My background and history with Drupal:
I have been an active maintainer, advocate, and community organiser in the Drupal ecosystem for many years:
🔥 I actively maintain 80+ contributed modules, working on upgrades across Drupal 10, Drupal 11, and preparing them for Drupal 12 later this year.
🔥 I am part of the award-winning team behind the Bootstrap5 theme, which currently powers over 24,000+ websites worldwide. Recipient of a DrupalSouth Splash Award in Open Source category.
🔥 I am advocating for improving official Drupal documentation to lower the barrier to entry for new users / developers.
Why I'm running as a candidate:
My focus is to continue on delivering DrupalSouth operational support:
🔥 Keeping the DrupalSouth website performant and up to date.
🔥 Continue to engage content across DrupalSouth social media platforms.
🔥 Providing assistance with the planning, promotion, and management of DrupalSouth events and conferences.
Why you should vote for me:
My primary goal: outreach and cross-pollination with other tech communities and conferences.
🔥 Managing local meetups in Melbourne, Brisbane, and through virtual sessions so everyone in the region can connect regardless of location.
🔥 Promoting Drupal at tech and open-source conferences, including DDD, WordCamp, EverythingOpen, and Web Directions.
🔥 Building on the success of WordPress contribution hour I'm planning to start Drupal contribution hour to drive more contributors to Drupal.
Gender:
Male
