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Location New York
Current Role(s): 
Principal Software Engineer
Slack: 
@FatherShawn

Professional Info

Companies Worked For
C3 Design, Episcopal Diocese of Long Island, Trinity Episcopal Church of Hamburg-NY, All Saints' Episcopal Church of Briarcliff Manor-NY, St. George's Episcopal Church of Flushing-NY, Blink Reaction (now part of FFW), JAKALA (formerly FFW), Digital Pulp
Industries Worked In: 
Drupal Enterprise Development, Christian Churches, Non-Profit Corporations

Personal Info

Pronouns: 
he/him
Primary language: 
English
Other languages: 
English

On Drupal.org for 16 years 5 months

Over 50 edits to documentation

Bio: 

Shawn is a subsystem maintainer for Drupal core ajax. He is an active volunteer in the DruapalNYC community, serving as Chair of DrupalNYC Incorporated.  He is married and has two adult daughters. He and his family are proud residents of New York City. Outside of Drupal, Shawn is an ordained priest in the Episcopal Church. He enjoys computer gaming, and training their Labrador Retriever.

He can usually be found in Drupal Slack

Contributor roles

Documentation guides

✓ Can opt projects into security advisory coverage

Drupal Contributions: 

I am an active member of Drupal NYC, serving as Chair of DrupalNYC Incorporated. I am a maintainer for the ajax subsystem of Drupal core. I also develop and maintain contributed modules.

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Areas of Expertise: 
* Custom Drupal module development
* Core contribution
Drupal events: 
DrupalCon Portland 2013
DrupalCon Baltimore 2017
DrupalCon Nashville 2018
DrupalCon Seattle 2019
DrupalCon Minneapolis 2020 (was planning to attend)
DrupalCon Global 2020
DrupalCon North America 2021

Credits on security advisories

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Projects maintained

Drupal Association Individual Member

fathershawn helps support and grow the Drupal community with the Drupal Association.

4 people list fathershawn as a mentor

I contributed Drupal patches
I contributed Drupal modules
I contributed to Drupal issue queues
I contributed Drupal documentation
I contributed Automated tests
I reviewed Project applications
I provide Drupal-related services
I give support on Slack
I answer on Drupal Answers
I help mentor new contributors