{"id":3750,"date":"2025-07-16T07:39:50","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T11:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/?post_type=wcb_speaker&#038;p=3750"},"modified":"2025-09-12T20:03:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T00:03:16","slug":"brent-toderash","status":"publish","type":"wcb_speaker","link":"https:\/\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/speaker\/brent-toderash\/","title":{"rendered":"Brent Toderash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-style-default speaker-highlight-column is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-b9a46375 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group has-custom-grey-faint-background-color has-background wp-container-content-9cfa9a5a has-global-padding is-content-justification-center is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7a30299c wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"min-height:100%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-container-content-b1208fed\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"650\" data-attachment-id=\"6821\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/speaker\/brent-toderash\/brent-toderash-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/files\/2025\/07\/brent-toderash.webp?fit=650%2C650&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"650,650\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"brent-toderash\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/files\/2025\/07\/brent-toderash.webp?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/files\/2025\/07\/brent-toderash.webp?fit=650%2C650&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/files\/2025\/07\/brent-toderash.webp?resize=650%2C650&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6821\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3\/4;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/files\/2025\/07\/brent-toderash.webp?w=650&amp;ssl=1 650w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/files\/2025\/07\/brent-toderash.webp?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/files\/2025\/07\/brent-toderash.webp?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-group has-custom-grey-faint-background-color has-background wp-container-content-8f85718f has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-12dd3699 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>Brent Toderash has been working with WordPress since the days when it was still called b2\u2014and long before that, he was writing COBOL programs on punch cards in high school. Over the past 25 years, he\u2019s worked across nearly every corner of IT, from dial-up ISP to broadband, from static HTML to modern PHP, and from Linux advocacy to running a managed WordPress hosting company. Today, he co-owns and operates a WordPress-focused agency in Winnipeg, while also contributing to projects like AspirePress and the FAIR Web Foundation to strengthen WordPress\u2019 package management ecosystem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At WCEH, Brent will present <strong>\u201cSoftware Supply Chain Security &amp; Risk Management: Why the Future will be Federated.\u201d<\/strong> His talk traces the history of WordPress package distribution, explores why decentralization is essential for enterprise growth, and examines both the risks and the mitigation strategies involved. Attendees will also get an inside look at the work AspirePress and FAIR are doing to deliver decentralized, secure, and robust package management for WordPress\u2014highlighting specific benefits for enterprise users, the wider ecosystem, and everyday site owners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-accent-1-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-091b0950 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:10px;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"sessions\">Check out Brent&#8217;s Session<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;\" class=\"wp-block-wordcamp-speaker-sessions\"><li><p><a href=\"https:\/\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/session\/software-supply-chain-security-risk-management-why-the-future-will-be-federated\/\">Software Supply Chain Security &amp; Risk Management: Why the Future will be Federated<\/a><\/p><p class=\"wordcamp-speaker-sessions__session-info\">October 17, 2025 at 3:45 pm in <span class=\"wordcamp-speaker-sessions__track slug-track-2\">Track 2<\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Brent on the Socials<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/toderash.net\">toderash.net<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mastodon: <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.cloud\/@toderash\">@toderash<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Twitter\/X: <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/toderash\">@toderash<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bluesky: <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/toderash.net\">toderash.net<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>LinkedIn: <a href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/in\/brenttoderash\">linkedin.com\/in\/brenttoderash<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Github: <a href=\"http:\/\/github.com\/toderash\">github.com\/toderash<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>More: \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/about.me\/brent.toderash\">about.me<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Give Brent a follow, and don\u2019t miss his talk this October in Ottawa! \ud83c\udf41<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">And now for something a little Canadian \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What comes to mind when you think of Canada?<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong>\u201cWhat&#8217;s the first thing you think of when you think of &#8220;home&#8221;? It&#8217;s more of a feeling, than a concrete thought&#8230; a jumble of safety, security, peace, freedom, and belonging. With free healthcare.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Favourite Canadian band or artist?<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong>\u201cThis is funny: as one of the organizers of <a href=\"https:\/\/techapalooza.ca\/\">Techapalooza<\/a>, this has come up with our theme for the next event we&#8217;re planning, which is &#8220;True North Strong &amp; IT.&#8221; (Techapalooza is an annual fundraiser where people with day jobs in the IT sector put together a band for a one-night battle-of-the-bands showdown, and it&#8217;s tons of fun.) I&#8217;m not sure if I&#8217;m supposed to say Rush to prove my age, or say Neil Young or BTO to represent Winnipeg, but honestly, I&#8217;ve always been a Bruce Cockburn fan.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A Canadian food you love, or want to try while in Ottawa?<\/strong><br>\u201cThere&#8217;s nothing better than my grandmother&#8217;s raspberry pie, but that\u2019s now a memory and won\u2019t fit other people\u2019s idea of quintessentially Canadian foods. The best of those are beyond the stereotypes, where you find butter tarts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A singer or athlete (or other) you associate with Canada?<br><\/strong>\u201cIf I broaden the question to any person I associate with Canada, there are so many great Canadians who have made significant contributions to science, art, and culture.. The person I think of as one of the most representative Canadians you could find is likely Peter Gzowski, who made a career of featuring other people, putting prime ministers and pickle recipes into the same half hour and making it seem like a perfectly natural combination.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With 25+ years in IT, Brent advocates WordPress, FLOSS, and decentralized package management through AspirePress and FAIR to reduce supply chain risk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7694169,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"speaker-series","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_wcpt_user_name":"toderash","footnotes":""},"speaker_group":[122],"class_list":["post-3750","wcb_speaker","type-wcb_speaker","status-publish","hentry","wcb_speaker_group-first-round"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f219af141e0d97c4964e706d66bcc74b4e2ed3dad974b991e57cff19907e7e7?s=24&r=g","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f219af141e0d97c4964e706d66bcc74b4e2ed3dad974b991e57cff19907e7e7?s=48&r=g","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f219af141e0d97c4964e706d66bcc74b4e2ed3dad974b991e57cff19907e7e7?s=96&r=g","128":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f219af141e0d97c4964e706d66bcc74b4e2ed3dad974b991e57cff19907e7e7?s=128&r=g","256":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f219af141e0d97c4964e706d66bcc74b4e2ed3dad974b991e57cff19907e7e7?s=256&r=g","512":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f219af141e0d97c4964e706d66bcc74b4e2ed3dad974b991e57cff19907e7e7?s=512&r=g"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/3750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wcb_speaker"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3750"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/3750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7036,"href":"https:\/\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/3750\/revisions\/7036"}],"sessions":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/3753?_embed=1&context=view"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/wordcamp"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wcb_speaker_group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada.wordcamp.org\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speaker_group?post=3750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}