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Kevin

Kestyn

SEO Consultant

Everett Communications

Reason for account:

SEO - Internet Marketing - Web Design

I have been working in the website development field since 1995 when I was Director of Marketing for Channel 1 in Harvard Square; one of the Boston areas first internet access companies. I woulds spend the next 10 years working in real estate field developing buyer leads for many of Boston's real estate companies. I sold that business and moved from Boston back to the valley (my home). I began consulting in 2007; sharing my experience to help other companies improve their organic online marketing.

Profile Links:

Website

Peter

King

Reason for account:

For 2015 nerd Summit I will co-instructing 'Javascript is Everywhere' for Saturday's youth track.

I am a co-organizer/instructor with Holyoke Codes, offering free computer science classes in Scratch, LEGO robotics, Art Robotics, and more... I am also half of Sweet and Fizzy graphic design duo. I enjoy science, math, art, fractals, creative invention, collaborative web technology, and natural user interfaces.

Cheryl

Kiras

Project Manager

LCM

Nathan

Kirschbaum

Application Developer

Nathan specializes in application architecture and development using open source tools like Laravel, Angular JS, PHP, and Drupal. Nathan earned his Bachelors Degree from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, and brings over ten years of business and leadership experience to his work. In recent years Nathan has worked on projects such as Jack Daniels, Harvard Medical School, MIT Deshpande, and many others ranging from small businesses and startups to Fortune 100 companies.

Nathan is also the co-host of Developers Hangout, a weekly podcast for developers. http://www.developershangout.io/

Michael

Klatsky

VP- Systems

Esperdyne Technologies, LLC

Michael Klatsky has over 17 years of experience in developing and deploying highly-available Internet systems. He is proficient deploying Amazon Web Services for use in development and production systems. His industry expertise includes administration of authentication, authorization, and accounting systems, client/server architecture, wireless Internet access networks, ISP architecture, distributed and cloud computing, particularly EC2, Digital Ocean, RackSpace and others, and single sign-on systems. Michael is proficient in deploying databases (Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, LDAP), mail servers (SMTP/POP/IMAP), wireless Internet systems, clustering and HA Systems, VOIP technologies, messaging systems, and anti-spam/anti-virus systems.

Jen

Lampton

Co-Founder

Backdrop CMS

Aaron

Manire

Director of Web Development

Isovera

Gregg

Marshall

Drupal Developer

NYS ITS Web Services

Reason for account:

Drupal developer working with the State of New York as a contractor.

Profile Links:

Drupal.org

Larry

Martin

Director of Employer Services and Engagement

Regional Employment Board of Hampden County

Reason for account:

I would like to learn more about NERD. i was not able to attend last years conference but will attend this year. i met kelly at an IT round table I convened last fall.

Sequoia

McDowell

Senior Software Development Engineer

Reason for account:

Javascript, PHP, Java, security, testing, software development best practices, teaching, learning, and getting to know people here in Western MA!

Educator/Organizer of:

NodeSchool

Hack for Western Mass

Nodeschool Day

Profile Links:

twitter

github

Damien

McKenna

Lead Drupal Architect

Mediacurrent

Reason for account:

Drupal

Profile Links:

drupal.org

Twitter

benjamin

melançon

worker-owner

Agaric

Reason for account:

political economy, justice, truth, liberty, peace, love, free software, web development, design, organization, self-government, democracy, markets, exchange, news, Drupal, information, sharing

Profile Links:

Agaric

Definitive Guide to Drupal 7

Michael

Miles

Associate Director of PHP

Genuine Interactive

Reason for account:

To purchase a ticket for the 2015 NERDSummit.

I have been working with open source technology as a web engineer for over 15 years. I have worked with Drupal for the past 7+ years and have done everything from custom theming and module development to site building and platform architecture. I regularly contribute back to the community and attend Drupal camps, conferences and meetups.

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Lanette

Miller