# dave kellam (@davekellam.com)

Profile: https://sifa.id/p/davekellam.com
Headline: Developer, designer, teacher

## About

I've spent most of my lifetime creating on the web, and made a living from it the last fifteen years. I've also been a designer and educator at times.

WordPress has been my primary tool for creating client sites. I've also made contributions back to the community here and there through plugin & theme development. 

Beyond that I'm a generalist and problem solver, adept at getting developers unblocked.

## Experience

- **Web Developer** (2026 – present)
- **Designer at Appletree Press** (2008 – 2008)
  Part-time designing books
- **WordPress Team Lead at Plank** (2021 – 2025)
- **Senior Developer at Plank** (2021 – 2021)
- **Back End Developer at Plank** (2018 – 2021)
- **Web Developer** (2011 – 2018)
  Highlights: Katie Couric Show, Viacom Blog, Claremont Graduate University, WorldStrides
- **Web Engineer at 10up** (2014 – 2014)
  Hired to work on the Maine Today Media project, a suite of interconnected sites including the Portland Press Herald.
- **Teacher at The Sele School** (2010 – 2010)
  Mathematics Year 7-Year 11 + supply teaching
- **Web Designer** (1999 – 2009)

## Education

- **Queen's University** — Bachelor of Computing (BCmpH), Computer Science (2000 – 2004)
- **Queen's University** — Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.), Intermediate-Senior (2004 – 2005)
- **The University of Reading** — Master of Arts (M.A.), Book Design (2006 – 2007)

## Skills

- Git
- WordPress
- Webpack
- Git
- CI/CD
- Git
- REST APIs
- System Integration
- CSS
- Web Development
- jQuery
- HTML
- PHP
- JavaScript
- React
- Teaching
- Technical Leadership
- Blogging
- Graphic Design
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe Photoshop

## Certifications

- Certificate of Qualification — Ontario College of Teachers (https://apps.oct.ca/FindATeacher/memberdetail?id=497660)

## Projects

- **Katie Couric Show website** — http://www.katiecouric.com
  WordPress theme, html, css, javascript and devops (1st season Rackspace Managed, 2nd season WordPress VIP). Design by Objective Subject. 
- **Viacom Blog** — http://blog.viacom.com
  WordPress theme, html, css. Design by Objective Subject.
- **Objective Subject website** — http://www.objectivesubject.com
  Helping Objective Subject launch a new design for the website.
- **Watson Adventures** — http://www.watsonadventures.com
  WordPress theme, html, css. Design by Objective Subject.
- **Nested Interest website** — http://www.nestedinterst.com
  WordPress theme, html, css (not including financial analysis tool). Design by Objective Subject.
- **Hogan Lovells US Careers website** — http://careers-us.hoganlovells.com
  WordPress theme, html, css. Design by Objective Subject.
- **People Make Parks** — http://www.peoplemakeparks.org
  WordPress theme, html and css. Design by Objective Subject.
- **Publication Nunavik website** — http://publicationsnunavik.com
  Multi-lingual (English, French, Inuktitut) WordPress site
- **Meredith Vieria Show website** — https://meredithvieria.com
  Second season, hosted on WordPress VIP. Design by Objective Subject, original season 1 code by 10up based on my work previously for KC Show.
- **Portland Press Herald** — https://www.pressherald.com/
  Worked with a team at 10up to migrate the Portland Press Herald and additional properties to WordPress. Was one of the first WP projects hosted on Pantheon.
- **WorldStrides website** — https://worldstrides.com/
  Created WordPress website for the educational travel company. Included custom api endpoints powering mini Angular apps.
- **Claremont Graduate University** — https://www.cgu.edu/
  Rearchitected CGU web presence, combining all schools under  one umbrella. Custom API endpoints that could serve Angular apps and campus kiosks. Created modular layout system that allowed client customization via shortcodes.
- **Claremont Colleges Library** — https://library.claremont.edu/
- **Ford's Theatre** — https://fords.org
  Redevelopment of Ford's Website. Highlights: block/component driven layouts, Tessitura cart integration.
- **Cineflix** — https://cineflix.com
- **Ontario SPCA** — https://ontariospca.com
  Highlight: Implemented custom rest api endpoints powered by two separate JSON and SOAP APIs for adoption listings.
- **The Canadian National Exhibition** — https://theex.com
- **Blabbermouth** — https://blabbermouth.net
  Hybrid Laravel/WordPress site deployed on serverless infrastructure to scale based on traffic

## Publications

- Aeronaut — davekellam.com (https://davekellam.com/2026/02/aeronaut/)
- There Is No Antimemetics Division audiobook — davekellam.com (https://davekellam.com/2026/01/there-is-no-antimemetics-division-audiobook/)
- Reweirding the web — davekellam.com (https://davekellam.com/2025/12/reweirding-the-web/)
- Requiem For Early Blogging — davekellam.com (https://davekellam.com/2025/12/requiem-for-early-blogging/)
- Programming is mostly thinking — davekellam.com (https://davekellam.com/2025/12/programming-is-mostly-thinking/)
- Tailscale on a Kindle — davekellam.com (https://davekellam.com/2025/12/tailscale-on-a-kindle/)
- Complete CSS — davekellam.com (https://davekellam.com/2025/11/complete-css/)
- Theme of Theseus — davekellam.com (https://davekellam.com/2025/11/theme-of-theseus/)
- Make your own website — davekellam.com (https://davekellam.com/2025/11/make-your-own-website/)
- Why hyperlinks are blue — davekellam.com (https://davekellam.com/2022/01/why-hyperlinks-are-blue/)
- The Changing Online Newspaper: Evoking Print Design on the Web — University of Reading (https://davekellam.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Dave-Kellam-MA-Thesis-2007-The-Changing-Online-Newspaper-Evoking-Print-Design-on-the-Web.pdf)

## Languages

- French (professional_working)
- English (native)

## Other profiles

- linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davekellam
- github: https://github.com/davekellam
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@davekellam
- website: https://davekellam.com
- website: https://profiles.wordpress.org/eightface/