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Location Gent
Current Role(s): 
Freelance Drupal developer
Sven Decabooter
Senior Drupal Developer
Dynamate
Treasurer
DUG BE vzw (Drupal User Group Belgium)
Slack: 
@svendecabooter

Professional Info

Companies Worked For
EntityOne, Dazzle, Pure Sign, Torchbox, dotProjects, Emakina, Edarta, Data Flow Consultancy

Personal Info

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

On Drupal.org for 20 years 6 months

Over 10 edits to documentation

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✓ Can opt projects into security advisory coverage

Drupal Contributions: 

  • Treasurer of the Belgium Drupal User Group non profit organisation (DUG BE vzw)
  • Former president and founding board member of the Belgium Drupal User Group non profit organisation (DUG BE vzw)
  • Volunteer and co-organiser for Drupal Dev Days Leuven 2025
  • Volunteer and co-organiser for DrupalCamp Gent 2024
  • Volunteer and co-organiser for Drupal Dev Days Gent 2022
  • Volunteer and co-organiser for DrupalCamp Gent 2021
  • Volunteer and co-organiser for Drupalcamp Gent 2018
  • Volunteer and co-organiser for Drupalcamp Antwerp 2017
  • Volunteer and co-organiser for Drupalcamp Leuven 2015
  • Organiser of Drupalcamp Ghent 2014
  • Volunteer and co-organiser for Drupalcamp Leuven 2013
  • Organiser of Drupalcamp Gent 2012
  • Co-organiser of European Drupal Developer Days 2011 in Brussels, Belgium
  • Organiser of local Drupal User Group meetings & code sprints in Belgium
  • (Former) contributor to Drupal 8 Migrate
  • Drupal contrib / custom module development & support

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Areas of Expertise: 
Developer
Business owner
Drupal events: 
Drupal conference 2006 (Brussels, Belgium)
DrupalCon Paris 2009
DrupalCon San Francisco 2010
DrupalCon Copenhagen 2010
DrupalCon Chicago 2011
DrupalCon London 2011
DrupalCon Prague 2013
DrupalCon Amsterdam 2014
DrupalCon Barcelona 2015
DrupalCon Europe 2020
DrupalCon Prague 2022
DrupalCon Lille 2023
DrupalCon Vienna 2025

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Projects maintained

6 people list svendecabooter as a mentor

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