{"id":8,"date":"2017-03-17T06:57:27","date_gmt":"2017-03-17T06:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2017.nashik.wordcamp.org\/speakers\/"},"modified":"2017-10-11T02:34:18","modified_gmt":"2017-10-11T02:34:18","slug":"speakers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nashik.wordcamp.org\/2017\/speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHarshad Mane\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Harshad Mane is a PHP Programmer and a WordPress Enthusiast. He\u2019s passionate about WordPress, and using it to develop modern and impressive websites.<\/p>\n

He has been working in the web industry for over 12 years. Starting as a PHP Progammer, He soon moved his way into WordPress development, and to this day he still loves doing both.<\/p>\n

When away from computer Harshad enjoys doing yoga, listening to music and thinking about going back to the computer!<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHarishanker R\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Hari is a Happiness Engineer at Automattic, and lives in the beautiful city of Kochi, with his wife. He has worked as a Banker, Journalist, and as a WordPress Project Manager with a startup, prior to joining Automattic. <\/p>\n

WordPress is Hari’s raison d’\u00eatre. He stumbled-upon the content management system in 2005, as a gawky teenager researching for a way to host his blog online, and since then, there was no looking back! The journey eventually led him to Automattic, where he helps customers build amazing eCommerce websites using WooCommerce. <\/p>\n

Hari has created, maintained, developed, and marketed several websites, and web applications using WordPress, and is also a compulsive blogger. <\/p>\n

Hari is a strong believer in the potential of WordPress, and the Open Web, as an agent of positive change – his motto in life is to make the world (and the web) a better place.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAditya Kane\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Aditya loves open source projects and it\u2019s philosophy with a passion. He has been using WordPress for over seven years now. Over the years he has used WordPress as a technology blogger and also led marketing strategies along with community outreach and engagement of WordPress based services and products.<\/p>\n

Along with being a co-organizer of WordCamp Mumbai since 2014, he also contributes time at WordCamp Central in vetting and mentoring WordPress communities from around the world.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTushar Bhambare\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Tushar is a commerce graduate and mass communication post graduate and started his career as journalist at the same time he is also a social media enthusiast and working on several facebook pages as a hobby. <\/p>\n

After starting his career as a journalist He came across WordPress since then he is working on WordPress especially in Media segment. <\/p>\n

He is running Mission MPSC (https:\/\/www.missionmpsc.com\/<\/a>) blog where we provides guidance for MPSC competitive exam.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSaurabh Shukla\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Saurabh is a full-stack developer<\/a>, community organiser<\/a>, poet<\/a>, blogger<\/a> and educator<\/a>, deeply interested in open source, WordPress and breaking the stigma around mental illness<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAjay Nair\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Ajay Nair, Managing Director of Mitlag Solutions Pvt Ltd is a hosting expert and system admin by heart. Brands from his company are FrendyHost.com and BackupCP.com. He has been working in web hosting and wordpress for more than 12 years. One of the remarkable work of his team is the installation and maintenance of a wordpress multisite having more than 25000 blogs.<\/p>\n

Ajay likes to travel and explore the world.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tKeith Pinto\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Keith is the Marketing Manager for Bluehost, India. Manages all tasks from Email marketing to Social media and everything in between. <\/p>\n

He has got his hands dirty in the support, training and sales functions and is now aiming to be a pro marketer. You can find him practically at every WordCamp and is an avid user of WordPress himself. Loves technology, bikes, travelling and food!<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tChinmay Dingore\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Chinmay Dingore – Founder and Executive Director<\/p>\n

Responsible for day to day operations in MilesWeb Internet Services Pvt Ltd.<\/p>\n

A technical professional with 12+ years of vast experience in Web Hosting, Cloud computing, Security. <\/p>\n

Domain expertise in IT Infrastructure Management \/ Data Center operations. Proven track records in troubleshooting and solving complex problems, design and implement complex computing environments. Has hands on multiple technologies.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAshish Kale\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Ashish Kale is the Managing Director at Sarps Technologies, LLC ,DE, USA and Also leads Hostripples Webhosting India Operations. <\/p>\n

He is Professional Hacker and Has Exclusive Hands on Experience of more than 10 years in Webhosting Industries. He always Amazed all with his experiments in web hosting and he never hesitates to show his love towards WordPress community. When he is not working you will find him doing Adventures like Bike Riding , hiking or Traveling long way<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDeepak Kori\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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As the founder of the company, Deepak brings more than 12 years of digital marketing and web hosting industry experience to MilesWeb. His marketing responsibilities include managing the company's online and offline advertising campaigns, affiliate program, social media and outlining search engine optimization strategies. <\/p>\n

Deepak has been actively involved in expanding and training the marketing force, overseeing the marketing strategies, and aligning the company\u2019s services with the unique needs of each of its customers. <\/p>\n

He has also shaped various sales and marketing strategies for increasing the company's brand awareness thereby consolidating it's position in the industry. His company is a strong supporter of WordPress and continues to sponsor WordCamps across India. <\/p>\n

Deepak holds a bachelor of computer science degree from the University of Pune.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tKhyati Gala\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Khyati is a WordPress enthusiast. She has been working with WordPress since past 4 years, first as a plugin tester and now is a Happiness Engineer with Automattic. She has been an active participant in the WordPress community as a speaker at a few WordCamps and being an organiser at WordCamp Mumbai. Apart from work you will find her reading books and socializing.<\/p>\n

