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Our faculty roster is complete! Join us November 13-15 and learn from these WordPress Professors of all things magical about our favorite web platform! <\/p>\n

WordCamp Orlando tickets are flying away faster than a Golden Snitch, grab yours now<\/a> before it’s too late!<\/p>\n

Stephanie Brinley<\/h2>\n

Once upon a time, there was a little girl named Stephanie. Her toes were cold. Like many little girls, Stephanie loved to dance, she loved to draw, and she loved to try out every typeface available on the computer when designing birthday cards for her family. Several years passed, and the little girl grew up. Now Stephanie loves to dance, she loves to draw, and she maintains a library of countless typefaces so she can always have just the right one for birthday cards, logos, and websites. After discovering a place where her toes are sometimes warm, Stephanie moved her family and her business to North Florida, where she attempts to balance web design, homeschooling, and exploring the world of flavors she can invent in her kitchen.<\/p>\n

David Khourshid<\/h2>\n

David Khourshid is a front-end web developer and speaker in Orlando, Florida. He is passionate about JavaScript, Sass, and cutting-edge front-end technologies. He is also a pianist and enjoys mathematics, and is constantly finding new ways to apply both math and music theory to web development.<\/p>\n

Jean Perpillant<\/h2>\n

I am the owner of Design Theory, which is a local web design business based out of Orlando, FL. I\u2019ve been freelancing in web design and photography for over 7 years. My main goal is to help people get their ideas and visions into reality.<\/p>\n

Nathan Porter<\/h2>\n

After 10 years in implementing and advising on enterprise software solutions, Nate has ditched the suit and tie for T-shirts, jeans, and a mountain man beard. He\u2019s totally serious about his work though\u2014and the beard. When he\u2019s not teleporting to meet with our clients or speaking at technology conferences, he leads our team of talented designers, developers, content creators, and yoga fanatics through the daily obstacle course of code, pixels, and deadlines.<\/p>\n

Jonathan Brinley<\/h2>\n

Jonathan has been building WordPress websites and plugins for eight years, taking the plunge into full-time freelancing shortly thereafter. He has collaborated with the distributed team at Modern Tribe for five years to build delightful and creative solutions on top of the WordPress platform. When he\u2019s not coding, Jonathan is busy homeschooling his two children and enjoying the beautiful weather of Northeast Florida.<\/p>\n

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Chris Lawson<\/h2>\n

Chris Lawson is an Interactive Strategist that helps solve issues through the use of technology. With over a decade of digital product development and marketing, Chris has helped organizations from start-ups to Fortune 1000\u2019s grow their digital footprint by crafting and growing their online communities.<\/p>\n

Before co-founding Live Pulse, Chris was the Director of Marketing, Communications, and Strategic Partnerships at Ruckus, an early music and movie social network that grew to over 1000 college campuses and 2 million users, and was acquired by Total Music, a joint venture between Sony and Universal. Chris is also a serial entrepreneur and start-up junkie, having started five companies and working with dozens more.<\/p>\n

Chris holds a B.S. in Advertising from the University of Florida and a M.A. in Communications in Digital Media from The Johns Hopkins University. Chris is also a ConvergeUS fellow. Co-Chaired by TechNet\u2019s CEO, Rey Ramsey, and Twitter\u2019s Co-Founder, Biz Stone, ConvergeUS drives technology-based breakthroughs for critical social problems and thus accelerates social innovation.<\/p>\n

David Parsons<\/h2>\n

David Parsons, a recent Computer Science graduate over at The University of Central Florida, has been working with WordPress for over seven years now. His passion for the web originally started by making a simple website with WordPress back in high school. Over the years he has branched out his skill set with responsive design, web apps, SEO, theme and plugin development.<\/p>\n

James Aubele<\/h2>\n

\"dobby_gravatar\"James Aubele attended the University of Pittsburgh where he got his masters of Arts Teaching and Rochester Institute of Technology for his MBA. He takes MBA topics and makes them practical for small business owners.<\/p>\n

Andrea La-Rosa<\/h2>\n

Andrea has been a WordPress developer and website builder for nearly ten years and currently also servers as a technical consultant for several major startups and online businesses. She also has a strong background in community management, having professionally managed online communities and social networks of up to 8 million people, so her passion is helping businesses develop strong online communities with the WordPress platform. Her web development and consulting agency, WP Sesame, was recently named one of Seminole County\u2019s Top 30 Small Businesses of 2015, which was super exciting. When not geeking out about all things WordPress, she resides in sunny Lake Mary, FL, which she enjoys very much.<\/p>\n

Cliff Seal<\/h2>\n

Cliff is a Senior UX Engineer at Pardot, a Salesforce company, where he\u2019s also the resident WordPress nerd.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s the co-founder multiple profitable side projects, such as Evermore and TuneDig. He co-organizes amUX, a morning meetup focused for local UXers. He\u2019s an accomplished speaker who\u2019s given talks around the world.<\/p>\n

Cliff lives with his wife, April, in Atlanta, where he can be found at a concert, cycling around the city, or playing guitar.<\/p>\n

Barry Nadler<\/h2>\n

\"dobby_gravatar\"Barry Nadler brings over two decades of experience in the learning and media industries. He has worked in several industries including news, entertainment, personal computer peripherals, conferences, enterprise software systems, and internet marketing. In those two decades, he has also owned three businesses.<\/p>\n

Barry currently is the owner of eLearningDeconstructed.com, as well as a full-time Sr. Instructional Designer and Media Developer for the world\u2019s largest financial services company \u2013 FIS Global.<\/p>\n

Over the past three years, Barry has actively been involved with the local ATD chapter. He has hosted and presented at several events, been a board member for two years, and was the Director of Social Media for one year.<\/p>\n

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