{"id":6127,"date":"2022-07-31T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-31T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/?p=6127"},"modified":"2022-07-29T15:39:23","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T22:39:23","slug":"announcing-wordcamp-us-speakers-round-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/announcing-wordcamp-us-speakers-round-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing WordCamp US Speakers, Round 5"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Join us in welcoming our fifth round of speakers for WordCamp US 2022 in San Diego, California. We are announcing our event schedule in the coming weeks, so <a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/subscribe\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"411\">subscribe for the latest updates<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-x-large-font-size wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-transform:uppercase\">Round Five, WCUS 2022 Speakers&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wordcamp-block wordcamp-post-list has-layout-list wordcamp-speakers has-wcus-color-rings\"><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-alex-ball\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/speaker\/alex-ball\/\">Alex Ball<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-none\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/speaker\/alex-ball\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fd72c1982a4f4fa070bd792b05d9921260b51dca0d598ba581da68a6cfc1900f?s=150&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Alex Ball\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-excerpt\"><p>A developer for more than 15 years, Alex has worked with WordPress for almost that entire time. He currently works on crafting custom themes, custom plugins, API-driven back-ends, and more.<\/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-felix-arntz\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/speaker\/felix-arntz\/\">Felix Arntz<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-none\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/speaker\/felix-arntz\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/311dc512f14869fe0b165e373e9070558a549a165737f2fa000b7f7444aa51fd?s=150&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Felix Arntz\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-excerpt\"><p>Felix is a Developer Relations Engineer at Google and a WordPress core committer from Germany, currently residing in San Francisco, California. He is the lead engineer for the Site Kit plugin for WordPress and has been a regular contributor to WordPress for several years. Outside of the web, he spends his time hiking, producing music, &hellip; <\/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-ganga-kafle\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/speaker\/ganga-kafle\/\">Ganga Kafle<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-none\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/speaker\/ganga-kafle\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4ed3f58698361e6948ef11e738c0d5a44e2253c289ac076eceddc1d416a6f4de?s=150&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Ganga Kafle\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-excerpt\"><p>I am Ganga Kafle, one of the representatives of the WordPress themes team. I have been an active contributor to the themes team since 2014 and have completed more than 3,000 theme reviews. Besides that, I have contributed as a WordCamp speaker, WordCamp and Meetup organizer, and volunteer at various events. Also, I am a &hellip; <\/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-helen-hou-sandi\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/speaker\/helen-hou-sandi\/\">Helen Hou-Sand\u00ed<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-none\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/speaker\/helen-hou-sandi\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e05110ddfc422ecfc3c68f61f2b08a404343ef8514fed12b460fc9c9aaa47d27?s=150&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Helen Hou-Sand\u00ed\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-excerpt\"><p>Helen is a Senior Software Engineering Manager for Special Projects at GitHub and a WordPress Lead Developer.<\/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-keala-gaines\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/speaker\/keala-gaines\/\">Keala Gaines<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-none\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/speaker\/keala-gaines\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/03db23d74df807a12c5974d42e72256713a4a815b9ab08089e0d8a2bb04cfe40?s=150&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Keala Gaines\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-excerpt\"><p>Keala Gaines is General Manager for Payments at WooCommerce where she focuses on ensuring merchants have access to the payment capabilities they need to run and grow their businesses. Prior to joining WooCommerce, Keala was VP, eBay Payments Services and was responsible for the migration of 19M sellers in 180 countries from a legacy referral &hellip; <\/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-micah-wood\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/speaker\/micah-wood\/\">Micah Wood<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-none\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/speaker\/micah-wood\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ae89dc177002c2f67341cde2d525e3f3c5b1d6aaaf07df15257a284f001c5551?s=150&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Micah Wood\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-excerpt\"><p>Micah is a WordPress developer at Bluehost. He&#039;s a WordPress core contributor, plugin developer, and meetup organizer and has spent the last 12+ years learning, living, and building with WordPress.<\/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-sajid-islam\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/speaker\/sajid-islam\/\">Sajid Islam<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-none\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/speaker\/sajid-islam\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/deb597f2f15662b37da6193eaf0756ad7155fc1fefc569aa615fd641d477eb8c?s=150&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Sajid Islam\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-excerpt\"><p>Sajid has 20 years of experience in digital transformation, digital experience, and customer experience, working at some of the world-class brands such as HP, Autonomy, Interwoven. Sajid has expertise in building successful web &amp; mobile marketing solutions by applying time-tested knowledge in Analytics, Landing Page Experience, Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO), and Copywriting. Furthermore, he has &hellip; <\/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-stephanie-bernal\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\" style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/speaker\/stephanie-bernal\/\">Stephanie Bernal<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-none\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/speaker\/stephanie-bernal\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d68a66a96e62ef77a04fd12f1e1e36bdb826c11c41d9c6c7f3ece3c046df563b?s=150&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"Avatar of Stephanie Bernal\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-excerpt\"><p>Stephanie has seven years of experience in digital marketing, working with various clients to help them optimize their websites and setting them up for success with comprehensive event tracking for insightful analytics data. She helps guide the design and development process by making sure she and her clients are implementing best practices for SEO. She &hellip; <\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-x-large-font-size wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-transform:uppercase\">Previously announced speakers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/2022.us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/wcus-speakers-round-1\/\">Round One<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/2022.us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/wcus-speakers-round-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Round Two<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/2022.us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/wcus-speakers-round-3\/\">Round Three<\/a> <\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/2022.us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/wcus-speakers-round-4\/\" target=\"_blank\">Round Four<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year&#8217;s event will be the first in-person WordCamp US since 2019 and will be held at the <a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2022\/town-and-country-san-deigo-to-host-wcus\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1304\">Town and Country San Diego<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us in welcoming our fifth round of speakers for WordCamp US 2022 in San Diego, California. We are announcing our event schedule in the coming weeks, so subscribe for the latest updates. 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