{"id":2,"date":"2014-04-14T23:25:06","date_gmt":"2014-04-14T23:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2014.capetown.wordcamp.org\/speakers\/"},"modified":"2014-08-21T08:51:03","modified_gmt":"2014-08-21T08:51:03","slug":"speakers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/capetown.wordcamp.org\/2014\/speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Want to find out who you&#8217;ll be learning from at WordCamp Cape Town 2014? Well, here&#8217;s our list of speakers and workshop instructors. We&#8217;ll update this list as we confirm more details!<\/p>\n<h1>Masters of Ceremony<\/h1>\n<p><em>We are proud to welcome back our esteemed MCs from last year&#8217;s WordCamp:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\t<div class=\"wcorg-speakers\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-derick-watts-the-sunday-blues\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-derick-watts-the-sunday-blues wcorg-track-mc\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDerick Watts &amp; The Sunday Blues\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f3711f305b22d3a64e9a0bfa16105542e88a1f8baf0578fe5e93f6cf6e3ea4a6?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f3711f305b22d3a64e9a0bfa16105542e88a1f8baf0578fe5e93f6cf6e3ea4a6?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/wearethesundayblues\" target=\"_blank\">Derick Watts &amp; The Sunday Blues<\/a> have made waves both locally &amp; internationally with their unique brand of comedy, using YouTube as their platform of choice. Known for their tongue-in- cheek parody music videos (\u201cBraaiday\u201d, \u201cThe Car Guard Song\u201d, \u201cMovember Song\u201d) as well as their original animated series (\u201cChat Sandwich\u201d, \u201cHippo &amp; Croc\u201d), their work has been featured on sites such as TIME Magazine, Huffington Post, The Telegraph and Will Ferrell\u2019s Funny or Die.<\/p>\n<p>They were also adjudged by Marvel Comics creator Stan Lee as winners of the international Movember video competition in 2012, beating out hundreds of entrants worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>The duo, consisting of Nicholas Smal &amp; Gareth Allison, recently signed with Los Angeles-based network The Collective, and have worked with local favourites Ard Matthews, Dr. Michael Mol, Rob van Vuuren &amp; even Derek Watts himself on some of their videos.<br \/>\nThey are currently stealing the hubcaps off your car as you are reading this.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<h1>Session Speakers<\/h1>\n<p><em>We will have 9 sessions at WordCamp Cape Town 2014 &#8211; all presented by top speakers from Cape Town and around the world.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\t<div class=\"wcorg-speakers\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-mark-forrester\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-mark-forrester wcorg-track-talks\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMark Forrester\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e65740191c4f1dc258458cdaaf202ee2dff3f762091be39c91d7016b28e41c88?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e65740191c4f1dc258458cdaaf202ee2dff3f762091be39c91d7016b28e41c88?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Co-founder of WooThemes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mark is\u00a0a proud co-founder of WooThemes. Over the last 6 years their business has grown from a team of 3 passionate theme designers, to a distributed team of 40+ staff developing WordPress&#8217;s most popular eCommerce plugin.<\/p>\n<p>Mark is\u00a0also an amateur dad, avid sports fan, photographer and digital designer.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-noel-tock\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-noel-tock wcorg-track-talks\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNoel Tock\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/92832acfee51a40b5bb1ca868959f896e199c99c3fa17919f1fa574cd120c3a7?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/92832acfee51a40b5bb1ca868959f896e199c99c3fa17919f1fa574cd120c3a7?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Product at Human Made<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Noel is a Swiss nomad wandering the globe. He\u2019s one of the owners at Human Made, a WordPress.com VIP partner, where he heads up Product Development. If he\u2019s not working on product design, he\u2019s having a gin and tonic. Or more recently, both.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-tomaz-zaman\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-tomaz-zaman wcorg-track-talks\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tToma\u017e Zaman\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d2f0d6a2bce2c6dac9b6e7236c39e5f41e703dcbcdd33a5020794ee7e51757fb?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d2f0d6a2bce2c6dac9b6e7236c39e5f41e703dcbcdd33a5020794ee7e51757fb?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Founder \/ CTO, Head of Product Development at Codeable<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Toma\u017e spent years as a freelancer, building websites and applications for clients all over the world. He&#8217;s a completely self-taught developer who also likes to fiddle with servers.<\/p>\n<p>At Codeable, he&#8217;s responsible for product development and promotion, so you might find him at a WP conference or UX workshop, where he&#8217;s trying to learn about users&#8217; habits as much as possible.<\/p>\n<p>In his free time, he spends time with his wife and four children, jumps out of perfectly working airplanes and enjoys a good movie.