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# About Me

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My name is Oliver Davies (aka [opdavies][1]), I’m a Web Developer and System Administrator based in Wales, UK.

My main specialty is Drupal architecture and development, but I’m also familiar with Symfony, Silex, Sculpin, Laravel and WordPress. I’m a {{ site.author.company.role }} at [{{ site.author.company.name }}][20], and am usually available for part-time consultancy and development work.

I’m a regular open source contributor and mentor, a provisional member of the [Drupal Security team][14] and the a documentation maintainer for Drupal.org. I organise and speak at conferences and user groups including [Drupal Bristol][15], [PHPSW][17] and [DrupalCamp Bristol][18].

## Hire Me

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The services that I offer are:

* PHP and front-end development (in particular Drupal, Symfony, Silex and Laravel).
* Static website development with Sculpin or Jekyll.
* Linux server administration and maintenance.

## Contact Me

* [Twitter][21] - @{{ site.twitter.name }}
* [LinkedIn][27]
* [Drupal.org][22]
* [GitHub][23]
* IRC (freenode) - {{ site.irc.name }}

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[4]: http://git-scm.com
[5]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux
[6]: http://www.ansible.com
[7]: https://assoc.drupal.org
[8]: https://www.microserve.io
[9]: http://precedent.com
[10]: http://www.nomensa.com
[11]: https://www.drupal.org/u/opdavies/issue-credits/3060
[12]: https://www.drupal.org/project/user/381388
[13]: https://www.drupal.org/user/381388/people-mentored
[14]: https://www.drupal.org/security-team
[15]: http://www.drupalbristol.org.uk
[16]: https://groups.drupal.org/wales-uk
[17]: https://phpsw.uk
[18]: http://www.drupalcampbristol.co.uk
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[29]: http://silex.sensiolabs.org
[30]: https://laravel.com
[31]: https://sculpin.io
[32]: https://docs.puppet.com/guides/faq.html#what-is-puppet
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[34]: https://www.ctidigital.com
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