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Location Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Current Role(s): 
Engineering Manager
Kanopi Studios
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thejimbirch

Professional Info

Companies Worked For
Industries Worked In: 
Government, Technology, Education, Exhibition, Floor Coverings, Publishing

Personal Info

Other languages: 
English

On Drupal.org for 11 years 2 weeks

Over 10 edits to documentation

Bio: 

Jim Birch specializes in planning, architecting, and developing digital projects for clients in the Education, Exhibition, Floor Coverings, Government, Publishing, and Technology industries.

Jim is a seasoned technology speaker having written and presented sessions at DrupalCon Europe, DrupalCon Global, DrupalCon North America, Drupal Camp Northern Lights, Bay Area Drupal Camp, Open Camps at the United Nations, WordCamp Chicago, Twin Cities Drupal Camp, DrupalCorn, and many Chicago and Cape Cod area meetups.

Jim is also known for writing about web development at https://jimbir.ch and has been featured on Drupal Planet, The Weekly Drop/Drupal Newsletter, and Drupal Watchdog magazine.

Jim is a past organizer of the Drupal Chicago Meetup Group and along with a great group of volunteers and is an administrator of the Drupal.org Chicago Group.

Sessions:

Certifications:
Pantheon WebOps Certification BadgeDrupal 10 Site BuilderDrupal 8 Site BuilderDrupal 8 DeveloperDrupal 8 Front End Specialist

Contributor roles

Documentation guides

✓ Can opt projects into security advisory coverage

Events spoken at

Areas of Expertise: 
Content Strategy & Architecture
Planning
Project Management
Drupal events: 
DrupalCon Baltimore 2017
DrupalCon Nashville 2018
DrupalCon Seattle 2019
DrupalCon Minneapolis 2020 (was planning to attend)
DrupalCon Global 2020
DrupalCon Europe 2021
DrupalCon Pittsburgh 2023

Credited on 413 fixed issues

Projects maintained

Drupal Association Organization Member
Gold Drupal Certified Partner
Premium Supporting Partner
Discover Drupal: Sponsor
Drupal Association #DrupalCares Supporter
Drupal Association Individual Member

thejimbirch helps support and grow the Drupal community with the Drupal Association.

10 people list thejimbirch as a mentor

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I help mentor new contributors