Brian Layman is a full time independent WordPress consultant working primarily to extend WordPress for use with evolving web technologies. Clients hire him to help them adopt features such as AMP, Ad Prebid and integration with new and evolving APIs. He is a featured WordPress Developer in “WordPress for Dummies (2nd edition)” by Lisa Sabin-Wilson. In addition to custom feature development, he specializes in migration to WordPress VIP hosting, legacy CMS site conversion, hacked site recovery and server security & optimizations.
He has designed and served as System Administrator for large dynamic WordPress installations hosted on Amazon AWS for companies such as Marsh-Mclennan, a fortune 50 company. He has created custom multi-site WordPress features for companies like Lexis Nexus and server optimization for Hewlett Packard. Popular sites like RedState.com have brought him in to convert their 212,000 site WordPress MU install to a WordPress MultiSite installation. Digital media companies such as the Moguldom Media Group and Heavy Inc. use him for implementing new ad technologies and WordPress VIP hosting development work. He has been a speaker at Blog World Expo in Vegas and NYC and numerous WordCamps since 2007. Brian conducts monthly presentations at the North East Ohio WordPress Meetup and is a co-organizer of WordCamp North East Ohio.