5adea94daedb7c79001e017a8f125330f0db385b0453bfeeea2aa?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-125 photo' height='125' width='125' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kpresner.com\">Kathryn Presner<\/a> thrives on helping people get the most out of WordPress. After a career designing and building websites for clients, she joined Automattic as a Happiness Engineer in 2012. She\u2019s currently Theme Whisperer on the <a href=\"http:\/\/themeshaper.com\/\">Theme Team<\/a>, where she helps folks with customization, configuration, and troubleshooting. She enjoys spreading her passion for WordPress and <a href=\"http:\/\/getspeak.in\/\">encouraging new public speakers<\/a> at WordCamps, Girl Geeks, Ladies Learning Code, and other grassroots events. Non-WordPress obsessions include vintage Pyrex mixing bowls and growing garlic.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-meagan-hanes\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-meagan-hanes wcorg-track-intro-camp\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMeagan Hanes\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34076f2d7ed4c5380e261e8fcb138c5aac103682fb9822cff34c79035d99806d?s=125&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34076f2d7ed4c5380e261e8fcb138c5aac103682fb9822cff34c79035d99806d?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-125 photo' height='125' width='125' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>WordCamp Ottawa 2016&#8217;s Lead Organizer, Meagan Hanes is a designer of digital things, photographer, blogger and all around creative gal living in Ottawa. Through her company Love Digimedia, she enjoys creating easy-to-use websites and technology solutions for artists, entrepreneurs and other creatives around the world. When she&#8217;s not giving back to the community, you&#8217;ll find her behind a laptop or smartphone screen. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/mhanes\" target=\"_blank\">@mhanes<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-michal-bluma\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-michal-bluma wcorg-track-site-creators\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMichal Bluma\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/efbf928c3b0da4412caf10771ef731fb90f1424479512ae445a05033ed49e0bb?s=125&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/efbf928c3b0da4412caf10771ef731fb90f1424479512ae445a05033ed49e0bb?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-125 photo' height='125' width='125' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Michal Bluma is a Montreal freelance developer who loves WordPress, code, cats and metaphors.<\/p>\n<p>Passionate about trying to help make developers\u2019, designers\u2019 and users\u2019 lives easier; he love helping people have \u201cAha!\u201d moments.<\/p>\n<p>You can find him on Twitter as @isotrope (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/isotrope\/\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/isotrope\/<\/a>), on Facebook at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/isotrope.net\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/isotrope.net\/<\/a> or at his site <a href=\"https:\/\/isotrope.net\/\">https:\/\/isotrope.net\/<\/a> (He swears he\u2019ll update it at some point!).<\/p>\n<p>Come say Hi!<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-michelle-ames\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-michelle-ames wcorg-track-content-creators\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMichelle Ames\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e533eb4b8a424a0111c37c8ae752bb99ff2a58e40f5adada3b9d4eb36bdac7be?s=125&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e533eb4b8a424a0111c37c8ae752bb99ff2a58e40f5adada3b9d4eb36bdac7be?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-125 photo' height='125' width='125' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Overextended, overcommitted, entrepreneur &amp; volunteer.\u00a0 Avid Scrabble\u2122 player. Tea snob. Mom. WordPress fanatic. 11<sup>th<\/sup> hour expert. Michelle is the owner and marketing diva at <a href=\"http:\/\/marketedbymichelle.com\/\">Marketed by Michelle<\/a>, where she makes a living through WordPress.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-mike-dickson\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-mike-dickson wcorg-track-site-creators\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMike Dickson\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/73ac0d5992346ff9f5bb7344df4348279828c2cce96a62a78853525748dff8b8?s=125&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/73ac0d5992346ff9f5bb7344df4348279828c2cce96a62a78853525748dff8b8?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-125 photo' height='125' width='125' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mike has been programming for 17 years (everything from C to perl, FORTRAN to JavaScript), but his favourite by far is web development using WordPress. About 5 years ago he created <a href=\"http:\/\/www.codenamemiked.com\">Codename:MikeD<\/a>, his webdev biz, and has been working with WordPress ever since. Along with custom theme and plugin development, he contributes to WordPress core, has a plugin in the repo, and supports many local non-profits here in Ottawa.