Jeremy Hawes is a project manager and front-end developer for website and software applications. He served in the military for five years, including two tours of duty in Iraq/Kuwait, where he worked in the headquarters of one of the largest transportation battalions in theatre and helped develop a convoy tracking and predicting database to help improve convoy forecasting. After leaving the military he pursued a degree in business management while help building a non-profit from the ground up, which still is running in the Del Paso Heights area of Sacramento.
After obtaining his bachelor degree he began a business in Sacramento where I offered web design contract services and helped build websites for businesses like SMUD, California Crane School, AAA Crane Services, and more. Our team grew and we became one of the lead third-party plugin developers for a software called RapidWeaver. Our company still today develops one of the largest collections of Themes and Stacks (similar to Plugins) under the name One Little Designer. In 2015, he began working for a fast growing company in Sacramento, Capitol Tech Solutions. Today he is the lead front-end developer and helps manage the design and development of websites using platforms including WordPress, Shopify, NationBuilder, RapidWeaver.
He is married with five boys, so when I’m not working I’m usually out doing some fun and adventurous kid stuff… or taking a rest from it.
We’re thrilled to have Jeremy onboard as a speaker at WordCamp Sacramento 2018 asked a few questions to help you get to know more about him. Check out our mini interview with Jeremy below:
What is the topic of your WordCamp talk?
How To Install WordPress Plugins, The Plugin Dashboard, And Best Practices For Plugin Management
What’s your WordPress origin story?
I can’t recall how I found out about WordPress, but it’s been one of the leading CMS tools and accounts for a massive amount of websites live today. It has been one of the most well supported by it’s developers and also has a 3rd party development market that makes possibilities almost endless.
How has WordPress impacted your world?
It provides me with a relatively simple way of creating management websites for clients and provides tools that makes edit intuitive and quick. I keep using it due to the large amount of useful plugins in the market largely thanks to it’s open source nature.
You can connect with Jeremy further at:
LinkedIn | CodePen | Instagram
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WordCamp Sacramento 2018 sold out in 2015, 2016, and 2017, and we do expect it to sell out again. Be sure to get your WordCamp Tickets asap to secure you spot at this awesome event! Tickets are only $40 (thanks to our generous sponsors) and include:
- Two full days of Beginner Tracks, walking new users through how to use WordPress.
- Two mixed tracks of sessions on Saturday.
- Two mixed tracks of sessions on Sunday.
- A Happiness Bar — our version of a help desk, open throughout the event so you can get help with your site and get your questions answered.
- An opportunity to network with and meet sponsors, speakers, and other WordPress community members, including business owners, designers, developers, agency owners, bloggers, copywriters, freelancers, site owners, and more.
- Refreshing drinks throughout the entire event.
- A WordCamp Sacramento 2018 t-shirt.
- A catered lunch on Saturday.
- A networking reception Saturday immediately following the event.
- Snacks on Sunday.