{"id":12,"date":"2017-11-02T16:45:23","date_gmt":"2017-11-02T16:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2018.birmingham.wordcamp.org\/organizers\/"},"modified":"2018-08-06T13:16:19","modified_gmt":"2018-08-06T18:16:19","slug":"organizers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/birmingham.wordcamp.org\/2018\/organizers\/","title":{"rendered":"Organizers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Brian DiChiara<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Sponsor Wrangler<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hello. I am a PHP web developer and designer from Alabaster (Birmingham), Alabama. I specialize in WordPress and WooCommerce development, but have experience using custom systems as well. I also have a ton of experience with HTML, CSS\/SASS, Javascript &amp; jQuery, and MySQL. I have a wife, 2 boys, and 2 girls.<\/p>\n<h2>Nathan Ingram<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-133\" src=\"https:\/\/2017.birmingham.wordcamp.org\/files\/2017\/07\/ingram.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lead\u00a0Organizer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nathan is the Host at iThemes Training where he teaches WordPress and freelance business development topics via live webinar. He has been a freelance web developer since 1995. He is also the creator of &gt;ADVANCE Coaching and works with WordPress web developers individually and in groups to help them become more successful in their freelance businesses.<\/p>\n<h2>BJ Keeton<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-575\" style=\"font-size: 1rem\" src=\"https:\/\/2018.birmingham.wordcamp.org\/files\/2018\/03\/keeton.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birmingham.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/03\/keeton.jpg 454w, https:\/\/birmingham.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/03\/keeton-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/birmingham.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/03\/keeton-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Content Wrangler<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>B.J. is a staff writer and content creator for Elegant Themes from Florence, AL. He is a runner and fitness junkie, geek and gamer. He is pretty much always writing something, whether it\u2019s a weird CSS doohickey, a blog about running, or a tweet about video games. He is the co-host of the Geek to Geek Podcast and the host of the Elegant Themes livestream, This Week in WordPress.<\/p>\n<h2>Kathryn Lang<\/h2>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-572\" src=\"https:\/\/2018.birmingham.wordcamp.org\/files\/2018\/03\/lang.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birmingham.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/03\/lang.jpg 300w, https:\/\/birmingham.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/03\/lang-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Venue Wrangler<br \/>\nContent Wrangler<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>#Hope builder. #Dream inspirer. Master of \u201cit\u2019s all about #relationships.\u201d Aficionado of inappropriate laughter, Kathryn Lang has been helping others find the time to make their dreams come true. As an award winning author, master multi-tasker, and encourager extraordinaire, Kathryn shares with people that are trying to walk the tightrope of family, work, and faith \u2013 and keep them all in the right balance.<\/p>\n<h2>Ryan Marks<\/h2>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-571\" src=\"https:\/\/2018.birmingham.wordcamp.org\/files\/2018\/03\/marks.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birmingham.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/03\/marks.jpg 300w, https:\/\/birmingham.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/03\/marks-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Volunteer Wrangler \/ Speaker Wrangler<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ryan is the Director of Operations &amp; Infrastructure at Randall-Reilly and the Co-Founder and Organizer of Spark Tuscaloosa, a community group for techies and creatives.<\/p>\n<h2>Ryan Brewer<\/h2>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3326 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/2018.birmingham.wordcamp.org\/files\/2018\/08\/Ryan-Brewer_Bio-Pic-1_square-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birmingham.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/08\/Ryan-Brewer_Bio-Pic-1_square-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/birmingham.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/08\/Ryan-Brewer_Bio-Pic-1_square-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/birmingham.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/08\/Ryan-Brewer_Bio-Pic-1_square-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/birmingham.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/08\/Ryan-Brewer_Bio-Pic-1_square-624x624.png 624w, https:\/\/birmingham.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/08\/Ryan-Brewer_Bio-Pic-1_square.png 920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Volunteer Wrangler<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hi! As an aspiring developer, I joined the WordPress community at the 2017 Birmingham WordCamp and have been steadily working toward a Computer Science degree ever since (my second Bachelor&#8217;s).\u00a0 I love education and helping others! I currently work in corporate training as an Instructional Designer by day.\u00a0 After hours, I teach piano (my first Bachelor&#8217;s) and study coding (javascript, C++, Java, etc). I live in Pelham, AL with my wife and two children.<\/p>\n<h2>Jacob Crawford<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Content Writer<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3350 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/2018.birmingham.wordcamp.org\/files\/2018\/08\/Jake_Headshot-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birmingham.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/08\/Jake_Headshot-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/birmingham.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/08\/Jake_Headshot-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/birmingham.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/08\/Jake_Headshot-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/birmingham.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/08\/Jake_Headshot-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/birmingham.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/08\/Jake_Headshot-624x624.jpg 624w, https:\/\/birmingham.wordcamp.org\/2018\/files\/2018\/08\/Jake_Headshot.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jake writes and translates. He&#8217;s currently seeking publication for his translation of <em>La Mandragola<\/em> by Niccolo Machiavelli. When he isn&#8217;t doing that, he copywrites and optimizes content for the web. He uses WordPress every day.<\/p>\n<p>He lives in Tuscaloosa, AL.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brian DiChiara Sponsor Wrangler Hello. I am a PHP web developer and designer from Alabaster (Birmingham), Alabama. I specialize in WordPress and WooCommerce development, but have experience using custom systems as well. I also have a ton of experience with HTML, CSS\/SASS, Javascript &amp; jQuery, and MySQL. 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