About Me:
With over 18 years’ experience as a Software Developer with the last Nine years in Web design and development, I have Launched My Own Company WebKings.ca using some of the skills I have learned throughout my Career. Some of these Skills include:
• The ability to work independently as well as collaboratively within and across teams to promote improvements in programming practices.
• Innovative problem-solving skills and ability to analyze programming code without documentation and efficiently modify it to achieve project goals.
• Solid interpersonal and communication skills, which resulted in efficiently integrating and coordinating work done to support my projects.
• Positive attitude to adapting, and learning new technology and ability to assimilate information quickly and effectively.
• Highly self-motivated to keep improving myself in my field by staying up to date with the latest and newest technologies and innovations in web design and Development.
In addition to my experience and personal qualities, I have a solid educational foundation and a passion for web design.
My Goal is for my company https://www.WebKings.ca to be known for Quality and efficiency in the Web Design Market
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Have you served on a board or committee?:
If so, tell us about it.:
What perspective will you bring to the board when discussing strategic topics?:
I believe the best strategy is to think long-term rather than short-term goals. This can be done by always staying in touch with the latest new and emerging technologies in Web design and development. Whenever a specific new idea or trend seems promising, we would need to investigate and research it a bit further to see if it's viable to be implemented with latest or upcoming Drupal Versions. As far as naming such a role, would consider myself an experienced forward thinking Web developer and an attitude of always learning and sharing knowledge. Also, I believe that a culture of always being open to new ideas and not shooting down ideas due to the saying "it's always been done this way" or "this is the process that we have always followed". To be successful always, you need such an open culture.
What existing board topics are you most passionate about? and why?:
I would be most interested in the current and future strategic direction of the Drupal Project.. I love learning & have been a Software Developer for almost 20 years.. From all of these years of experience I have learned especially in Tech field that you have to stay current with your knowledge so that you can spot that one trend that can provide long term improvements to the Drupal project.
What additional strategic topics would you like to introduce?:
Topics like; continuous learning, researching new technologies and testing out these new technologies to see if they are a fit to the Drupal project and if they are, at what capacity would these new technologies be helpful to the Drupal project
What unique skills would you bring to the board?:
I personally shy away from bragging or giving the usual "Sales Pitch" just to secure a position, but, since mentioning some of my skills is relevant to be considered for this position.. I would say I'm a real hardworking person with high ethics, Integrity and moral standards. I would bring honesty and transparency if i'm considered for this position since I believe having an honest, transparent and open minded approach to other peoples ideas is essential to drive true innovation.
How have your past contributions to Drupal prepared you for board candidacy?:
I once posted on Linkedin on an article that Mr. Dries shared.. I think it was about making Drupal users to migrate to Drupal 8. Dries then indicated that if I can help in that regard... So I commented that I will take on the project and it should be done in 2 weeks. I put aside 2 weeks for working on this side project and it was fully completed and tested within less than 2 weeks. This project tackled the many issues Drupal 8 users faced when upgrading to the latest version of Drupal 8 whether they have installed Drupal 8 Initially from a zip file, drush or composer. To solve this, I created the GoComposer plug in that converts any of the above 3 scenarios into the latest and greatest Drupal 8 composer based site.
Why should we vote for you?:
I would bring with me years of technical knowledge and a fun and fresh personality.. The main thing I would say to vote for me is that all of my work is based on my beliefs of honesty, transparency, open mindedness and a high degree of morals & ethics.
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