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As a recent convert to freelance web design and development at Molecularcode, Alex<\/a> now uses WordPress to create fun and interesting websites, frequently perusing the WordPress Plugin repository in search of those little nuggets of gold. Having been so well supported by the WordPress community at the beginning of her new career, she enjoys sharing the knowledge she has acquired with other people passionate about populating the web with clean, functional websites. Alex is also a huge 3D Printing enthusiast and enjoys sharing her love of the technology with anyone who will listen.\u00a0@molecularcode<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Sp\u00e9cialiste WordPress ind\u00e9pendant depuis 2009, Alexandre<\/a> est associ\u00e9-fondateur chez Desaulniers Simard, firme de conseil, formation et d\u00e9veloppement. Il a \u00e9t\u00e9 conf\u00e9rencier \u00e0 (presque) toutes les \u00e9ditions de WordCamp Montr\u00e9al.<\/span> @Desa_Simard<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Andrea<\/a> worked for a software company for 11 years doing web design, software education, and technical documentation. Her patience and persistence with technical support lead to opportunities to appear on PBS over 80 times and write software manuals. She started blogging in 2004 and switched to WordPress in 2008. Now Andrea supports the users of WordPress.com for Automattic and puts all those skills to work. She is hopelessly addicted to her phone and a good dirty chai. @andrealee_b<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Belinda Darcey<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Born inside a ring of volcanoes, and raised by a pair of entrepreneurs, Belinda is always up for a challenge and lives by the motto: \u201cHow hard can it be?\u201d Naturally, she ended up in tech. <\/span>

As the owner of Dolce Design<\/a>\u00a0for the past 15 years, she has worn more hats than Lady Gaga: art director, graphic designer, illustrator, copywriter, front-end developer, international rights\u2019 negotiator and handler of nervous clients. She currently directs a remote team of freelance talent, creating websites and branding on a variety of platforms. Her first book, The Princess Guide To Rome<\/a>, was recently published using Montreal\u2019s own WP-based platform,\u00a0PressBooks<\/a>. @belindadarcey<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Brian Rotsztein<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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As an experienced Internet marketing entrepreneur, consultant, speaker, and author, Brian<\/a> has spent much of the last 17 years helping companies excel online. He\u2019s the head of well-established brands such as Uniseo (a boutique Internet marketing agency) and RedstoneX.com<\/a> (a web design and online marketing company), where he brings a hype-free, seasoned approach to working with clients. You may have caught his appearances on CTV News or local radio shows. He writes about SEO, content marketing, social media, business, and entrepreneurship, among other topics. His work has been used by USA Today, ABC News, Social Media Today, Search Engine Journal, Business 2 Community, and other prominent sources. Brian holds two Master\u2019s degrees, has taught university courses, and provides training services on topics such as SEO, content marketing, and social media. His love affair with WordPress began in 2005 when he started with version 1.6! Visit\u00a0www.rotsztein.com<\/a>\u00a0and connect with him on Twitter:\u00a0@brianrotsztein<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Int\u00e9grateur et programmeur WordPress depuis la version 2.8, j\u2019ai d\u00e9velopp\u00e9 une expertise dans la conception d\u2019extensions simples de gestion de contenus vari\u00e9s, l\u2019accessibilit\u00e9 pour les personnes handicap\u00e9es, et une obsession maladive sur la repr\u00e9sentation linguistiquement correcte des informations reli\u00e9es \u00e0 ces contenus. J\u2019ai contribu\u00e9 \u00e0 plusieurs extensions publiques, principalement en ce qui a trait \u00e0 leur internationalisation et \u00e0 leur compatibilit\u00e9 avec WPML.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Dan is a Montreal-based blogger and editor currently working as Content Strategist at Unbounce, the cloud-based landing page builder for marketers. As part of his duties, he manages and edits Unbounce’s WordPress-based blog, which receives roughly 125,000 unique visitors per month. Previously he served as founding editor of Sparksheet, another WordPress-based blog published by the global content marketing agency Spafax. During his tenure there he won more than 40 industry awards, including three Webby Honors, seven Folio magazine awards and a record 24 Canadian Online Publishing Awards. He’s spoken at multiple conferences, including 140conf in New York City, Dx3 Canada in Toronto and the APEX Expo in Lisbon. @danjl<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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A content marketer at heart, David<\/a> understands that good content starts with knowing the audience. He blends what people say (customer conversations) with what customers do (website data) to help WordPress site owners build smart more attractive content. David has contagious passion for helping others use website data to guide their content development, their marketing programs and to make better decisions. Recently he has been involved in upgrading businesses to Google\u2019s new Universal Analytics and installing Google Tag Manager. He is the owner of Bird\u2019s Eye Marketing.\u00a0@d8vidbird<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Denise Williams<\/a> has been working with digital content tools for more than 15 years, producing websites and print publications from alt-weekly newspapers (like the Santa Barbara Independent) to luxury custom publications (like Mercedes-Benz) to iOS Newsstand magazines (like Reader\u2019s Digest). Now at Automattic, she works directly with software and users to spread Jetpack plugin love and learning. @lettergrade<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Elida<\/a> is slightly obsessed with creating delightful user experiences and determining the best way to do just about anything. She has 15 years\u2019 experience spanning commercial photography, digital media, design, fine arts and teaching. By day, Elida is a UX Designer at Sid Lee, an acclaimed creative agency based in Montreal. By night, she enjoys sampling fine liquids such as new world wines, craft beers and gourmet balsamics. @elida_ca<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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J’ai<\/a> red\u00e9couvert le plaisir d\u2019\u00e9crire avec WordPress en 2009. Depuis, je suis formatrice WordPress et j’ai aussi d\u00e9velopp\u00e9 des dizaines de sites dont plusieurs boutiques en-ligne. Je suis aussi l’auteure de deux essais sur les questions \u00e9thiques li\u00e9es \u00e0 l’alimentation et je suis une des co-instigatrices du manifeste Les animaux ne sont pas des choses qui vise \u00e0 faire \u00e9voluer le Code civil du Qu\u00e9bec pour reconna\u00eetre le statut juridique des animaux. @edesaulniers<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Jean-Francois Arseneault<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Jean-Fran\u00e7ois<\/a> dirige une agence de d\u00e9veloppement WordPress, g\u00e8re ses propres serveurs web depuis plusieurs ann\u00e9es et poss\u00e8de plus de 20 ans d’exp\u00e9rience en TI, dont 10 ans en architecture web.<\/span>

