Angela Byron
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Director of Community Development at Acquia
Angela Byron | |
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| Born | 1977 or 1978 (age 47–48)[1] |
| Other names | Angie webchick |
| Occupations | Co-maintainer of Drupal Director of Community Development at Acquia |
| Known for | Open source movement |
| Board member of | Drupal Association |
| Website | Webchick.net |
Angela Byron (born 1977/8) is a Canadian software developer best known for her work with Drupal, a free and open source content management system and content management framework. She has been named one of the most highly regarded contributors to the open source movement,[3] and has worked to encourage people to become involved with open source, particularly women.[4][5] She was the first woman to be featured on the cover of Linux Journal, in April 2011.[6][4]
Byron is mostly self-taught. She holds a two-year degree from the Nova Scotia Community College in information technology, concentrating on programming.[7] She lives in British Columbia, Canada with her daughter.[8]
Career
At the advice of a professor, Byron applied to the Google Summer of Code in 2005. She was accepted, and participated by writing a quiz module for Drupal.[9] This sparked her involvement with Drupal, as well as the open source movement as a whole.
In October 2006, Byron began working for Lullabot, a Drupal consulting company.[10] In 2008, Byron was awarded the Google–O'Reilly Open Source Award for Best Contributor for her work on Drupal.[11] She worked full-time for Lullabot until 2011, doing software training and working with system architecture.[12] Part of her work for Lullabot also allowed her to work on Drupal developments and initiatives.
In 2008, she became the co-maintainer of the Drupal core,[13] and she also worked on documentation and outreach.[14] She led the project to create Using Drupal: Choosing and Configuring Modules to Build Dynamic Websites, a how-to book for Drupal users.[6] She is also in charge of Drupal's involvement with the Google Summer of Code, as well as Google Highly Open Participation Contest.[12] In 2011, she left Lullabot to work for Acquia, a software company that also provides products, services, and support for Drupal.[2] She is the Director of Community Development.[15]