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-miriam-goldman\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-miriam-goldman wcorg-track-site-creators\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMiriam Goldman\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e4dd314be2a3bfb8b1e0687b16f8b7a77dad5fdb61ea4f80ed25b482fac112c2?s=125&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e4dd314be2a3bfb8b1e0687b16f8b7a77dad5fdb61ea4f80ed25b482fac112c2?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-125 photo' height='125' width='125' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Miriam is a front-end oriented web developer who has been specializing in WordPress for the past 4-5 years. Mainly focusing on theme and plugin enhancement, she loves to share her experience with others who share the same passion.<\/p>\n<p>Outside of the web development sphere, Miriam is equally passionate about her martial arts and latin ballroom dance training.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-richard-archambault\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-richard-archambault wcorg-track-content-creators\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRichard Archambault\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/96855b6fc001037e1ae449d489b91dd19a873ab1dae73b867f98400bbb2a5e9d?s=125&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/96855b6fc001037e1ae449d489b91dd19a873ab1dae73b867f98400bbb2a5e9d?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-125 photo' height='125' width='125' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Richard loves the web and really loves WordPress. After attending his first WordCamp Montreal in 2010, he was hooked! Now a Happiness Engineer with Automattic, Richard wants to help spread the WordPress goodness to anyone else who\u2019s interested in the web. When he\u2019s not tinkering with his sites, he loves going to Mexico to eat spicy tacos and ride around on the metro!<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-rick-radko\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-rick-radko wcorg-track-content-creators wcorg-track-intro-camp\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRick Radko\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e79f21872925ede6ae52253c4b1f237d6c8040552f47004ccfd2b5398f329fc8?s=125&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e79f21872925ede6ae52253c4b1f237d6c8040552f47004ccfd2b5398f329fc8?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-125 photo' height='125' width='125' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Rick Radko is a WordPress guru, developer\/designer and tech trainer. He has been creating web sites and apps since 1996, and has worked with WordPress since 2008.\u00a0 Rick began teaching tech topics to others when he was elected leader of the Southern Ontario AutoCAD Practitioners in 1988.\u00a0 He is as comfortable talking to beginners in plain English as he is talking geek speak to developers. Rick was one of the founders, and still is one of organizers of the <a href=\"http:\/\/wpottawa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ottawa WordPress Meetup<\/a>. Rick lead the launch of the inaugural WordCamp Ottawa in 2013. He is the founder of R-Cubed Design Forge, <a title=\"http:\/\/r3df.com\" href=\"http:\/\/r3df.com\" target=\"\">http:\/\/r3df.com<\/a>\u00ad, where he develops custom: plugins (several are in the <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/r3df\/#content-plugins\">wordpress.org repo<\/a>),\u00a0 themes and multilingual web sites. <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<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-ryan-erwin\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-ryan-erwin wcorg-track-site-creators\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRyan Erwin\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/68e88298684e9e6e3f37ed81ca0df0d8c9cb51c5609c2a54d55782aff3561baa?s=125&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/68e88298684e9e6e3f37ed81ca0df0d8c9cb51c5609c2a54d55782aff3561baa?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-125 photo' height='125' width='125' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ryan is a Web Strategist at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orbitmedia.com\/\">Orbit Media<\/a> in Chicago. Ryan also is the Founder and CTO of <a href=\"http:\/\/internetmarketing.chicago.com\">Internet Marketing Chicago<\/a>, a full service digital marketing and web development company, based in the city of Chicago. He brings years of WordPress experience to the organization, ranging from speaking at and organizing WordCamps to building and marketing enterprise websites. Ryan is the lead organizer for <a href=\"https:\/\/2016.chicago.wordcamp.org\/tickets\/\">WordCamp Chicago<\/a> as well as the lead organizer for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.up.co\/communities\/usa\/chicago\/\">Startup Weekend Chicago<\/a>. In his spare time, he likes to get outdoors and camp, hike, and ski.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-sebastien-sanche\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-sebastien-sanche wcorg-track-code-creators\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tS\u00e9bastien Sanche\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c2fb1a57319401ef1a58a402961bd4bc4ef2bf293c1d660c996604943771ef4d?s=125&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c2fb1a57319401ef1a58a402961bd4bc4ef2bf293c1d660c996604943771ef4d?