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Andy Laken

References

Tech Lead

(Client)

Sean Larkin

CivicActions

Founder

ThinkShout Missoula, MT 59801

United States

I worked with Andy on a

complex Drupal CMS build this abo1t3@r.postjobfree.com

spring Andy played the

Drupal.org profile: http://drupal.org/user/17111

pivotal role of Drupal

Drupal group profile: http://groups.drupal.org/user/99

configuration lead He wrote

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/laken

custom code, managed code

integrations, and led up QA. I

put a lot on Andy's plate - and

Performance Profile

he exceeded my

expectations Andy was

Drupal technical professional with 15 years' experience delivering effective solutions to the corporate,

always rational, collected,

nonprofit, and public sectors. Motivated, detail-oriented developer and consultant with seven years'

accountable, and focused. He

experience in site planning, building, maintaining, and training. Dedicated to producing outstanding

is passionate about the Drupal

customer results through exceptional listening, communication, relationship, and teamwork skills.

community and open source

International fluency with experience serving non-US customers.

technologies He's a solid,

detail-oriented engineer. And

most importantly, he's a joy to

Featured Drupal sites

work with. I would recommend

Andy strongly for Drupal CMS

architecture, PHP development,

SACNAS Denver Reality Conservation

systems integration, and project

management My only Public Library Sandwich Strategy

complaint about Andy is that he

Fund

seems to have developed

himself a solid reputation in the

Drupal community - and

therefore it's going to get harder

and harder for me to be able to

get any of his time!

(Client)

Wendell Holmes

SACNAS Denver Public Lead Drupal

Lead developer for

Manager hardware consulting redesign: custom Library - Creating developer for

Conservation

Education Logistics theming & CSS, your Community Reality Sandwich,

Strategy Fund.

Andy has a deep knowledge of advanced site: custom an eclectic web

Implemented

CiviCRM theming/jQuery, media site devoted

Drupal, is incredibly generous

homepage

integration, Organic Groups to transformation.

with this knowledge, and enjoys

slideshow, custom

conference exhibit implementation, We recently

sharing it with others. He's theming, and

booth reservation integration with launched paid

dedicated, personable and Google Charts

system. external premium

reliable. Would recommend integration.

ContentDM digital subscriptions,

Andy without reservation.

asset system. video, artist

galleries, and

(Peer)

Bevan Rudge audio downloads.

Drupal Consultant & Developer

Drupal.geek.nz

"Andy and I worked together

closely for 2 months on

Work History

RealitySandwich.com 2.0,

which introduced subscription

CivicActions

and premium content, as well

as rich-media content types. Feb 2012 - Present

Andy Is a very competent

Tech Lead

Drupal developer. He

communicates clearly and Lead team of developers to deliver effective, appropriate customer solutions using agile/

knows how to manage a scrum framework.

development process. He Foster high-effectiveness and high-accountability team culture.

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Team consistently wins top customer satisfaction scores.

Develop, deploy, and maintain complex sites for high-visibility NPO and NGO clients

collaborates very well (we were

using Drupal, CiviCRM, and other FOSS technologies.

a virtual team) and knows when

Employ development best practices: Git, Subversion, dev-qa-live cycle, Features, drush,

to seek help, hand off and take

etc.

on tasks. I highly recommended

Engage with customers to create user stories, wireframes, and QA test plans.

Andy for any Drupal

Develop technical requirements, site specifications, feature enhancements.

development work."

Determine technical architecture to best balance budget, timeline, and sustainability of

the solution.

(Client)

Scott Rouse

Owner/Founder

TheLightroomLab.com Jun 2010 - Feb 2012

"Andy is quick to share his Drupal Engineer

knowledge of Drupal and

Develop, deploy, and maintain complex sites for high-visibility NPO and NGO clients

associated web technologies

using Drupal, CiviCRM, and other FOSS technologies.

with group members who are

Productive team member in a high-accountability, agile development process.

completely new to Drupal as

Employ Drupal development best practices e.g. Subversion, dev-qa-live cycle, Features,

well as to those who have more

and drush.

experience. His teaching style

Contribute internal and client-facing documentation.