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-scott-basgaard\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-scott-basgaard wcorg-track-talks\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tScott Basgaard\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a803061162a2088226d20c6567bfef085985fddeb3bb09ec41b89ea7a9a7e3d1?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a803061162a2088226d20c6567bfef085985fddeb3bb09ec41b89ea7a9a7e3d1?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Technical Project Lead at Human Made<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Scott lives somewhere in the mountains of beautiful Southern Norway. Born and raised in New Jersey, he moved there to live with his wife Renate and son. He loves all things WordPress and organized the first WordCamp Norway in 2012. At <a title=\"Human Made\" href=\"http:\/\/hmn.md\/\" target=\"_blank\">Human Made<\/a>, Scott takes a hands-on approach towards organising and executing projects within their growing client list. He&#8217;s very passionate about helping others and also organizes a free 24-hour-long WordPress event called <a title=\"WordSesh\" href=\"http:\/\/wordsesh.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">WordSesh<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-dave-perel\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-dave-perel wcorg-track-talks\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDave Perel\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/567a63f2a761a9ce1afedd855a898c63ae9884691b5279c6cdcc3ffde0b63cf1?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/567a63f2a761a9ce1afedd855a898c63ae9884691b5279c6cdcc3ffde0b63cf1?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Co-founder of Obox Themes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Obox Themes was launched in 2009. David has been involved with design and development since 2004, he is currently the CEO of Obox as well as their lead designer.<\/p>\n<p>David&#8217;s passions include design, CSS, cars and motorsport. His CV includes designing templates for Posterous, Tumblr, WordPress.com, Eventbrite and many more.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-matt-cohen\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-matt-cohen wcorg-track-talks\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMatt Cohen\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ca80b7e8539b11d2630ef4f04949a494a60d9f51a6d3682529680170ba4abfb3?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ca80b7e8539b11d2630ef4f04949a494a60d9f51a6d3682529680170ba4abfb3?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Chief Product Officer at WooThemes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Matt is WordPress and web developer, musician and blogger. He is a lover of punk rock, innovation, business and 80s\/90s cartoons.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-chantelle-bowyer\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-chantelle-bowyer wcorg-track-talks\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tChantelle Bowyer\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/30c69e20059eec56adbfef22458fc8aa0e03cae430afab40c865ac73027fe73f?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/30c69e20059eec56adbfef22458fc8aa0e03cae430afab40c865ac73027fe73f?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Managing Director at Metis Marketing Solutions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chantelle\u2019s major strength lies in the lethal combo of WordPress, Adwords and Analytics. Since founding her business, Metis Marketing, four years ago, she\u2019s helped countless SMEs not only start their digital journey, but also improve it. She\u2019s got Google on speed dial, loves a round of Futsal, believes that working remotely is best practice and isn\u2019t afraid to take on (and fire for that matter) any client thanks to her Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) training.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-nic-haralambous\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-nic-haralambous wcorg-track-talks\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNic Haralambous\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/63c83eece074592a67a375a3d4c806e847761c381b1d05a564b8300b929f0431?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/63c83eece074592a67a375a3d4c806e847761c381b1d05a564b8300b929f0431?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Founder of the online fashion company, NicSocks.com<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nic was the CEO and co-founder of Motribe, the mobile community platform, before the company was successfully acquired by Mxit in October, 2012. He also founded ForeFront Africa consulting firm before exiting to Imperial Holdings.<\/p>\n<p>He was selected as one of the 200 young South Africans to take to lunch by the Mail&amp;Guardian, featured on GQ&#8217;s list of top 30 men in media and was also a finalist in the Men&#8217;s Health Best Men Awards. The company he co-founded, Motribe, was named by Forbes as one of the top 20 startups in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>His career included roles at the Sunday Times, Financial Mail, 702, Mail &amp; Guardian as well as Vodacom SA.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-emma-dicks\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-emma-dicks wcorg-track-talks\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tEmma Dicks\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dd23cc679b115035dc004f10555983215dc182c0d83e5ee487f67bdfa2b21895?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dd23cc679b115035dc004f10555983215dc182c0d83e5ee487f67bdfa2b21895?