speakers.json

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        "bio": "Laura graduated from the University of St. Thomas, MN with a B.A. in Spanish Linguists and a B.A. in Psychology. She applies her knowledge of human behavior and culture to technically architect everything from complex illustrations to minimalist vectors. Her favorite pastimes include painting digitally, playing Ultimate Frisbee, and ballroom dancing.",
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        "shortBio": "Sandeep is a Developer Advocate at Google, currently focused on helping developers with Google Cloud...",
        "bio": "Sandeep started coding and creating websites when he was 12 and hasn't stopped. He is passionate about building easy-to-use products people love. Before Google, he founded an IoT startup in agriculture and developed educational HTML5 games. At Google, Sandeep's goal is to make cloud easy and help developers create the next big thing. Sandeep loves video games, making music, and martial arts, and has Bachelors in Marketing and Computer Science.",
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        "name": "Martin Omander",
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        "shortBio": "Martin helps a lot for GDGs in North America and all around the world. He is a great coder and father too.",
        "bio": "Alignment: Lawful Good",
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        "name": "Murat Yener",
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        "shortBio": "A code geek, open source committer, conference speaker and Android Software Developer at Intel.",
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        "name": "Justin Ribeiro",
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        "bio": "Co-organizer of the GDG Oakdale, a GDE, Oakdale OpenMesh, and his three daughters. 18+ years development experience and author of the upcoming book 'Developing a Google Glass Edge', he is constantly building software, sensors, and hacking on toys.",
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        "name": "James Duvall IV",
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        "bio": "A software engineer and co-organizer of the GDG Oakdale, Oakdale OpenMesh and his three daughters. With 10+ years of development experience, he works daily in .Net technologies, C#, and Chrome, building web applications that push the web to its limits.",
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        "shortBio": "Passionate Software developer, wants to know why things work.",
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        "shortBio": "Data Analyst Enraptured with Machine Learning, Literature, and Video Games",
        "bio": "Paul is a graduate of Claremont McKenna College with a bachelor's degree in Economics. He has worked with numerous APIs including the Riot Games API, the Twitter API, the Twitch API, and numerous Google Analytics stacks. Paul enjoys spending his free time studying Machine Learning, Literature, and Video Games.",
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        "bio": "My career in technology literally began with a business card in 2008. After a much admired instructor handed me the business card of a local entrepreneur of a budding design firm based out of Fresno, a thirty minute phone conversation and a three hour visit launched me into an internship that radically changed my life. I studied the art of web development from the ground up and have never stopped learning since. Each company I worked with over the years have pushed my abilities to new heights while presenting constant challenges that have tested my skills. I have had the chance to work on content management systems with both Drupal and Wordpress, manned the camera and sound equipment for a local videographer and took some time to work as an independent developer. My love of the front-end web has kept me focused and provided the opportunities to share that passion with others. It began with an off-the-cuff request to stand-in for another instructor and turned into a full-time career with Bitwise Industries as a Developer Fellow. I have had the honor of teaching hundreds of students who have worked through the Geekwise Academy Bootcamp courses, some of which who have gone on to create new tech companies, and others working on some of the most cutting edge projects in the valley. I have taught a university level course at Fresno Pacific College, empowered individuals coming in on welfare through the Department of Social Services and now spend my time inspiring high schoolers from Kingsburg and Fowler high raising up the next generation of developers.",
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