In 2008, I started working for the Archdiocese of St. Louis , my first job where I ended up working on Drupal sites practically full-time (my first Drupal experience was on 4.x in 2005). I also started Midwestern Mac, LLC in 2008, and from that time to now have built two SaaS services ( Hosted Apache Solr and Server Check.in ), and over 100 other Drupal 6 and Drupal 7 sites, along with a few mobile apps and a Mac app ( Quick Resizer ).
In 2011, I moved on to Flocknote , and learned a lot building a Drupal-based communications platform used by more than half a million people. This was also a full-time remote job, and I worked with a small but very strong team from Texas, Missouri, Florida, and Tennessee.
In 2013, I went to Mercy and worked on a major intranet migration (Drupal 6 to Drupal 7) and Mercy.net , the hospital system's patient-facing site, which runs on Drupal 7.
I am proud to have worked with all the individuals and companies these past few years, and am indebted to all of them for the support and professional development they've offeredâeach in a unique way. Throughout my work, I have had the good fortune to be able to learn other languages, tools, and techniques, even to the point of writing a book on Ansible ! I have also become a husband and father, and been able to do some great things in my Church, my community, and the Drupal community.
This year, I'm moving to Acquia ! Acquia is one of the largest Drupal service providers, and I'll be working in the Professional Services group as a Technical Architect. In this new role, I'll be able to help even more organizations do amazing things with Drupal. I've only been to Acquia's Boston HQ once, but I already feel like a part of the team, as I've been in numerous Hangouts and chats (I'll be working remotely from St. Louisânew home-office-building project, yay!).
To all my co-workers at Mercy: thanks for the great time and fun projects we've worked on together. Keep fighting for the users ! To my new co-workers at Acquia: I'm excited to join you guys, and look forward to seeing you starting October 6!