{"id":4569,"date":"2026-07-10T10:19:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T17:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/?post_type=wcb_speaker&#038;p=4569"},"modified":"2026-07-14T19:24:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T02:24:16","slug":"stephane-boisvert","status":"publish","type":"wcb_speaker","link":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/speaker\/stephane-boisvert\/","title":{"rendered":"St\u00e9phane Boisvert"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">St\u00e9phane Boisvert is a French-Canadian technology leader and the founder of Principal WP, an AI consulting practice helping enterprise WordPress teams turn individual AI usage into organizational capability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Previously CTO at XWP (70-person engineering team) and Director of Technology at WordPress.com VIP, where he supported 5+ billion monthly pageviews across thousands of sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He speaks internationally on organizational AI, security and performance at scale, and mental health in tech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"205\" src=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/files\/2026\/07\/red-map-flowers-colorful.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5020\" style=\"width:auto;height:50px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/files\/2026\/07\/red-map-flowers-colorful.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/files\/2026\/07\/red-map-flowers-colorful-766x157.jpg 766w, https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/files\/2026\/07\/red-map-flowers-colorful-300x62.jpg 300w, https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/files\/2026\/07\/red-map-flowers-colorful-500x103.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-4572 wcb_session type-wcb_session status-publish hentry wcb_track-technical-wordpress wcb_session_category-showcase\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/session\/beyond-vibe-coding-build-an-ai-pipeline-that-ships-production-ready-plugins\/\" target=\"_self\" >Beyond Vibe-Coding: Build an AI Pipeline That Ships Production-Ready Plugins<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-wcb_track wp-block-post-terms has-medium-font-size\"><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__prefix\">Track: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/track\/technical-wordpress\/\" rel=\"tag\">Technical WordPress<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Anyone can vibe-code a plugin in an afternoon. 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