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Location United States
Current Role(s): 
Director, Engineering
Red Hat
IRC: 
nerdstein

Professional Info

Companies Worked For
Hook 42, CivicActions, Acquia, Penn State University, Sun Lab Media, Link Computer Corporation
Industries Worked In: 
Higher Education, Consulting, Government, Tech Products

Personal Info

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

On Drupal.org for 12 years 7 months

Bio: 

Acquia Triple Certified. Product engineering leader. Technical architect/software developer/project manager with a masters in application security. Work experience in building products, higher education, government, and consulting sectors. Interested in development, DevOps, continuous integration, solutions architecture, and Drupal 8.

Advocate for continuous learning and former adjunct faculty member at Penn State University. Expertise in other areas, such as planning/specifications, agile/scrum, backlog management, learning/training, coaching, mentoring, and team enablement.

Project lead for SimplyTest.me and multi-year mentor for Google Summer of Code. Passionate about community governance, sustainability, and helping others shine.

If I can help you to become a community member or to mentor you in areas you are interested in, please use the contact form and reach out to me directly. I am also active on Drupal Slack, user name "nerdstein".

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Drupal Contributions: 

Contributed modules, SimplyTest.me, mentoring, Google Summer of Code, leading sprints, thought leadership, community governance

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Areas of Expertise: 
engineering
DevOps
Security
Architecture
Process
Workflows
Quality Assurance
Drupal events: 
DrupalCon Portland 2013
DrupalCon New Orleans 2016
DrupalCon Baltimore 2017
DrupalCon Nashville 2018
DrupalCon Seattle 2019
DrupalCon Minneapolis 2020 (was planning to attend)
DrupalCon Global 2020
DrupalCon Europe 2020
DrupalCon North America 2021
DrupalCon Portland 2022

Credited on 427 fixed issues

Projects maintained

Drupal Association Organization Member
Drupal Association #DrupalCares Supporter
Drupal Association Individual Member

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

28 people list nerdstein as a mentor

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I give support on IRC
I help mentor new contributors