San Diego based Drupal developer, passionate about creating world-class Drupal websites.

SKILLS

Drupal site planning & architecture, content modeling, custom module development, REST/API integration, migrations, SSO integration, SEO enhancements, caching & performance tuning, production site management on AWS, Pantheon, and Acquia platforms, PHP development and SDLC, LAMP stack administration, writing & presentations


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE


KWALL LLC, Newport Beach, CA

Present Employer

Senior Drupal Developer & Architect May 2019 to present

Caxy Interactive, Chicago, IL

6 years, 6 months

Senior Drupal Developer August 2017 to May 2019
Project planning and site architecture, custom module development, site performance & SEO improvements, integrations and migrations for Drupal 7 & 8 sites

Drupal Developer June 2015 to July 2017
Custom module development, migrations, site-building, theming, maintenance of Drupal 7 & 8 sites

Web Developer & Scrum Master July 2014 to June 2015
Symfony development and facilitation of Scrum process for multiple teams

System Administrator October 2012 to June 2014
Maintenance & troubleshooting of Drupal 7, Wordpress, Symfony, and custom PHP websites

Imaginary Landscape, Chicago, IL

1 year, 11 months

System Administrator November 2010 to September 2012
Responsible for company's managed and internal web-hosting server infrastructure
Support of Django/Python developer team, intense Apache & Nginx configuration

Google, Inc. Mountain View, CA

3 years, 6 months

Operations Team Manager, Toronto, ON, November 2005 to July 2007
Selected to lead datacenter turn-up, found team, and establish office outside of Toronto
Managed team of Datacenter Technicians, trained & mentored similar teams internationally

Datacenter Technician, Reston VA, February 2004 to October 2005
Coordinated logistics for infrastructure deployment and multiple major upgrades, server repairs

UUNET Technologies, Fairfax, VA

3 years, 9 months June 1997 to February 2001

Several Unix administration roles for one of first and largest commercial internet service providers
Deployed and maintained Solaris servers and desktop machines in datacenter, y2k testing lab, NOC


ADDITIONAL

Acquia Certified Developer - Drupal 8, February 2019
Bachelor's Degree, George Mason University, May 2004 Individualized Studies
Classically trained oil painter, art instructor, and art blogger
LinkedIn Profile

Articles about Drupal I've written:

Additional Drupal activity:

Drupal sites 100% built by me:


Badge: Acquia Certified Drupal Developer - Drupal 8