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Location Germany
Current Role(s): 
Principal Software Engineering Manager
Microsoft
IRC: 
OhthehugeManatee

Professional Info

Companies Worked For
Amazee Labs, Forum One, 5 Rings, Trellon, University of Cincinnati, Indiana University, Simon Fraser University, Capilano University, University of BC
Industries Worked In: 
Non-Profit, Technology, Opera, Entertainment, Higher Education

Personal Info

Other languages: 
English
French
German
Italian

On Drupal.org for 18 years 6 months

Bio: 

Technical architect, strategist, and speaker with more than 17 years of IT experience in a variety of technical and client-facing roles. I have a broad background including PHP, Drupal 4-8 code and theming, server administration, technical project management, information architecture, sales and proposal writing, public speaking, and client relations.

In my > 13 years working with Drupal, I've gotten to lead site builds and support for large clients such as the Cato Institute, Redbox, Cornell University, Intel, the EPA, Oxfam International, and United Way. I've given sessions at > 10 Drupalcons, and often speak/keynote/session at other Drupal events around the world. I'm also one of the authors of the Drupalcon "prenote" event that kicks off each conference.

I'm a Principal Software Engineering Manager with Microsoft, solving problems using open source software, and contributing everything back.

Drupal Contributions: 

Frequent patches, doco submissions, issue contributions, and the occasional maintained module. I've implemented Drupal for a ton of high profile sites, and am a frequent presenter at Drupalcons/camps around the world.

Events spoken at

Areas of Expertise: 
Project Manager
sysadmin
Themer
Site builder
Coder
Drupal events: 
DrupalCon Paris 2009
DrupalCon San Francisco 2010
DrupalCon Copenhagen 2010
DrupalCon Chicago 2011
DrupalCon Munich 2012
DrupalCon Portland 2013
DrupalCon Prague 2013
DrupalCon Austin 2014
DrupalCon Amsterdam 2014
DrupalCon Los Angeles 2015
DrupalCon Barcelona 2015
DrupalCon Asia 2016
DrupalCon New Orleans 2016
DrupalCon Dublin 2016
DrupalCon Baltimore 2017
DrupalCon Vienna 2017
DrupalCon Nashville 2018
Drupal Europe 2018

Credited on 35 fixed issues

Projects maintained

8 people list ohthehugemanatee as a mentor

I contributed Drupal patches
I contributed Drupal modules
I contributed to Drupal issue queues
I contributed to Drupal.org
I contributed Drupal documentation
I help in the Drupal support forums
I provide Drupal-related services
I give support on IRC
I help mentor new contributors