
About Me:
I am the founder of Drupal Saudi community. I get to manage Drupal projects, and provide strategic and technical guidance to a development team. I started using Drupal 6 since 2013 When I was developing a website for my workplace. I got involved with the international community and since then I’m a continuous contributor to the project.
Statement of Candidacy Video:
Board meeting attendence:
1
Have you served on a board or committee?:
Yes
If so, tell us about it.:
Yes, as part of my current work as a program manager of Open source initiative in the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology in Saudi Arabia, I’m used to contribute to in a variety of committees (e.g. web development, ERP systems) around Saudi Arabia.
What perspective will you bring to the board when discussing strategic topics?:
As I’m the founder of the Saudi Drupal community, I can help with support Drupal localization. I can contribute to the strategic discussion to support the current building communities (e.g. Governance, Policies, ...etc)
What existing board topics are you most passionate about? and why?:
Promote Drupal. Because I contributed to promoting Drupal, and have been involved in (Egypt Drupal local community, Spain DrupalCamp, New York DrupalCamp, Hungary DrupalCamp, Abha DrupalCamp, Seattle DrupalCon).
What additional strategic topics would you like to introduce?:
-Promoting Drupal for university students. (youth)
-Driving startups to use Drupal to build MVPs.
-Stimulate businesses to be involved and to contribute to Drupal.
What unique skills would you bring to the board?:
- The accesses to the Saudi market
- The current engagement with open source project
-Communication skills.
-Eagerness to serve on committees.
-Willing to prepare ahead for deliveries.
-Supportive but willing to express my own opinion.
How have your past contributions to Drupal prepared you for board candidacy?:
Building a local Drupal community for Saudi Arabia. Attending a lot of Drupal Camps and Conferences around the globe.
Why should we vote for you?:
I have a passion for open source and especially Drupal. Because it is the place I got my experiences from and I would love to give back to the community by helping others to join and to contribute to Drupal.
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