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            <p>Hi, I’m Oliver Davies (aka <a href="https://www.google.com/#q=opdavies">opdavies</a>) - a Full Stack Web Developer and System Administrator based in Wales, UK.</p>

            <p>I’m a Senior Developer at <a href="https://microserve.io?utm_source=oliverdavies.uk&amp;utm_medium=about-bio">Microserve</a>, part-time freelancer, former Developer at the <a href="https://www.drupal.org/association">Drupal Association</a>, open source contributor and advocate, mentor and conference speaker.</p>

            <p>I primarily work with Drupal and am an <a href="https://certification.acquia.com/user/1647756">Acquia certified Drupal Grand Master</a>, but also use Symfony, Laravel and Sculpin, and have some experience working with JavaScript frameworks including Vue.js and Angular.</p>

            <p>I’m a webmaster and documentation maintainer for <a href="https://www.drupal.org">Drupal.org</a>, and a provisional member of the <a href="https://www.drupal.org/security-team">Drupal Security team</a>. <a href="/talks">I speak at various user groups and conferences</a>, and co-organise the <a href="https://www.drupalbristol.org.uk">Drupal Bristol user group</a>, <a href="https://phpsw.uk">PHPSW</a> and <a href="https://www.drupalcampbristol.co.uk">DrupalCamp Bristol</a>.</p>

            <p>You can find me on <a href="https://twitter.com/opdavies">Twitter</a>, and see my open source work on <a href="https://www.drupal.org/u/opdavies">Drupal.org</a> and <a href="http://github.com/opdavies">GitHub</a> as well as on <a href="https://packagist.org/users/opdavies">Packagist</a>, <a href="https://www.npmjs.com/~opdavies">npm</a> and <a href="https://galaxy.ansible.com/opdavies">Ansible Galaxy</a>.</p>
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