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-125 photo' height='125' width='125' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Co-founder of Impeka, software engineering graduate, and website development fanatic; Seb was born for the Information Age. Composed of 20% engineer and 80% cowboy, he is a true Code Slinger. When it comes to high noon in the Wild Wild Web, you want him and his spurs on your side.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-shanta-r-nathwani\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-shanta-r-nathwani wcorg-track-workshop\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tShanta R. Nathwani\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/26be180f9f3c36843889ff0405aebcf3ef6e829d4668cd2aafbd12e55ceb14bb?s=125&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/26be180f9f3c36843889ff0405aebcf3ef6e829d4668cd2aafbd12e55ceb14bb?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-125 photo' height='125' width='125' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Shanta Nathwani is an educator and serial <a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.tv\/?s=shanta\" target=\"_blank\">WordCamper<\/a>. By day, she teaches Web Design with a focus on WordPress at Sheridan College and Mohawk College, as well as the Capstone Course at Sheridan, which pairs students with real clients. By night, she travels to <a href=\"http:\/\/shanta.ca\/category\/wordpress\/\" target=\"_blank\">WordCamps<\/a> around the world, spreading knowledge and giving people the \u201calphabet\u201d of WordPress so that attendees get the most out of their experience. She is a co-founder of <a href=\"http:\/\/webweapons.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Web Weapons<\/a>, a company focused on Web Design, Custom Software and Educational Training. If she has time left in her busy day, she is a martial artist in karate, kobudo and tai chi. You can find her on Twitter: <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ShantaDotCa\" target=\"_blank\">@ShantaDotCa<\/a> and on her website: <a href=\"http:\/\/shanta.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/shanta.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-shawn-hooper\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-shawn-hooper wcorg-track-intro-camp\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tShawn Hooper\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e6b86a4cfc44ecc7855cb85c5302f8b3a0bd7bd482bfadb367fbb8bba65124ca?s=125&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e6b86a4cfc44ecc7855cb85c5302f8b3a0bd7bd482bfadb367fbb8bba65124ca?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-125 photo' height='125' width='125' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Shawn has been a web developer since the early days of the web, with experience developing sites for private, public and non-profit sectors. He\u00a0is now the Chief Technology Officer at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionablebooks.com\/\">Actionable Books<\/a>, where, in addition to other duties, he manages several sites built with\u00a0WordPress.\u00a0At night and on the weekends, he&#8217;s a WordPress Core Contributor and plugin author. He&#8217;s also spoken at WordCamps and Meetups in Canada, the United States and Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Shawn blogs about WordPress and other technology things at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawnhooper.ca\/\">ShawnHooper.ca<\/a> and as part of <a href=\"http:\/\/thewpcrowd.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">The WP Crowd<\/a>. You can follow him on Twitter as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shawnhooper\">@shawnhooper<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-shelly-peacock\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-shelly-peacock wcorg-track-site-creators\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tShelly Peacock\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c2b3579be5db9ad04b24059f40cb6d17dd78b9028dd29beff56083ce5c784e1a?s=125&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c2b3579be5db9ad04b24059f40cb6d17dd78b9028dd29beff56083ce5c784e1a?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-125 photo' height='125' width='125' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>Shelly Peacock, @Spinbird, has been in sales and graphic design since 2001, moving focus to include Social Media Management and Marketing in 2007. She built her first website in 2009- as a way to make her designs \u201cdo stuff\u201d, and as a portfolio for her art business, ShellyPeacock.com. Shucked it all to run The SpinBird Group, a WordPress boutique agency specializing in consulting and design. She likes short walks on the beach, cabanas, and shooting opossums off her back deck with her shotgun. 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He dabbles in code when time allows and enjoys time offline in his wood shop. He\u2019s been known to enjoy a good IPA.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-ting-yang\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-ting-yang wcorg-track-code-creators\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTing Yang\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a40726a7aa101a002811a44686b95b0a4a84e432a983347a05df8f4e6bd2eba3?s=125&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a40726a7aa101a002811a44686b95b0a4a84e432a983347a05df8f4e6bd2eba3?s=250&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-125 photo' height='125' width='125' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p>A girl who is addicted to programming. 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