The Speakers

We've got most of our lineup sorted out now and we're so happy to have the speakers we have. We're lucky to have speakers from all over the UK and some from our European neighbours.

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• Aaron Kuzemchak @akuzemchak | kuzemchak.net

  Aaron Kuzemchak is a Web developer and technology fanatic/geek with over 7 years of professional experience in developing websites and applications. He currently resides in Richmond, VA and works at Visual Chefs / eecoder as their Senior Application Developer.
  
  Aaron was formerly a full-time front-end developer, but eventually made the decision to hop the fence to the programming side of things. He loves utilizing tools like ExpressionEngine and CodeIgniter to build various types of websites and applications. When he's not hacking on code, Aaron enjoys being with his family, nerding out on the computer/game console/other electronic device, and playing both guitar and bass (but not at the same time).

• Adam Jackett @darkhouseca | darkhouse.ca

  Adam is a self-taught web developer from Oshawa, Ontario, Canada which is just east of Toronto. He has been working in the industry for over 10 years doing both frontend and backend development, primarily working with PHP/MySQL. He has been using CodeIgniter almost exclusively since 2008 and has contributed to projects such as Pancake Payments, the Postmark library and CodeIgniter itself. In his spare time, what little he has, Adam writes music, prints and peddles t-shirts, and spends time with his wife and children.

• Ben Edmunds @benedmunds | benedmunds.com

  Ben Edmunds leads development teams to create cutting-edge web and mobile applications. He is an active leader, developer, and speaker in various development communities, especially focusing on CodeIgniter. He is the creator of Ion Auth and numerous other open-source projects.
  
  Ben works for Kforce Government Solutions building web-based applications for the U.S. DoD Intelligence community. He is also the founder of DblTap Labs and the co-founder of AppStucco.

• Calvin Froedge @calvinfroedge | calvinfroedge.com

  Calvin has spent the past 8 years doing everything from working as a front end developer for Hilton Hotels to co-founding a startup incubator, organizing a Hackathon, selling a company, working for his dad in the family business, and most of all - coding his f&#*ing brains out

• Chris Miller @ee99ee | ee99ee.com

  Chris is a software developer based in New York. He is a senior developer at The Huffington Post by day and can be found hacking on a wide variety of projects at night. He has been working primarily with PHP and C# for more than 10 years building simple and complex Web applications. Chris started off in the systems/network administration world before getting serious into code, but today he tries to strike a balance between the two (you can't have one without the other!).
  
  Away from the keyboard, Chris is an avid runner, news junkie, and law student.

• Erik Giberti @giberti | af-design.com

  Erik Giberti is a Senior Developer at JD Supra, building the leading platform for distribution of legal content online. Erik has built web applications that serve dozens to millions of daily users. His current efforts are applications for the main stream social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. He currently lives with his wife and two children in Minnesota.

• John Crepezzi @seejohnrun | seejohncode.com

  John is a PHP, Ruby, and JavaScript developer from New York. He is a Reactor Engineer, and co-created CodeIgniter Sparks. He currently works at a small startup on some big data problems - and is always excited to talk about anything code.

• Kenny Katzgrau @_kennyk_ | codefury.net

  Kenny is a software developer in New York. He is a Reactor Engineer, and co-created CodeIgniter Sparks. He works at Yahoo! during the day and hacks on everything else at night.

• Phil Sturgeon @philsturgeon | philsturgeon.co.uk

  Phil has been developing websites with CodeIgniter since 2006 and works using it nearly every day. He's built everything from content management systems to iPhone app backends and everything in between using CodeIgniter and has blogged it about every step of the way.
  
  These days Phil is a core contributor to CodeIgniter and Lead Developer of HappyNinjas Limited, where he tries to write as much code as possible, but spends more time consulting, training, advising and recording screencasts for things.

• Tyler Flint @pagodabox | pagodabox.com

  Tyler Flint is Chief Architect at Pagoda Box. He's fluent in C, Objective C, Java, Javascript, PHP, Perl, Ruby, Ajax, SQL, Erlang and Spanish. He's led the charge in enterprise-level implementations and/or optimizations for clients including Idahoan, Zumiez, Rejuvenation, Allen Brothers, Sam's Club Auction, Zurchers, Skullcandy, Rockstar Energy Drinks, and Lacrosse Footwear. He also created the core software behind Tinybrick.com.