Kristen Symonds

Kristen Symonds, aka kristarella, works as a Happiness Engineer for Automattic. She is a WordPress fanatic with a love for photography, craft, SciFi and Fantasy, board games, and more.

Kristen is married to Dave and has two pet rabbits named Monty and Zoë. She is also a Christian and plays flute and guitar.

WordPress Origin Story

I started on Blogger for a university assignment in which I had to keep a journal. I decided to keep blogging and in the process learned HTML and CSS. When I decided I needed more control and flexibility than Blogger could provide I moved to WordPress and have been hooked ever since.

Session

(Not) Just another WP REST API Talk

Who is speaking at #WCAKL2017?

Gavin Botica

Gavin is the owner of WP NET, NZ’s first dedicated WordPress host. I’ve been working with WordPress since 2005.

Prior to launching WP NET Gavin worked as a freelance developer for 13 years in Australia and NZ. He’s built countless WordPress sites, including WooCommerce, business sites, portfolios and more.

Gavin has also done a lot of integration, security and performance enhancement and hack-repair work.

Faster WooCommerce means less abandonment… get in on this!

Kristen Symonds

Kristen Symonds, aka kristarella, works as a Happiness Engineer for Automattic. She is a WordPress fanatic with a love for photography, craft, SciFi and Fantasy, board games, and more.

Kristen is married to Dave and has two pet rabbits named Monty and Zoë. She is also a Christian and plays flute and guitar.

WordPress Origin Story

Maria Skatova

Maria Skatova, public relations and media professional since 1997, WordPress fan since 2009 and a new freelance developer will share how she uses email writing, mind reading, and Game of Thrones knowledge when dealing with clients. Originally from Russia, Maria now lives and Wellington and works as WordPress developer at Castlenet.

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