Phillip Jackson was introduced as a senior developer with 3 Magento certifications who is highly active in the Magento community. The document then summarizes a hackathon and the annual Magento Imagine conference in Las Vegas. It notes that Magento continues to dominate e-commerce with 30% of top websites and over 240,000 installs of the platform worldwide. Upcoming updates include Magento 2 entering beta in December 2014 and becoming generally available in late 2015, as well as new certifications and community events.