Quand il n’est pas en train de travailler sur WordPress ou peaufiner ses serveurs, il aime se faire croire qu’il fait du jogging et mange ‘sant\u00e9’… @jfarsen<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Joey<\/a> is a Partnerships Engineer at Automattic, where he work on partnerships, third party integrations, APIs and other projects for WordPress.com & Jetpack. He’s a contributor to several open-source projects including WordPress.org plugins and WordPress core. He’s originally from Montreal, now based in Vancouver though most recently a bit of nomadic world traveller. @jkudish<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Jonathan Bardo<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Je<\/a> suis un d\u00e9veloppeur web ayant une vaste exp\u00e9rience en technologies web back-end et qui se sp\u00e9cialise majoritairement dans les syst\u00e8mes de gestion de contenu open source tel que WordPress et Drupal. Au fil des ann\u00e9es, j’ai eu la chance de travailler avec plusieurs grandes entreprises tel que Fox Digital Broadcasting (Fox.com), Rogers Digital Media, Lassonde (Oasis) ainsi qu\u2019Educaloi.@jonathanbardo<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Jonathan Buttigieg est sp\u00e9cialiste WordPress et dirigeant de WP Media, soci\u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9ditrice du plugin WP Rocket.<\/p>\n

Il partage sa passion pour ce CMS sur son blog GeekPress.fr<\/a> et il est organisateur des Meetups WordPress de Lyon<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jonathan est \u00e9galement pigiste pour les hors-s\u00e9rie du magazine \u00ab Web Design \u00bb, co-auteur du livre \u00ab Savoir tout faire pour le web : PHP\/MySQL \u00bb et auteur du \u00ab m\u00e9mento WordPress \u00bb. Ce dernier est un aide m\u00e9moire destin\u00e9 \u00e0 aider les d\u00e9veloppeurs WordPress en leur permettant d\u2019avoir toutes les fonctions et les API essentielles sous la main. @GeekPressFR<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Jonathan Perlman\u2019s beginnings with WordPress started out as a sideline to his 9 \u2013 5, Monday to Friday job at Dawson College. He wanted to give his client the ability to update content at their leisure. Not knowing anything about WordPress, he took to Google and figured things out. After 4 years, he is still learning new things about WordPress and always strives to do better.<\/p>\n

When not thinking about or writing code, he can be found teaching adults the ins and outs of Microsoft Office. @jpurpleman<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Joseph Karr O’Connor<\/a> lives in Santa Monica, California. When Section 508 came into effect in 1999 he began directing teams doing accessible UX on web environments for pasadena.edu and for csun.edu.<\/p>\n

Joe has been directing WordPress development in support of higher education, research, and university news since 2005. In 2012 he organized the Meetup group Los Angeles Accessibility and Inclusive Design. <\/p>\n

