About Me

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Drupal Themer, CMS Specialist, Website Builder, Nonprofit Techie, Independent Consultant

I am an independent technology consultant with over a decade of experience in the nonprofit sector. I am experienced in directing multi-year, multi-site technology projects and working well with people who are not “techies.” I have spent years translating tech jargon for nonprofits, helping them make strategic decisions about tech tools to support their mission work.

I also have hands-on technical skills. My expertise is in making HTML and CSS play nicely with dynamic database code. I have built large websites in Drupal, Joomla, WordPress, ACS, as well as several different proprietary systems. I’m not sure there’s a decent content management system out there that I can’t handle.

OpenIssue Team

Along with working independently, I also currently work as part of the OpenIssue team. At OpenIssue, we specialize in customizing Drupal, Salesforce, and other software platforms to meet the needs of progressive businesses and organizations.

My Background

I live in western Massachusetts, in a beautiful rural spot by a river with my partner and our preschooler. I began as a writer and an accidental techie. After a stint building WGBH.org, I crossed over into being a career nonprofit techie. I then spent eight years directing technology in a Massachusetts statewide health care advocacy organization called Community Partners. Now I am using my decade of experience with nonprofit Internet technology to help other organizations and socially responsible businesses get their good work done on the web.