She will be participating as a Panelist, You can listen her views at WordCamp Nashik in “Women & WordPress – Together how can we can make a difference?” Panel discussion.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tYogita Patil\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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\nYogita, has been far away from the talks of tech. Basically she is a Civil Engineer and worked in Insurance and Finance Industry till year 2014. She has resigned from her duties as per her plans to work independently and started to trade in Engineering Materials and online selling with marketplaces like Flipkart, Shopclues, Snapdeal.Gradually, She also trades in equity and commodity market.<\/p>\n

She also runs a blog “ManacheTalks<\/a>” iwhere she writes about Share Market, Money managing tips as well as some sort of “Man Ki Bat”. <\/p>\n

She will be participating as a Panelist, You can listen her views at WordCamp Nashik in “Women & WordPress – Together how can we can make a difference?” Panel discussion.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMrunmai Kulkarni\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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\nMrunmai is a Electronics Engineer with a Masters from Mumbai University. She is basically from Nasik and currently working in Pune, in Philips India Limited. She started using WordPress in 2015 as a blogging platform. She runs a blog called The Reader Planet<\/a>, where I write short stories, poems and articles.<\/p>\n

She will be participating as a Panelist, You can listen her views at WordCamp Nashik in “Women & WordPress – Together how can we can make a difference?” Panel discussion.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSudesna Banerjee\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Sudesna is a Digital Marketer who has worked on campaigns for companies like Mahindra Agri, Mahindra Saboro Lounge, ICICI, JCB, Crossword, Godrej Design lab, Bajaj Allianz, Ixigo, Ezeego, Coverfox, Apollo Munich, Cigna TTK, TimesNow NRI Awards, Chintamani Jewellers, Currae Hospitals, Bagel Bar, to name a few.<\/p>\n

When not selling through screens, She is a nail-art & mandala art enthusiast. She’s super excited about going on scooterette rides as she has recently learned to ride one.<\/p>\n

She will be participating as a Panelist, You can listen her views at WordCamp Nashik in “Women & WordPress – Together how can we can make a difference?” Panel discussion.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPoonam Namdev\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Poonam is the founder of SmallEnvelop.com<\/a> and works as a Happiness Engineer at ThemeIsle<\/a>. She has a passion for everything WordPress and loves being part and contributing to the WP community. She enjoys writing front- and back-end code, creating WordPress themes.<\/p>\n

She has been working with WordPress since last 4 years and has never looked back. In her spare time, she enjoys reading books, travel, learning.<\/p>\n

She will be participating as a Panelist, You can listen her views at WordCamp Nashik in “Women & WordPress – Together how can we can make a difference?” Panel discussion.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMeher Bala\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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Meher Bala is a Freelance WordPress Developer who has been designing, creating and maintaining websites for more than 10 years. Apart from being a WordPress enthusiast, she’s also into Social Media Marketing since the last two years.<\/p>\n

She is also one of the co-organizers for WordCamp Mumbai.<\/p>\n

She runs a Facebook Group called ‘Indian WordPress Women Community’ created to address issues faced by Indian Women in the WordPress community. <\/p>\n

At WordCamp Nashik she will be moderating “Women & WordPress – Together how can we can make a difference?” Panel discussion.<\/p>\n

Follow Meher on Twitter: @meherbala<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\nExperienced Designer who has spent a decade of designing experiences, He is a go-to guy for a lot of startups and agencies in the city of dreams, Mumbai.<\/p>\n

He has served as a Design Head at companies like Mumbai Educational Trust, Zee TV, Indigo Consulting (A LeoBurnett company), Ziffi and UX consultant for 8 startups in Mumbai Startup scene. Currently am working on projects for Mahindra, JCB, Godrej & ICICI.<\/p>\n

He intends to bring a change in developers approach towards Experience & Visual Design.<\/p>\n

TOPIC: Importance of Design for Plugin Developers<\/h2>\n

Design Thinking is a methodology that takes a solution based approach to solve problems that are ill-defined or unknown. It understands the underlying needs by re-phrasing the problem in a more human-centric way.<\/p>\n

If applied, Design Thinking can enable plugin\/theme developers decide which new plugin\/theme is best to be made so that it can reach out to as many people as it can. It also helps define an action plan to increase the sales\/awareness of existing theme\/plugin.<\/p>\n

Design Thinking uses a 6-step non-linear process that helps solve complex problems coming in way of products. It is a formalized framework of applying the creative design process to traditional business problems.<\/p>\n

Don’t forget to book your seats here https:\/\/2017.nashik.wordcamp.org\/tickets\/<\/a> before they are sold out!<\/p>\n

See y’all at WordCamp Nashik 2017!<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t

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\nPramod Jodhani is a WordPress Enthusiast. He loves building WordPress themes, plugins and websites. He has co-founded a WordPress service agency in the past but prefers to work as a freelancer.<\/p>\n

Pramod believes Freelancing is not just a way to make money, but a better way to live your life. He has completed more than 90 successful projects on Upwork, almost all having 5-star ratings and great customer feedbacks. Pramod not only gives attention to his professional life but also maintains a good work-life balance, thanks to the freedom he gets while being a freelancer. <\/p>\n

TOPIC: How to become a RockStar Freelance WordPress Consultant<\/h2>\n

Many people prefer a Full-time Job because they don\u2019t have enough knowledge about freelancing or they are scared they won\u2019t be able to find regular work when being a freelancer. Pramod is going to share his knowledge and experience he gained while working as freelance WordPress consultant. With the example of his experiences, he will teach:<\/p>\n