Now leading Cities, a world-wide effort to build free accessible WordPress themes and plugins, Joe also contributes to Make WordPress Accessible as the WordPress Accessibility Team Leader and asks you to get involved. @AccessibleJoe<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Julie Cloutier<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Julie Cloutier is a Web\/Graphic designer with 15 years of experience. She founded JC design<\/a>\u00a0in 2004. Since 2011, she has been building WordPress websites using the Thesis theme. Aside from her work, she has a passion for trail running.\u00a0@jcloutierdesign<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Julio Potier<\/a> est un fran\u00e7ais de 34 ans, Consultant en S\u00e9curit\u00e9 Web & Expert WordPress, CEO chez WP Media les createurs du r\u00e9cent plugin de Cache “WP Rocket”.<\/p>\n

En tant qu’expert, il r\u00e9alise tous les jours des plugins et fait des d\u00e9velopements sp\u00e9cifiques sur WordPress, et ne travaille QUE avec WordPress, car il le peut et il le veut !<\/p>\n

Il a aussi \u00e9t\u00e9 conf\u00e9rencier aux WordCamps Paris 2011, Paris 2013, Paris 2014, et le sera \u00e0 Nantes en novembre 2014).<\/p>\n

La conf\u00e9rence technique traitera des donn\u00e9es transitoires (les transients) et sera donn\u00e9e en fran\u00e7ais. @boiteaweb<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>

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Kathryn<\/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 and is currently a member of the Theme Team,<\/a> where she help folks with all types of theme-related issues on both WordPress.com and self-hosted sites. She enjoys spreading her passion for WordPress at WordCamps, Girl Geeks, Ladies Learning Code, and other grassroots events. Non-WordPress hours are spent collecting vintage Pyrex mixing bowls, growing organic garlic, and cavorting with her four felines. @zoonini<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Kaylynne<\/a> est une designer graphique et int\u00e9gratrice web (la prog c’est ben cool, mais pas fait pour elle) qui habite au bord de la rivi\u00e8re. Elle a mont\u00e9 plus d’une vingtaine de sites dans WordPress au cours des 3 derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es en plus de son propre site. Elle est \u00e9ditrice, gestionnaire de contenu et auteure pour le blogue collaboratif “Le Tiroir d’en Bas”. Elle aime le jogging, dessiner et lire des BD, manger des sushis, mettre des photos de bouffe sur Instagram et prendre des selfies avec sa fille. @Petite_Kay<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Kirk<\/a> works at Automattic, the makers of WordPress.com, as a theme developer and designer. A former Montrealer, he now lives in Vancouver, BC, and co-organizes WordCamp Vancouver. He’s a lover, not a fighter. @kwight<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Lara (not Laura)<\/a> is a freelance instructor, designer and front-end developer in New York City. She specializes in 1-on-1 and small group instruction in WordPress and front-end development, and loves using metaphors to explain technical concepts to her students. In addition to all things web, Lara is into coffee (of course), skiing, and coworking. @laras126<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Liesl is an agency vet who recently morphed into a savvy SaaS biz dev machine. She now fields partnership and growth opportunities for Unbounce<\/a>, the landing page builder that helps digital marketers focus on marketing. In her spare time, she enjoys writing in fabulous WordPress-powered corners of The Internetz and is part of the Montreal Girl Geeks team, running free monthly networking events for local women in tech. Liesl is also on the board of the YES Montreal WIT program and has been known to rock a moustache for Movember :{) You can connect with her on LinkedIn, Twitter or in real life (if there is such a thing…) @lieslbarrell<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Luca Sartoni<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Luca Sartoni<\/a> is a media professional with more than a decade of technical and marketing background. Thanks to his extensive experience in different business environments, from SMEs to large corporate projects, Luca helps companies scale up their business adopting data driven strategies. He does not believe in Santa Claus, magical spells and everything that is not backed up by facts. Luca is a Growth Engineer at Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com.<\/p>\n

In addition to his consulting background, Luca is a well renowned blogger and a speaker in the online communications industry. @lucasartoni<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Mathieu Gauthier-Pilote<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Mathieu Gauthier-Pilote est consultant en informatique libre \u00e0 son compte. Depuis 2011, il est charg\u00e9 des projets num\u00e9riques \u00e0 la Fondation Lionel-Groulx, un organisme de bienfaisance qui se consacre \u00e0 la promotion de l’histoire du Qu\u00e9bec. Membre de FACIL<\/a> depuis sa fondation en 2003, il si\u00e8ge sur son conseil d’administration depuis 2012. Il a \u00e9crit quelques articles, m\u00e9moires et autres documents sur l’informatique libre.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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I’m a design engineer<\/a> for WordPress.com where I’ve worked extensively with the Customizer for our Custom Design upgrade. @mattwiebe<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Maxime Jobin<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Maxime Jobin<\/a> est un entrepreneur passionn\u00e9 de WordPress. Actif dans la communaut\u00e9 WordPress Montr\u00e9al, il contribue notamment \u00e0 propager son utilisation en r\u00e9pondant aux questions des membres, en d\u00e9veloppant divers outils et en enseignant son savoir au niveau coll\u00e9gial et universitaire. @maximejobin<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Meagan Hanes<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Meagan Hanes<\/a> 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\u2019ll find her behind a laptop or smartphone screen. @mhanes<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Michael Corkum<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Mike Corkum is seasoned web developer with over 14 years of experience. Currently, he works at Carleton University<\/a> 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. @mikecorkum<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Michal<\/a> \u00e9crit de balises HTML depuis plus d\u2019une d\u00e9cennie. Apr\u00e8s avoir fait plusieurs d\u00e9tours par des emplois en bureautique ou des incursions dans l\u2019univers du 3D et de la post-production, il a enfin les deux pieds dans le monde du d\u00e9veloppement web \u00e0 temps plein.<\/p>\n

