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title: Oliver Davies - PHP Developer and Drupal Specialist
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I'm a long-time Web Developer and consultant. I’ve led, delivered, and
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maintained PHP, Drupal, and Drupal Commerce based websites, have worked for
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some of the UK’s largest and well-known PHP and Drupal agencies, and even for
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the Drupal Association - the nonprofit organisation behind the Drupal project -
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where I was employed to work on and improve the Drupal.org websites.
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<a href="mailto:{{ site.email }}">Send me an email</a> to discuss your project.
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## My Drupal Experience
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I have contributed code to Drupal core and to various other Drupal modules, and
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maintain modules and themes like Override Node Options which is used on over 30,
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000 Drupal sites according to Drupal.org. I’ve been a mentor at various
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in-person events, helping new contributors to the Drupal project, and regularly
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write blog posts, present talks and workshops, and create videos and live
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streams.
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As well as Drupal, I’ve worked with other PHP projects like Symfony and Laravel,
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static site generators like Sculpin and Jekyll, and JavaScript frameworks such
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as Vue.js and Angular.
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## Certifications
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- Acquia certified Developer - Drupal 8 (2017)
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- Acquia certified Back-End Specialist - Drupal 8 (2017)
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- Acquia certified Front-End Specialist - Drupal 8 (2017)
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- Acquia certified Cloud Pro (2018)
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- Platform.sh Gold partner certification (2021, for Inviqa)
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## Community contributions
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- Authored an article on Drupal development using distributions for Linux
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Journal's Drupal issue.
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- Mentored new contributors at DrupalCon contribution days with their first
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patches to Drupal core.
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- Organised the Drupal Bristol and PHP South West (PHPSW) user groups, and
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the DrupalCamp Bristol conference.
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- Currently organise and sponsor the
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[PHP South Wales user group](https://www.phpsouthwales.uk).
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- Board member for the
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[Drupal England and Wales Association](https://drupal-england-wales.github.io)
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(2020 to present).
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- Selecting sessions for DrupalCon Europe 2021 as part of the DrupalCon track
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team.
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- Mentored students on the DrupalEasy
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[Drupal Career Online](https://www.drupaleasy.com/academy/dco/course-information)
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course.
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- Currently writing "Test-Driven Drupal", an eBook about automated testing and
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test-driven development in Drupal.
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## Podcasts
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I've been a guest on a number of podcasts, including [Talking Drupal](https://talkingdrupal.com),
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[How to Code Well](https://howtocodewell.fm), [That Podcast](https://thatpodcast.io),
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and [Voices of the ElePHPant](https://voicesoftheelephpant.com), where I've
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discussed topics including PHP, Drupal, CSS frameworks, and automated
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testing.
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