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Director of New Initiatives at Innovate South Africa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Emma is passionate about seeing young South Africans creating their own solutions to important problems and believes that WordPress is a powerful tool to this end. She runs the <a title=\"Code4CT\" href=\"http:\/\/code4ct.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Code4CT Challenge<\/a> which aims to introduce high school girls to coding for the Web and get them building solutions to local challenges.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<h1>Workshop Instructors<\/h1>\n<p><em>Alongside the talks we will \u00a0be running separate workshops for which you can sign up at the registration desk on the day of WordCamp \u2013 workshop spots are given on a first come, first served basis, so make sure you arrive early enough to secure your spot!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\t<div class=\"wcorg-speakers\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-gerhard-potgieter\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-gerhard-potgieter wcorg-track-workshop-session-1\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGerhard Potgieter\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/85718079fc5b862165c6579c64ffd70865290de2ff028d49bc8e22615206ae93?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/85718079fc5b862165c6579c64ffd70865290de2ff028d49bc8e22615206ae93?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Lead Developer at WooThemes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gerhard is an avid WordPress enthusiast, web developer, blogger, technologist and homebrewer.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-jeffrey-pearce\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-jeffrey-pearce wcorg-track-workshop-session-1\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJeffrey Pearce\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7da292a22cbbfdcb92ba564ab2d56ba07f59c3b60377bc834c39cdd4edada211?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7da292a22cbbfdcb92ba564ab2d56ba07f59c3b60377bc834c39cdd4edada211?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Senior Developer at WooThemes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jeff is\u00a0a senior developer at WooThemes where he focuses on PHP and JQuery. He\u00a0works on the\u00a0Theme Team, while also dabbling in applications written in NodeJS &amp; AngularJS. Education is his passion!<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-tomaz-zaman\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-tomaz-zaman wcorg-track-workshop-session-2\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tToma\u017e Zaman\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d2f0d6a2bce2c6dac9b6e7236c39e5f41e703dcbcdd33a5020794ee7e51757fb?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d2f0d6a2bce2c6dac9b6e7236c39e5f41e703dcbcdd33a5020794ee7e51757fb?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Founder \/ CTO, Head of Product Development at Codeable<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Toma\u017e spent years as a freelancer, building websites and applications for clients all over the world. He&#8217;s a completely self-taught developer who also likes to fiddle with servers.<\/p>\n<p>At Codeable, he&#8217;s responsible for product development and promotion, so you might find him at a WP conference or UX workshop, where he&#8217;s trying to learn about users&#8217; habits as much as possible.<\/p>\n<p>In his free time, he spends time with his wife and four children, jumps out of perfectly working airplanes and enjoys a good movie.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-hugh-lashbrooke\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-hugh-lashbrooke wcorg-track-workshop-session-2\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHugh Lashbrooke\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1dba75a903be8eb13bae6f961d81a99e5c76d5ca8c327a18bc25e96df2417b99?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1dba75a903be8eb13bae6f961d81a99e5c76d5ca8c327a18bc25e96df2417b99?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Lead Developer at WooThemes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hugh is a self-taught geek, PHP developer and father from Cape Town currently\u00a0working as a lead developer at WooThemes. Outside of his work at WooThemes he has numerous plugins in the WordPress.org repo and is heavily involved in the local WordPress community.\u00a0He is also a new father and loving the joys and challenges that come with that.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Organizers note: The id attribute is deprecated and only remains for backwards compatibility, please use the corresponding class to target individual speakers -->\n\t\t\t<div id=\"wcorg-speaker-scott-basgaard\" class=\"wcorg-speaker wcorg-speaker-scott-basgaard wcorg-track-workshop-session-3\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tScott Basgaard\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wcorg-speaker-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a803061162a2088226d20c6567bfef085985fddeb3bb09ec41b89ea7a9a7e3d1?s=100&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g' srcset='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a803061162a2088226d20c6567bfef085985fddeb3bb09ec41b89ea7a9a7e3d1?s=200&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-100 photo' height='100' width='100' \/>\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Technical Project Lead at Human Made<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Scott lives somewhere in the mountains of beautiful Southern Norway. 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