is comprehensive and

compassionate, always

allowing time for students to

have their questions addressed

Montana Drupal Users Group

and praising participants for

their contributions. Missoula, MT, United States Dec 2009 - Present

Drupal Trainer / Group Coordinator

It's been an honor working with

Andy, and I look forward to Founded of the Montana Drupal Users group to provide support, training, and fellowship

many more years of serving our to Montana Drupal users and developers.

state and region's Drupal Create and deliver structured Drupal training classes for local community.

community with him. I've had Organize semi-monthly group meetups and events.

the pleasure of learning from

Andy in both one-on-one Drupal

consulting projects and in a

Laken Design

classroom environment in local

meetup groups. I'm always Missoula, MT, United States Aug 2008 - Present

impressed by his thoroughness

Independent Drupal Developer

and knowledge of the topic

(Drupal and otherwise) as well Develop and maintain highly customized, high-traffic Drupal web sites for media, publishing, and

as his ability to explain things in nonprofit clients. Design, implement, and launch custom features, including e-commerce, premium

an understandable and content subscriptions, video, slideshows, and social networking. Manage customer relationships to

approachable way. His ensure successful results.

demeanor and humbleness

make him an ideal candidate for Client projects include:

Lullabot's education program." http://conservation-strategy.org

http://realitysandwich.com

http://evolver.net

(Client)

Jennifer Palmer http://ejusa.org

Community Director

Evolver.net

"I've had the opportunity to work

Quixote Center

with Andy over the last few

months on the upgrade of our Brentwood, MD, United States Jul 2004 - Aug 2008

website. I've found him to be

Technology Codirector

very professional and helpful,

bringing his optimistic, can-do Direct all technology initiatives for nonprofit organization with a staff of 25 and five

attitude to each of the many separate program areas, partnered with Technology codirector.

tasks given to him. I was Develop overall organizational technology and internet strategy to support organization

especially impressed with a strategic objectives. Work with Business Manager to create financial workflows, integrate

one-on-one training session I online donations with legacy systems.

had over the phone with Andy-- Oversee development of several Drupal web sites from initial conception to

not only did he teach me the implementation, launch, and maintenance. Work extensively with internal clients to

task at hand but was able to assess strategy, develop information architecture, content organization and taxonomies,

offer advice and expert training site maps, and detailed page wireframes.

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Design site technical architecture: select and deploy Drupal CMS platform, install and

configure Drupal CMS and multiple 3rd-party modules. Progam custom Drupal modules

on another issue. He could

for online signature ad signing, integration with Democracy in Action ECRM, and credit-

have easily shrugged off my

card payment gateway integration.

question or told me to schedule

Deploy and maintain Democracy in Action ECRM system for e-mail constituent

another call with him at a later

communication, online advocacy, and online donations.

time, but he patiently took the

Manage 25-node mixed Macintosh/Windows LAN, as well as Linux-based file, email, and

time to help me out, which I

web servers. Maintain, upgrade, and troubleshoot user workstations as needed.

greatly appreciated.

Train staff on desktop and web-based software, including Drupal, Office, Photoshop,

InDesign, Democracy In Action.

As a former IT professional I

Manage DonorPerfect supporter database and perform custom queries to produce postal

think Andy is that rare mix of

mailing lists and telemarketing lists.

talented tech person and

Produce several organizational publications (including two-color 32-page tabloid

excellent communicator. He is a

newspaper and 160-page trade paperback book); execute layout and production using

great trainer and I

Adobe InDesign, Acrobat, Photoshop, and Illustrator; work with service bureaus and

wholeheartedly recommend him

printers to ensure quality finished product.

for anyone looking for Drupal

Serve on management committee: participate in all major organizational, administrative,

knowledge."

personnel, and financial decisions.

