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Gavin Pickin

April 21, 2017

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Yes, we have more speakers. ITB has a great ratio of speakers to attendees, so you get to learn the best from the best, and you have lots of opportunities to talk to the speakers at meals, and in the hallway track. ITB 2017 has a lot of great speakers that contribute to this conference. A conference is a lot of work, and we’re thankful for all of those helping us to bring ITB to everyone. These are speakers you do not want to miss. Here's our fifth speaker summary. ### Meet Esmeralda Acevedo - Speaker Interview for ITB 2017 I met Esmeralda 17 years ago, and enjoyed sharing an office, and shared the adventure working with the world wide web. She is a great designer, and an even better person, and I'm glad to see Esmeralda breaking out and presenting at Into the Box, as well as co-leading the ContentBox Workshop. Let's learn a little more about Esmeralda. Learn learn more about Esmeralda read the original blog post by Gavin Pickin by clicking the link below. Meet Esmeralda Acevedo - Speaker Interview for ITB 2017 ### Meet Luis Majano - Speaker Interview for ITB 2017 Luis Majano, father of all BOX products, needs no introduction. I love working with all of the special people at Ortus, and having Luis leading the ship is great for our community, and our company, and personally, although, sometimes the code reviews are longer than I'd like lol Meet Luis Majano - Speaker Interview for ITB 2017 ### Meet Gavin Pickin - Speaker Interview for ITB 2017 Gavin works as the ContentBox evangelist, so you'll see him at the ContentBox workshop, and teaching a couple of sessions on ContentBox at ITB. He has been involved with all of the past ITBs, and has been a member of the Ortus team for 2 years. Meet Gavin Pickin - Speaker Interview for ITB 2017 ### Meet Mike Brunt - Speaker Interview for ITB 2017 Mike Brunt has some interesting insight into Tuning and troubleshooting ColdFusion. I know a lot of people are interested to see his session. We're so glad Mike can make it to ITB 2017. Meet Mike Brunt - Speaker Interview for ITB 2017 These speakers are bringing new ideas for you to take home. We are so happy to have all of the gracious speakers to make this conference a one of a kind experience. Into The Box is approaching quickly, we hope you can join us, and make this ITB the best ever.This is something you do not want to miss out on. We can not wait to see you there! #### Tickets still available - don't miss out. Get your tickets now

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