{"id":687,"date":"2015-06-16T19:46:48","date_gmt":"2015-06-16T14:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2015.pune.wordcamp.org\/?p=687"},"modified":"2015-07-17T13:27:20","modified_gmt":"2015-07-17T07:57:20","slug":"introducing-akshay-raje-our-first-speaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pune.wordcamp.org\/2015\/introducing-akshay-raje-our-first-speaker\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Akshay Raje, our first speaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"grav-54ace5526b61e5bf1aaf7de469e0eb47-0\" class=\"avatar avatar-100 photo grav-hashed grav-hijack alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/2.gravatar.com\/avatar\/54ace5526b61e5bf1aaf7de469e0eb47?s=320&amp;d=mm&amp;r=g\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" \/>Meet Akshay Raje. Akshay&#8217;s speaking about\u00a0<strong>Importing content from other systems into WordPress and WooCommerce<\/strong> at WordCamp Pune 2015. His talk will be a mix of English and Marathi. You might recognise Akshay from WordCamp Mumbai; he spoke there, as well.<\/p>\n<p>He\u00a0discovered WordPress in 2008 and has been in love with it since then. He started moonlighting on small client projects and custom plugin development. He subsequently tried to bootstrap a WordPress services firm just to discover that services is not something that he wants to do for a living.<\/p>\n<p>He does customer support for WP All Import and also supports a couple of WordPress plugins authored by him. He aspires to build a successful WordPress product company some day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wcp-note\">We&#8217;re still <a href=\"https:\/\/2015.pune.wordcamp.org\/call-for-speakers\/\" target=\"_blank\">accepting speaker applications<\/a>, in case you&#8217;re wondering but it may not be for long. We&#8217;re already in discussions with a couple of speakers and plan to discuss with a couple more applicants. We even have a platform if you want to <a href=\"https:\/\/2015.pune.wordcamp.org\/call-for-speakers\/showcase-your-blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">showcase your blog<\/a> or a <a href=\"https:\/\/2015.pune.wordcamp.org\/call-for-speakers\/showcase-your-plugin-or-theme\/\" target=\"_blank\">plugin\/theme that you&#8217;ve authored<\/a>. We&#8217;re more eager to hear you speak than you&#8217;d believe! Go ahead, apply before it&#8217;s too late.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet Akshay Raje. Akshay&#8217;s speaking about\u00a0Importing content from other systems into WordPress and WooCommerce at WordCamp Pune 2015. His talk will be a mix of English and Marathi. You might recognise Akshay from WordCamp Mumbai; he spoke there, as well. He\u00a0discovered WordPress in 2008 and has been in love with it since then. 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