Peter Dehaan
speaking at 2:45PM on The Broken Link Checker Plugin: Don’t Let Broken Links Drag Your Site Down in the General track
One of our hometown speakers and full-time blogger, Peter is a consistent source of quality content information at our wordcamps. He is dedicated to helping beginners populate their WordPress sites with effective content, the lifeblood of any site. With a dozen sites for his business and writing, he is not only sold on WordPress, but demonstrates the power of intentional, well-written words.
Author site- https://www.authorpeterdehaan.com
Personal site – https://www.peterdehaan.com
LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/in/pdehaan
Frederick Polk
speaking at 2:45PM on Advanced Custom Fields for Beginners in the Developer track
Frederick is a regular supporter of our local meetup and the owner of One Black Crayon, a front-end web development shop. His shop is able to help with the project whether it involves WordPress or other CMSs. With a dedication to putting the client’s needs first, One Black Crayon is able to build something new, work with an existing team, or help maintain a current site. By helping clients get the results they need for their businesses, he has been turning clients into friends for over nine years.
Business site- http://oneblackcrayon.com
LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/in/frederickpolk
Sophia DeRosia
speaking at 3PM on Replacing Facebook: A Case Study of BuddyPress in the General track
Sophia originally learned WordPress to be able to attend WordCamp Chicago in 2014. At the time she never considered that she’d actually put it to use. Three years later when she saw a need in her community of friends, she was able to use her skills and the friends she’d made in the community to help her solve the problem.
When she’s not being a reluctant developer, she is an artist and musician who uses the flexibility of being home schooled to indulge her love of spoken languages.
HeroPress post- https://heropress.com/essays/growing-up-with-wordpress
Steve Grunwell
speaking at 3PM on Up and Running with WP-CLI in the Developer track
From Columbus, Ohio, Steve is a regular speaker at WordCamp Grand Rapids and an enthusiastic community member who is currently a Senior Software Engineer at Liquid Web. He has numerous plugins in the WordPress.org repository and, as a specialist in WordPress and application development, has the opportunity to work with organizations like Microsoft, TED, and Experience Columbus, to name just a few.
In his off time, he enjoys music, hiking, and writing about writing software on his blog.
About- https://stevegrunwell.com/about
LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevegrunwell
Speaking- https://stevegrunwell.com/speaking