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Patrick Jackson

Patrick Jackson

Patrick Jackson is a long term Joomla user based in Melbourne, Australia, having used Joomla since it was forked from Mambo in September 2005.

Patrick's currently excited to be deep-diving into what Joomla 4's new features are going to bring to the table, and is familiarising himself with GitHub so he can help with resolving some issues during Bugs & Fun At Home to help get Joomla 4 closer, faster.

A Certified Joomla Administrator, Patrick's been involved in the Australian Joomla community since starting the Melbourne Joomla User Group in 2008, and is currently the Team Leader for the Joomla Volunteer Engagement Team. Reach out to Patrick if you're interested in getting involved with Joomla.

Patrick's company, KPS, specialise in hosting and supporting Joomla websites around Australia, and he's currently working on several projects utilising Joomla and to assist Joomla users with tools to help them make more from the Joomla.

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Peter Martin

Peter Martin

Peter Martin has been active in the Joomla community since 2005. He is one of the Global Forum Moderators. In the past he has been active as Joomla 5.2 Release Manager, in the Community Leadership Team, Operations Department Coordinator, Board of Directors, Mentor for Google Summer of Code (GSoC). 

In April 2025 he started as Treasurer at Joomla Netherlands Foundation (Stichting Joomla Nederland), and became active in the Website and Marketing Working Group at Dutch Open Source Business Alliance (DOSBA), a representation of Open Source focussed IT-Companies based in The Netherlands.

With his company db8 Website Support (db8.nl) Peter supports since 2005 companies and organisations with Joomla and YOOtheme Pro support and custom Joomla extension development.

Peter loves to share his knowledge and frequently does Joomla and Linux-related presentations at Joomla and Linux User Groups and conferences.

In his hometown Nijmegen (Netherlands) Peter (co-)organizes: Joomla User Group Arnhem/Nijmegen, Linux Usergroup Nijmegen and Open Coffee Nijmegen (a monthly networking event for small businesses).

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Philip Walton

Philip Walton

Since its creation, Phil Walton has been using Joomla moving his client base away from his own primitive CMS to Joomla!

Phil is involved in a few departments and initiatives, enjoying the community aspect of Joomla and learning much through the kindness of others.

A member of the London User Group JUGL and a developer in his company SoftForge. Phil also enjoys meeting up with other Joomla Users at J&Beyond and the JWC events.

An avid rower on the Thames, juggler, cricket fan, warm beer tasting expert and unicyclist, he is also a patented inventor and is owned by many cats that take terns in looking after him.

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