Michal aime les m\u00e9taphores et les analogies. (Il aime aussi les jeux de mots et les jokes de mon\u2019onc\u2019)
\nIl est toujours \u00e0 la recherche de nouvelles fa\u00e7ons de simplifier l\u2019explication de concepts plus avanc\u00e9s \u00e0 n\u2019importe qui sans leur donner un mal de t\u00eate.<\/p>\n

Quand il n\u2019est pas devant un \u00e9cran\u2026 Oublions \u00e7a. Il est pas mal toujours devant un \u00e9cran. G\u00e9n\u00e9ralement, pas besoin d\u2019aller voir beaucoup plus loin que le groupe WPMTL<\/a> ou @isotrope<\/a> sur Twitter pour le trouver.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Miguel Lezama<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Autour du web depuis que les premiers modems sont arriv\u00e9s en Uruguay, Miguel<\/a> travaille avec les communaut\u00e9s de logiciels libres depuis plus de 10 ans. D\u00e9veloppeur Web et Expert WordPress, il travaille actuellement en tant qu’ing\u00e9nieur Jetpack chez Automattic. @pelequie<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Mo Jangda<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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I tinker with code<\/a> at Automattic and WordPress.com. I like ice cream and other sugary things. @mjangda<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Morten<\/a> is a staff author with lynda.com<\/a> where he focuses on WordPress, standards-based code, and front-end web development. He is also the director of Pink & Yellow Media Inc., a Burnaby, B.C. based design and development agency specializing in WordPress. Morten is an active member of the WordPress community and a co-organizer of the Vancouver WordPress Meetup Group as well as several previous WordCamps. He writes about WordPress and web design on his blog at mor10.com, at the lynda.com Article Centre, at the MediaTemple Blog, and elsewhere on the web.<\/p>\n

The presentation proposed here will be based on his work with the Simone theme<\/a> and his contributions to the _s starter theme. @mor10<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Richard Archambault<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Richard<\/a> 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! You can find online as @richardmtl<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Rick Radko<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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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\u00a0Ottawa 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\u00a0R-Cubed Design Forge<\/a>, where he develops and designs web sites and applications using open source software.\u00a0@r3designforge<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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sarah semark<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Sarah<\/a> runs a one-woman design and development shop, specializing in custom WordPress sites. Armed with a lightweight laptop and a surprisingly lightweight suitcase, she works from all over the world. You can usually find her tapping away anywhere there\u2019s a power outlet\u2014from ramshackle Soviet sleeper trains to a hut in the Amazon.<\/p>\n

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Shannon Smith<\/a>\u00a0is the founder of Caf\u00e9 Noir Design<\/a>, a boutique Montreal web design company specializing in multilingual web development. She builds beautiful, functional websites that her clients can update themselves and that are easy for search engines to find. She support things like making the web accessible for everyone, using open source software, helping organizations find greener more sustainable ways to operate through online technology and helping non-profits with online community organizing. Also sewist<\/a>\u00a0and mother of four. @cafenoirdesign<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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(Conf\u00e9rencier francophone. Texte en fran\u00e7ais \u00e0 venir.)<\/em><\/p>\n

St\u00e9phane works for Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com as a VIP Engineer<\/a> helping sites stay secure and optimized. He was formerly senior advisor for the Federal Liberal party for 4 years leading the party growth in online data acquisitions and donations. @stephboisvert<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Tippi Thole is an art director, designer and photographer with 15 years of experience as a visual journalist at American newspapers and magazines. She\u2019s now a Canadian resident and the happy owner of Bright Spot Studio<\/a>\u00a0where she does brand, print and web design for freelancers and small businesses around the world. When she’s not helping clients, you’ll find her catching frogs with her young son or salsa dancing with Montreal salseros. @tippithole<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t

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Yannick Lefebvre is an author and plugin developer who has released eight projects to the official WordPress repository to this day. His book, WordPress Plugin Development Cookbook, is available from Packt Publishing. His first creation, Link Library, has been used on WordPress sites around the world. With a background in Computer Science, he started writing plugins for his own WordPress site in 2004 and quickly started sharing his creations with the community. You can find out more about him and his plugins on
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