{"id":2809,"date":"2025-04-15T22:06:33","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T14:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johorbahru.wordcamp.org\/2025\/?p=2809"},"modified":"2025-04-18T11:31:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T03:31:11","slug":"introducing-speakers-round-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johorbahru.wordcamp.org\/2025\/introducing-speakers-round-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Speakers Round 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We&#8217;re thrilled to unveil our first round of speakers for WordCamp Johor Bahru 2025! These passionate WordPress experts bring diverse perspectives and deep expertise to our community.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wordcamp-block wordcamp-post-list has-layout-list wordcamp-speakers\"><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-azhar-katib\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/johorbahru.wordcamp.org\/2025\/speaker\/azhar-katib\/\">Azhar Katib<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-none\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/johorbahru.wordcamp.org\/2025\/speaker\/azhar-katib\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/johorbahru.wordcamp.org\/2025\/files\/2025\/04\/azhar-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-300x300 size-300x300 wp-post-image\" alt=\"Avatar of Azhar Katib\" srcset=\"https:\/\/johorbahru.wordcamp.org\/2025\/files\/2025\/04\/azhar-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/johorbahru.wordcamp.org\/2025\/files\/2025\/04\/azhar-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/johorbahru.wordcamp.org\/2025\/files\/2025\/04\/azhar.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-excerpt\"><p>Azhar Katib is a Digital Marketing Strategist helping businesses grow their online presence through websites, SEM\/SEM, and data analytics. Besides being a practitioner, he develops curriculum and trains learners in digital marketing, web design\/dev, and web analytics topics as an adjunct trainer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-speakers__sessions\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"wordcamp-speakers__sessions-heading\">\n\t\t\t\tSession\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"wordcamp-speakers__sessions-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"wordcamp-speakers__sessions-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wordcamp-speakers__session-link\" href=\"https:\/\/johorbahru.wordcamp.org\/2025\/session\/from-clicks-to-conversions-strategies-to-design-optimize-measure\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFrom Clicks to Conversions: Strategies to Design, Optimize &amp; Measure\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wordcamp-speakers__session-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t17\/05\/2025 at 10:50 AM +08 in Track 1\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wordcamp-post-list__post wordcamp-clearfix\">\n<div class=\"wordcamp-speaker wordcamp-speakers__post slug-chan-ler-kuan\">\n\t<h3 class=\"wordcamp-block__item-title wordcamp-speakers__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/johorbahru.wordcamp.org\/2025\/speaker\/chan-ler-kuan\/\">Chan Ler-Kuan<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-none\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/johorbahru.wordcamp.org\/2025\/speaker\/chan-ler-kuan\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/johorbahru.wordcamp.org\/2025\/files\/2025\/04\/ChanLerKuan_3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-300x300 size-300x300 wp-post-image\" alt=\"Avatar of Chan Ler-Kuan\" srcset=\"https:\/\/johorbahru.wordcamp.org\/2025\/files\/2025\/04\/ChanLerKuan_3.jpg 713w, https:\/\/johorbahru.wordcamp.org\/2025\/files\/2025\/04\/ChanLerKuan_3-280x300.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-excerpt\"><p>My journey to becoming a content writer wasn&#039;t a direct one. In fact, my career began in programming. From 2010 to 2012, I worked as a programmer with the Swedish company Syntronics Sdn Bhd, where I maintained radio base stations. 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Mohd Saiful<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-container align-none\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/johorbahru.wordcamp.org\/2025\/speaker\/ts-mohd-saiful\/\" class=\"wordcamp-image__avatar-link\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"275\" src=\"https:\/\/johorbahru.wordcamp.org\/2025\/files\/2025\/04\/ensaiful.png\" class=\"attachment-300x300 size-300x300 wp-post-image\" alt=\"Avatar of Ts. Mohd Saiful\" srcset=\"https:\/\/johorbahru.wordcamp.org\/2025\/files\/2025\/04\/ensaiful.png 591w, https:\/\/johorbahru.wordcamp.org\/2025\/files\/2025\/04\/ensaiful-327x300.png 327w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wordcamp-block__item-content wordcamp-speakers__content is-excerpt\"><p>Ts. 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