Ryan Barolet-Fogarty

The Diversity Channel

(Peer)

Technology Codirector

Quixote Center Jul 2002 - Jul 2004

"Andy was a good partner, and Software Development Manager

a great asset to the

Managed four-person design and technical team on high-profile commercial Web

organization. Andy is a skilled

products

technologist, but is equally a

Delivered new flagship Diversity Management System product in under three months

thoughtful and reflective person

with constrained staff and resources

committed to the quality of his

Delivered custom implementations to Fortune 500 clients including Microsoft, Accenture,

relationships and of his work.

and Cisco

Andy is naturally plugged in to

Implemented test-driven agile software development process resulting in major jump in

the latest trends in technology

team productivity and product quality

and intensely interested in

Created custom software to integrate products with Cisco's corporate single-signon

learning and following best

Managed successful conversion of application from JSP/Oracle platform to ASP.NET/

practices in web communication

SQL Server

and Drupal in particular. I would

Determined functional, technical, and design requirements

jump at the chance to work

Wrote and debugged Java, JSP, SQL and ASP.net code

closely with Andy again."

(Client)

Margaux O'Malley

Proteus

Owner

Grand Junction Design

Washingron, DC, United States 2000 - 2001

"I love working with Andy on Web Strategist / Project Manager

Drupal projects. Not only is he

Managed website projects for Fortune 500 clients as well as start-ups. Worked closely with

very knowledgeable about his

development teams to spec site features and UI. Led coordination between clients' design firms and

work, he enjoys what he's doing

in-house development team.

and it certainly shows. He takes

it seriously and is committed to

Highlights:

doing a good job, while at the

Strategy, feature design and IA on relaunch of Mobil1.com, including then-innovative

same time keeping a light heart

features like user-submitted car photo galleries and monthly how-to projects.

and a great sense of humor so

it's very pleasant to work with

him.

The Berndt Group

One of our first experiences

working together was as 1997 - 2000

members of the Drupal Director of Application Development

documentation team. It was

clear right away that Andy is a

good teacher -- he has the

Drupal contributions

ability to communicate ideas

effectively, and to break down

Founder: Western Montana Drupal user group

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Former member: Washington, DC Drupalers

Many talks and presentations at DrupalCamps, local meetups, etc.

complicated things so that they

Some work as a member of the drupal.org documentation team.

don't seem complicated

Contributed patches and fixes to several modules, including Media Mover

anymore.

If you have the opportunity to

work with Andy, I would

Relevant Training

definitely suggest you take it!"

Drupal Theming and API Workshops May 2008 - Has no expiration

(Lullabot)

(Client)

Annie Lynsen Week-long classroom training in Drupal module development, APIs, security, and theming.

Manager, Online Content and

Community Development

Education

KaBOOM

"Andy is simply a pleasure to

Wesleyan University

work with. We worked with him

through Grand Junction Design

Middletown, CT, United States 1984 - 1988

to implement single sign-on

between several of our Bachelor of Arts, Film Studies / College of Letters

websites, and he worked fast,

communicated well, and made

me feel at ease through the

Skills

entire process."

Drupal: Site Buidling (Expert)

(Client)

AJ Johnston

5-6 Years Experience, (Currently in use)

Executive Director

Mindful Peacebuilding

"Thanks for the presentation

Drupal: API and module development

today. I learned lots You

seemed at ease and excited to

(Advanced)

be sharing what you know to

non-profits. I thought your 3-4 Years Experience, (Currently in use)

presentation was clear and

informative."

Drupal Theming (Advanced)

estephan500 on 3-4 Years Experience, (Currently in use)

groups.drupal.org

(Peer)

CiviCRM implementation

"Awesome -- that worked like a

charm! This guy knows what

(Advanced)

he's talking about. Thanks so

1-2 Years Experience, (Currently in use)

much!"

PHP coding (Intermediate)

3-4 Years Experience, (Currently in use)

HTML/CSS (Advanced)

10+ Years Experience, (Currently in use)

jQuery (Intermediate)

1-2 Years Experience, (Currently in use)

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Apple Keynote (Intermediate)

Graphic Design

1-2 Years Experience, (Currently in use)

Rivers of Hope

Adobe Photoshop (Advanced)

3-4 Years Experience, (Last Used

Adobe InDesign (Intermediate)

1-2 Years Experience, (Last Used 1-2 years ago)

Linux systems administration

Design, layout, and production on

(Intermediate)

commemorative 2-color tabloid

publication. Adobe InDesign, 3-4 Years Experience, (Currently in use)

Acrobat, and Photoshop.

Mac OS X administration

Find Andy (Advanced)

5-6 Years Experience, (Currently in use)

on Twitter

on Facebook

on Flickr

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