Alexei Rayu

Drupal

Drupal contributions

Help with support requests, participate in theming and a number of modules groups. Offer some code for free download at striderlance.com.

Roles in working with Drupal

Site builder, Designer, Developer, Themer

I help in the Drupal support forums

I provide Drupal-related services

Personal information

Full name

Alexei Rayu

Languages spoken

English; German; Russian; Ukrainian

My website

http://www.striderlance.com

Interests

design, developing, php, ui, usability

Gender

male

Country

Bulgaria

LinkedIn profile

http://ua.linkedin.com/pub/alexei-rayu/b/1a8/275

Facebook page

http://www.facebook.com/pages/StriderLance/131394887484

Bio

Specialization

* Drupal theming and site building
* Web design
* SEO and usability optimization
* xhtml/css/javascript/AJAX/JQuery

Experience

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2004 – current - Self-employed subcontractor in the following IT businesses:

1. Volacci.com - USA SEO company, initially named SpryDev.com. Until 2008 specialized in Drupal site building services. My services for them included SEO optmiziation, Web Design and Drupal Theming, complete production cycle.
2. Aviso.com - USA small web site building company. Services included building xhtml sites and Drupal sites, complete production cycle.
3. EBWebsites.com - USA small web site building company. Services included web design, xhtml sites, and Drupal sites, complete production cycle.
4. Adaptivethemes.com - a EU small web site building company, specialized in Drupal. Did theme building and site building.

Achievements

Mastered the whole site production cycle, from planning to support of a ready web site. Did Javascript/JQuery-related inputs to AdaptiveTheme theme, one of the most advanced themes for Drupal, developed by the AdaptiveThemes.

1. Cleaneconomies.com - Aquia – related blog. Theming and site building, 2 modules - top contributors/commenters and the smart bracket at the top. Done for Aquia through Adaptivethemes.
2. Rhondabritten.com - Personal web presence site. Theming. Done for WebMeadow through Adaptivethemes.
3. Rackfish.com - Rackspace hosting site. Theming only through AdaptiveThemes.
4. Mcminnlaw.com - Law site. Full production cycle, from the scratch. Using Drupal.
5. Inspirationaltravel.com - A travel tour provider. Heavy with views and CCK.

Education

1. Current - studying in a local "Step" computer engineering academy in Nikolaev, Ukraine, for a Cisco amd Microsoft - certified programmer
2. 2007-2010 – Regular participation in Lullabot.com and Aquia.com – hosted educational online events, as well as local Drupal-related meetings and educational events.
3. 2006 – Drupal-related remote education from Volacci.com.
4. 2005 – Local PHP and MySQL courses.

OSS and Extra-curricular Activities

1. 2008, 2009 - Taught free xhtml/css cources in Nikolaev, Ukraine.
2. 2009 - Taught Drupal free courses in Nikolaev, Ukraine.

Work

Job title

Themer and Developer

Industries worked in

education, website building

Companies worked for

Volacci, AdaptiveThemes, AvisoDev, EBWebsites, Striderlance

Current company or organization

self-employed as Striderlance

History

Member for

5 years 39 weeks