{"id":160,"date":"2026-08-06T21:11:48","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T21:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demos.canvaswp.com\/conference\/speaker\/desmond-eagle\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T21:11:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T21:11:48","slug":"desmond-eagle","status":"publish","type":"canvas_conf_speaker","link":"https:\/\/demos.canvaswp.com\/conference\/speaker\/desmond-eagle\/","title":{"rendered":"Desmond Eagle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"dark conference-speaker-single\"><div class=\"single-speaker-meta\"><a class=\"speaker-role\" href=\"https:\/\/demos.canvaswp.com\/conference\/speakers\/\">Canvas Business<\/a><ul class=\"speaker-attributes\"><li><span class=\"attr-label\">Company<\/span><strong class=\"attr-value\">Canvas<\/strong><\/li><li><span class=\"attr-label\">Talk<\/span><strong class=\"attr-value\">Canvas Rest API<\/strong><\/li><li><span class=\"attr-label\">Based In<\/span><strong class=\"attr-value\">Austin, United States<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><\/div><p class=\"text-white-50\">Desmond runs the business side of Canvas and spends most of his week talking to the teams who build on it. 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