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Senior Developer
Lullabot

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On Drupal.org for 10 years 4 months

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Working as a Senior Developer for Lullabot, and formerly as the development team lead at Interpersonal Frequency, Owen is a highly experienced backend Drupal and PHP engineer. A keen musician and ice hockey fanatic, Owen also comes factory fitted with an authentic British accent and proudly wears his spectacles like a badge of honor. When not writing code or attending zoom meetings Owen can be found in exactly the same place, but instead bashing notes out on his MIDI controller in an attempt to formulate something someone could perceive as music. Owen has grown up all over the world including, but not limited to, Mexico City, Singapore, the U.K., and now finds himself just east of Denver, Colorado with his 3 daughters and his fiancée.

Owen's proudest moments as a developer came when the bare-bones profanity-filter he created in 2008 outperformed a SaaS offering costing more per month than his mortgage, and architecting and developing the Recurring Events and Field Inheritance modules for Drupal 8 and 9. His worst moments have been suppressed.

Owen spent most of his life in the UK, hence the very sophisticated accent in which he delivers his wisdom. From the age of 12 he followed the Colorado Avalanche ice hockey team and would wake up at 3 am to listen to, or if he was lucky to watch, the Avalanche games. In 2015, after moving to Colorado, he got to take in a live game for the first time in his life. There may or may not have been tears of joy. With significant Welsh heritage, he is also obligated to be extremely passionate about rugby and grew up donning red rugby jerseys and pretending he actually knew the words to the Welsh national anthem.

Owen also prides himself on being a connoisseur of the humble buffalo wing. His love for crispy, juicy, saucy, hot wings dates back to his teenage years, and ever since he has been in search for the perfect wing. Recommendations are more than welcome.

In December 2020, Owen was invited on to the TalkingDrupal podcast to talk about the Recurring Events module. You can watch and listen to the episode here: https://www.talkingdrupal.com/274

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Drupal Contributions: 

I contributed a Drupal 7 module - dRuPaul
I contributed a Drupal 8/9/10 module - Recurring Events
I contributed a Drupal 8/9/10 module - Field Inheritance
I presented a session at DrupalCamp Colorado 2017
I presented a session at DrupalCamp Colorado 2019
I presented a session at Drupal GovCon 2020
I presented a session at DrupalCon Pittsburgh 2023
I helped organize, run, and present the Library Summit at DrupalCamp Colorado 2018
I helped organize, run, and present the Library Summit at DrupalCamp Colorado 2019
I helped organize, run, and present the Library Summit at DrupalCamp Colorado 2020

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Areas of Expertise: 
* Custom Drupal module development
* Contributed module patching
* Drupal 8 Development
* Back End Development
* Drupal back end development
Drupal events: 
DrupalCon Baltimore 2017
DrupalCon Nashville 2018
DrupalCon Seattle 2019
DrupalCon Minneapolis 2020 (was planning to attend)
DrupalCon Global 2020
DrupalCon North America 2021
DrupalCon Portland 2022
DrupalCon Pittsburgh 2023

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