Ben Byrne is Chief Creative Officer and co-founder of Cornershop Creative, a small distributed agency focused on nonprofits and WordPress. As Chief Creative Officer, Ben oversees the visual design work and code produced by Cornershop. Before founding Cornershop in 2012, Ben left his position as Senior Front-end Developer at New Signature, where his extensive experience with languages such as HTML, CSS and JavaScript were put to good use implementing his designs on several CMS platforms.

Ben has a BFA in Graphic Design from Iowa State University and has been working on the web for about 20 years. He has presented on a variety of topics, including the differences between print and web design, web typography, and high performance front-end performance optimization at various organizations and events, including several WordCamps. Ben lives in Richmond, Indiana with his wife, two kids, and labradoodle Barcelona, though he’s moving to California this summer.