About

Drupal and me

I'm a freelance web developer, designer and consultant who specialises in rich, compelling Drupal websites. For those unfamiliar with Drupal, it's is a very powerful open source content management platform that allows literally any kind of site to be built with a level of polish and power that is unmatched. I've been building Drupal websites for 5 years now and have successfully delivered a wide range of projects of all sizes, some needing extensive bespoke code written, some simpler affairs - and many in between.

Buzzwords and abbreviations I regularly work with are: HTML, HTML5, CSS, PHP, MySQL, Drupal, Linux, JSON, REST, CRUD, JavaScript, jQuery and PHORTWANG. Ok, so I made the last one up, but the rest are my bread and butter so please contact me if you want to employ my mad skillz and me for your projects.

Please take a look at my list of Drupal projects and CV for more details of what I can do for you or your organisation.

A little background

Earlier in life I studied Media Computing at Exeter University, but have been a demi-geek since my first rubber-keyed ZX Spectrum 48K back in 1982, on which I programmed many BASIC games and programs. When I left university I worked at MBA Systems for 2 years where I helped build many financial websites that facilitated real-time asset management and share dealing. Then I moved to a recruitment agency, Matchtech Group plc, where I initially completely rewrote their website (an older version) to be connected to their bespoke recruitment systems. Later I led a team of 6 developers in rewriting the company's core recruitment systems that ran the £100 million turnover company and managed hundreds of thousands of companies, candidates and job vacancies.

I quit in late 2006 after the successful launch of the project to have a break, try my hand at some new things and get out the rat race. After my time in the office 9-5, I wanted something else. So I lived on a farm for 3 months, worked with da21 (Dorset Agenda 21), did a straw bale building course and generally tried be as far from an office as I could. Then, after a lovely break, which I refer to as my 'mini retirement', I decided to do what I was good at but by my rules and with the people I wanted to work with. So I went freelance and the rest, as the cliché says, is history.

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