Drupal
- Drupal contributions
I help maintain a number of modules. I was the Administrator for Drupal's participation in the Google Summer of Code 2009, and a mentor in 2008. I am a very enthusiastic Drupal evangelist, applying my academic and practical background in communication, outreach, marketing, and persuasion towards getting the good word out about FOSS. I own/run a Drupal development shop called Zivtech
- My mentors
- aaron, joshk
- I contributed Drupal patches
- I contributed Drupal modules
- I contributed to Drupal issue queues
- 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
- I will attend DrupalCon Portland 2013
- I attended DrupalCon Munich 2012
- I will attend DrupalCon Prague 2013
- I attended DrupalCon Szeged, Hungary 2008
- I attended DrupalCon DC 2009
- I attended DrupalCon Boston 2008
- I attended DrupalCon Paris 2009
- I attended DrupalCon San Francisco 2010
- I attended DrupalCon Chicago 2011
- I attended DrupalCon Copenhagen 2010
- I attended DrupalCon Denver 2012
Personal information
- Full name
- Alex Urevick-Ackelsberg
- First or given name
- Alex
- Last name or surname
- UA
- Languages spoken
- English
- My website
- http://zivtech.com
- Interests
- hustling, hustling harder, starting trouble, building awesome stuff, jawns
- Gender
- male
- Country
- United States
- IRC nick
- AlexUA
- LinkedIn profile
- http://www.linkedin.com/in/alexurevickackelsberg
- Facebook page
- http://www.facebook.com/alexua
- Twitter url
- http://twitter.com/alexu_a
- Google profile URL
- https://plus.google.com/u/1/117662542872055772672
- Bio
Alex is responsible for all of the business functions of ZivTech, from Sales and Marketing, to Client Relations, to HR and Payroll, to Business Strategy. Alex loves to participate in the Drupal Community, and does so in a variety of ways: he maintains a number of modules, including the Embedded Media Field and Media: National Public Radio modules; he mentored and help adminster the Google Summer of Code and the Google Code-In for the Drupal Community from 2008-2010; he wrote much of the marketing copy for the ‘About’ section on the redesigned Drupal.org.
Alex has always had a knack for technology, a love for teaching it to non-technical users, and has over 11 years of professional technical experience. He taught himself how to administer Windows and Macintosh computers, which landed him a job at the New School, where he was attending Eugene Lang. Alex worked as a systems and LAN administer for 7+ years, and was able to get both himself and his wife free schooling that led to second degrees for both of them. He started using Drupal during the 2004 Presidential Campaign, while working with a youth outreach organization called Music for America, ¬and instantly fell in love with the CMS due to its ease of use and especially its remarkable SEO capabilities, which fed his appetite for search manipulation.
Work
- Job title
- Partner | CEO
- Current company or organization
- Companies worked for
- The New School, Parsons, The War Tapes, Music for America, Philadelphians Against Santorum, Zivtech
History
- Documentation
- Over 50 edits
- Member for
- 6 years 15 weeks
Projects
- Embedded Media Field (117 commits)
- Media: Video Flotsam (9 commits)
- Media: Viddler (2 commits)
- Media: National Public Radio (2 commits)
- Media: Audio Flotsam (2 commits)
- Media: Image Flotsam (2 commits)
- Roboconf (1 commit)
- Total: 135 commits