Our intrepid reporter finds himself at another DrupalCon, getting to the bottom of things – with Dries Buytaert, Angie Byron, Morten DK, and Holly Ross.
KIERAN LAL (Technical Director, Corporate Development, Acquia), nabbed outside the Acquia room, talks about the Drupal Organization, movie sound-tracks, and learning Italian – then indulges in a “Hi, Mom!” moment.
Lingotek does translation management (whatever that is). As President and CEO, ROBERT VANDENBURG gets to travel to exotic locations like Austin and Amsterdam, and hobnob with the locals.
It was a great relief to learn that MICHAEL MEYERS (V.P. Large Scale Drupal, Acquia) is not the homicidal psycho-killer from the Halloween movie franchise, particularly as we go one-on-one with him in a noisy corner of the RAI.
In Drupal Watchdog’s proprietary corner, we have a lively chat with TOM ERICKSON (CEO, Acquia), who reveals himself as a pop-music maven, Napa oenophile, and passionate proponent of diversity in the technology field, particularly among women and millennials.
A lively LESLIE HAWTHORN (Director of Developer Relations at Elasticsearch), finds herself momentarily corralled and questioned in a corner of the RAI Convention Center.
Taking advantage of the DrupalCon Amsterdam gathering of Drupal bigwigs – and in our eternal quest to quench our thirst for enlightenment, and thrust onwards into the future and deeper into the unknown – we corner some of those key Drupal players to ask the all-important question burning in every
Author and software consultant LORNA JANE MITCHELL, fresh from her DrupalCon book-signing (PHP Web Services) and talk, is a frequent visitor to Amsterdam – she lives in Leeds, an hour flight away, and loves the city.
Cruising down the Amstel River on a blissfully warm Amsterdam evening – drink in hand – the fabulous FABIAN FRANZ (Senior Performance Engineer & Technical Lead, Tag1 Consulting) opens up about DrupalCons, chance encounters, caching, sa
