Ben Byrne is one of three cofounders of Cornershop Creative, a web services agency that plans, designs, builds and maintains websites — mostly in WordPress — for nonprofit organizations and educational institutions around the country. As Chief Creative Officer, Ben oversees most the design and development work that Cornershop does. Prior to founding Cornershop Creative in 2012, Ben worked as a front-end developer for a few different agencies, did some freelancing, and was the in-house designer and developer for a nonprofit in Massachusetts. His fluency in HTML, CSS and JavaScript have been put to good use implementing his designs on a variety of platforms and systems including WordPress and Drupal.

Ben has a BFA in Graphic Design from Iowa State University and has been working on the web professionally for about 20 years. He has presented on the difference between print and web design, web typography, WordPress widgets, high performance front-end performance optimization and other topics at various organizations and events, including several WordCamps. Last summer Ben moved from Indiana to Santa Rosa, CA with his wife, two kids, and labradoodle.

Ben will be speaking on Making Multisite Work For You.

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