# Summary
In the professional sphere, I'm an experienced software engineer with particular expertise in Drupal with a side of dev-ops - including being Drupal 10 Triple Certified. Been working with Drupal for over a decade - contributing to Drupal core and contrib for close to a decade. I got started in development on my own while being homeschooled - with HTML and SSI. Since then I've been constantly coding and then turned my hobby into a career. Still do some coding as a hobby too, and very much a Open Source proponent.
I started in paid web development as a freelancer in generic HTML + PHP - made my own CMS, but worked in whatever came along including WordPress if necessary, until I discovered Drupal and then rapidly moved to Drupal focused. At this point I am a Drupal consultant with a focus on BackEnd/Ops with the additional benefit of team management skills.
# Current
Primary Role
I devote most of my time to my role as Drupal manager at Taoti Creative. Consulting with Taoti since 2018, I've long headed the dev-ops practice area and was majorly responsible for the shift to using composer and continuous integration. Taoti has been a top 100 Drupal company for contributions multiple years mainly through my work.
Most recent large projects I've been involved is the National New Play Network's New Play Exchange. Generally, except for those occasional projects with US based employee requirements, I am involved in all Drupal projects in advisory capacity due to seniority and experience even if the project is not my direct responsibility. See more details in my Work History.
Contributing
When not consulting - although lines are sometimes blurred which is what I get for turning a love into a job - I'm a significant open source contributor. Due to work - and personal usage - that has been focused on the Drupal and PHP ecosystems for the most part for many years. I'm very lucky in that all of my employers have been either very relaxed about IP, already open source proponents, or happy to listen to my advice. Taoti in particular has enabled significant contribution - both directly and indirectly. Taoti specifically has given me time for DrupalCon and is happy to have fixes go into contrib or core. Sometimes "yes this is my own time" but also "I'm able to contribute because I learnt about this bug at work and it interested me" and "Taoti's money is what gives me the free time to contribute".
In addition to direct code contributions, with Drupal, I'm also very much community oriented. A regular hand on Slack (and used to be on IRC), and social media. I've helped organize many Drupal events from user groups to cons including most recently on the session review team for DrupalCon 2025 Atlanta. Likewise, I've spoken at many Drupal events. See more details in Community Involvement.
Most of my Drupal contributions - both core and contrib - can be found through my D.O profile. Much of my other open source code contributions can be found on GitHub.
# Featured Presentation
Standardizing Sites with Drupal Scaffolding
Learn how to use the Drupal Composer Scaffolding plugin - both customizing it in your site and creating new data sources for it to standardize and improve your site builds. Presented at DrupalCon 2023 Pittsburgh