{"id":972,"date":"2020-05-19T09:19:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T13:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2020.kent.wordcamp.org\/?p=972"},"modified":"2020-05-18T21:12:17","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T01:12:17","slug":"meet-speakers-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kent.wordcamp.org\/2020\/meet-speakers-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the WordCamp Kent 2020 Speakers: Part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We\u2019re thrilled to announce our lineup of speakers for WordCamp Kent 2020! Our speakers have volunteered their time to share their knowledge and expertise with the WordPress community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about them in our Meet the Speakers series and meet them in person by&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/2020.kent.wordcamp.org\/tickets\/\" target=\"_blank\">joining us at WordCamp Kent<\/a>, May 30-31, 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please note: the speakers are listed in no particular order.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wordcamp-block wordcamp-post-list has-layout-list wordcamp-speakers\"><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-allie-nimmons\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kent.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/allie-nimmons\/\">Allie Nimmons<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-none\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kent.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/allie-nimmons\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9e498961e417b00cbd003c1adf3d98fa7013267bdb334ed99997897dd0fd0ef0?s=150&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Allie Nimmons\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><p>Allie Nimmons is a self-taught WordPress power-user since 2014. She spent 5 years maintaining, troubleshooting, designing, building, and breaking WordPress sites for small business owners. Currently, she is a Customer Success Buff with WP Buffs and a GoDaddy Pro Speaker Ambassador.<\/p>\n<p> She also provides one-on-one diversity consulting through her company, Actionable Ally. She is mildly obsessed with lists and wants to make the internet approachable and accessible to all.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-craig-west\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kent.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/craig-west\/\">Craig West<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-none\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kent.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/craig-west\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5f7eaad0416b1ebec1398f9a5de6994742c4ccac51492a7b52e99a8b37edb433?s=150&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Craig West\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><p>Craig is freelance trainer and architect that focuses on bringing together the WP and non-WP worlds by advocating WP-HTML, \u2018where there is HTML, there is WP\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>He is based in Brighton and attends the local WordUp meetings. With a previous career in business and accounting, as well as having run his own non-IT business, Craig can speak both technical and business. He believes that technology serves the user, not the other way around, so the user experience is paramount.<\/p>\n<p>He has started to speak at WP events and is interested in Web Components, Progressive Web Apps, High Perfromance Web Sites and the WP REST API and has a developing interest in pages that are \u2018instant\u2019 and\/or offline capable.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-lee-drozak\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kent.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/lee-drozak\/\">Lee Drozak<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-none\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kent.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/lee-drozak\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9b31e1f538fd105bafe68c31650e6c1d5bdd61bb8ee04a4bec9ef174667a0713?s=150&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Lee Drozak\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><p>Lee Drozak is a WordPress Teacher, Doer, and Fixer at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/leedrozak.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">LeeDrozak Biz<\/a>, founded with tenacity and grit. In 2008. She\u2019s what some call a unicorn &#8211;  designer, developer, and strategist who feels user-friendliness and planning are where design starts. When she\u2019s not working on WordPress websites, you can find Lee in her RV touring the back roads and countrysides somewhere in the US.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-rahul-d-sarker\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kent.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/rahul-d-sarker\/\">Rahul D Sarker<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-none\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kent.wordcamp.org\/2020\/speaker\/rahul-d-sarker\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9b1ca610dfd8fb6457f19e0e9434da0096d3b692b57848b213c41ef69ce50121?s=150&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Rahul D Sarker\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-full\"><p>Rahul D. Sarker is a WordPress Developer &amp; Digital Marketing Consultant, based out of Kolkata. He has worked with WordPress for the past 7 years. Apart from that, he conducts training and workshops in Kolkata &amp; other metro cities in India on Web Development and Digital Marketing. Currently, he is handling 2 startups and working with few communities very closely.  He is a big foodie and self-proclaimed proud solo traveler. <\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re thrilled to announce our lineup of speakers for WordCamp Kent 2020! Our speakers have volunteered their time to share their knowledge and expertise with the WordPress community. Learn more about them in our Meet the Speakers series and meet &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/kent.wordcamp.org\/2020\/meet-speakers-part-3\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Meet the WordCamp Kent 2020 Speakers: Part 3<\/span>  <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16724728,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kent.wordcamp.org\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kent.wordcamp.org\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kent.wordcamp.org\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kent.wordcamp.org\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16724728"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kent.wordcamp.org\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=972"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kent.wordcamp.org\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":980,"href":"https:\/\/kent.wordcamp.org\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/972\/revisions\/980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kent.wordcamp.org\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kent.wordcamp.org\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kent.wordcamp.org\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}