{"id":1744,"date":"2016-09-25T00:49:22","date_gmt":"2016-09-25T00:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2016.rhodeisland.wordcamp.org\/?post_type=wcb_speaker&#038;p=1744"},"modified":"2016-09-28T17:41:29","modified_gmt":"2016-09-28T17:41:29","slug":"john-maeda","status":"publish","type":"wcb_speaker","link":"https:\/\/rhodeisland.wordcamp.org\/2016\/speaker\/john-maeda\/","title":{"rendered":"John Maeda"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"speakers-callout\" class=\"row extend\">\n<div class=\"small-12 columns\">\n<h2>Keynote &#8211; John Maeda<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"width: 300px\" src=\"https:\/\/2016.rhodeisland.wordcamp.org\/files\/2016\/09\/approved-photo-of-John-Maeda-.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>\u00a0<em>From STEM to STEAM to Startups and Dreams<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>After working in venture capital for three years in Silicon Valley, John Maeda will explain why he\u2019s recently moved to a technology startup, Automattic, to advance design AND inclusion at a global scale. What does he do? What will he do? These questions, among others, will be touched upon with the WordCamp RI audience.<\/p>\n<p>He is an American executive spearheading a new convergence across the design + technology industries. He recently joined Automattic as Global Head of Computational Design + Inclusion and previously served as Design Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield &amp; Byers, a world-leading venture capital firm. An internationally recognized speaker and author, his books include The Laws of Simplicity, Creative Code and Redesigning Leadership. He holds degrees in Electrical Engineering + Computer Science from MIT, an MBA from Arizona State U, and a PhD from University of Tsukuba in Japan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keynote &#8211; John Maeda \u00a0From STEM to STEAM to Startups and Dreams After working in venture capital for three years in Silicon Valley, John Maeda will explain why he\u2019s recently moved to a technology startup, Automattic, to advance design AND &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/rhodeisland.wordcamp.org\/2016\/speaker\/john-maeda\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"assistive-text\">John Maeda<\/span>  <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12477116,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_wcpt_user_name":"","footnotes":""},"speaker_group":[],"class_list":["post-1744","wcb_speaker","type-wcb_speaker","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7dOoO-s8","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4909a594a4eea741b918ee90f0776d9c431017573ff7e5c6079caacf49924af7?s=24&d=mm&r=g","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4909a594a4eea741b918ee90f0776d9c431017573ff7e5c6079caacf49924af7?s=48&d=mm&r=g","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4909a594a4eea741b918ee90f0776d9c431017573ff7e5c6079caacf49924af7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","128":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4909a594a4eea741b918ee90f0776d9c431017573ff7e5c6079caacf49924af7?s=128&d=mm&r=g","256":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4909a594a4eea741b918ee90f0776d9c431017573ff7e5c6079caacf49924af7?s=256&d=mm&r=g","512":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4909a594a4eea741b918ee90f0776d9c431017573ff7e5c6079caacf49924af7?s=512&d=mm&r=g"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhodeisland.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/1744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhodeisland.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhodeisland.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wcb_speaker"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhodeisland.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12477116"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhodeisland.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1744"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/rhodeisland.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/1744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1831,"href":"https:\/\/rhodeisland.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/1744\/revisions\/1831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhodeisland.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wcb_speaker_group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhodeisland.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speaker_group?post=1744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}