I am Micky Metts, a member of Agaric, a worker owned cooperative of web developers. We are five people on three continents that work together remotely to build things. Sometimes I am referred to as an Activist Hacker – Industry Organizer – Public Speaker – Connector – Visionary.

In web development communities, I am also known as FreeScholar. At events around the country, I speak about using free software like Drupal for community building – networking, privacy, encryption, and autonomy. I support and facilitate people in the cooperative movement to learn about the necessity of engaging in the free software movement.

My past experience includes the founding and development of diverse online communities. I have experience working with large and small teams of programmers to create custom applications for large and small companies using FREE software (fsf.org) and platforms for community use. My entrepreneurship has included the invention of Cyber Weddings and Friend Finder in 1996. My interests include Drupal, PHP, Community, FREE SOFTWARE, GNU/Linux, VOIP, VoIPdrupal.

The community has always been important to me and collaborative efforts to make the world better are very inspiring.

My presentations at Drupal and other events in the USA, UK, and Mexico have been on topics including VoIP, Free Software and Cooperative business models and strategies.

LibrePlanet - M.I.T. Cambridge, MA - 2019
https://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/m/how-can-we-prevent-the-orw...
NerdSummit - UMass Amherst, MA - 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Du8iL2MzG3M
Drupal Nights - Anniversary - Boston, MA - 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnnRZUcAiCo
Drupal Nights _ High Performance - Boston, MA - 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RrTAM8bvmQ
Drupal Nights - Cooperative Development - Boston, MA - 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jyq8YDnBCdI
DrupalCampCT - Yale, 2014, 2015
NYCcamp - NYC, 2014, 2015
PlatformCoop.net, 2015
NERD Summit - UMASS Amherst, 2014
NEWDcamp - RI, 2014
Software Freedom Day - Cambridge, 2014
DrupalConLA - 2014
D4D Boston - MIT, 2014
DrupalCon Austin - 2014
GladCamp - LA, 2014

Slides available here:
http://www.slideshare.net/DrupalConnection

My current focus is on Cooperative Business Development, The Free Software Movement, Workers Rights, and Social Justice.

I have built a campaign to cross-pollinate communities - http://www.slideshare.net/DrupalConnection/developer-of-the-minute