I've been an IT Consultant for some 25+ yrs, and a Web Developer for some 18+ years. I enjoy Open Source software and like to give back how and when I can. I have done some extensive beta-testing for many different projects/softwares.
I speak English, French fluently. I also have some languages skills in German and notions of Norwegian.
I have been helping indirectly Joomla for years but actively to the Joomla project since ~ Feb. 2024.
RytechSites
Owner, Developer, Freelance
Certified Joomla Administrator, Nov 2017
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
School of Arts and Sciences
Web Developer
Laura Gordon currently works full time at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, School of Arts and Sciences as a web developer. She along with her team manage over 120 Joomla! websites.
Laura began using Joomla! in 2005 building her first website for a nursery school. As the owner of her own freelance company Laura has trained hundreds of users over the users, and has built many Joomla websites from Public Libraries to Pizza places. She runs the Joomla User Group of NJ since 2013. Visit JoomlaUsersNJ.com for more details. She was an instructor with JoomlaTraining.com from 2009 - 2011 where she gave in person classes in NYC.
In 2017 she was invited to attend the Joomla World Conference in Italy, and became officially certified as a Joomla Administrator.
She lives in East Brunswick, NJ with her husband Ira, and 2 boys, who are now 20 and 17. As a fun note, her husband owns, ThrillCoastertours.com, he takes kids to amusement parks during the summer time...
She always looks forward to giving back to the Joomla Community that has given her the opportunity to meet some amazing people and work with a great product, that keeps giving back!
- 2009 - Chaired - Joomla Day NYC
- 2011 - Chaired -Joomla Day NYC
- 2012 - Chaired - Joomla Day NYC
- 2009 - 2019 - Chaired JoomlaCamp NYC Annually
- 2011 - Presented at Joomla Day New England
- 2013 - Presented Joomla World Conference - Boston
- 2017 - VET Participant at Joomla World Conference - Italy
- 2019 - Presented Joomla Day Florida
- 2020 - Participated in Forum for the Future with Joomla - Spain
Laura is a member of the Joomla volunteer and engagement team with Joomla and the Educational & Outreach Working Group.
To learn more about the Training Initiatives Laura is working on, visit: teens4opensource.com
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This author description was written by ChatGPT itself, after being prompted to make a short author description of itself as a fake author (meaning: not a real person) for the Joomla Community Magazine. The current text was the second iteration, because in the first try it bragged a bit too much about its excellent skills, so I asked it to tone down a bit. [Herman Peeren]
Since 2008, I am creating websites with Joomla. In 2014 I started volunteering in the Joomla community and I am now active in various teams (Maintainers, Accessibility, Events). I like to write articles for the Joomla Magazine and other blogs. Since 2019, I have been (co-)organising the JoomlaDay Germany / D-A-CH.
Luca volunteers for Joomla since 2007. He started in the Italian Community and moved to the global one in 2015. He served in several roles and teams: from JED to Certification Program, from Trademark to Compliance. He is Secretary of Open Source Matters, Inc. since 2017.
Luca serves as Lead Editor for the Joomla Community Magazine since March 2020.
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