Local Assocation Update
Short session about what the local vzw is doing. Q&A Following after that.
Teamlead of the VDAB Drupal team and volunteer with the Drupal User Group Belgium
VDAB is the Flemish Public Employment Service.
We have 4 big Drupal sites that are each a platform for functionality and a portal to info: www.vdab.be for all the Flemish citizens and those who want to work and learn in Flanders, a site for employers, a site for partners and an intranet.
I used to be quite timid, but working in the tourist industry for a season or two after leaving school, I had to learn so much in so short a time. Main thing is that networking and connecting is a thing that can be learned.
Most people don't get started without a bit of help, but next steps do come easier, by doing and seeing others do.
Within the Drupal community, I am not a developer, but I do not let that stop me from connecting with all those amazing, generous people.
I’m a web developer based in Belgium. I share my time working between calibrate and codana.
I started doing web development in summer of 2008, and I’ve mostly worked with PHP as a backend language since.
Starting in 2012, I picked up Drupal as a CMS and I’ve stuck with that community.
I picked up a few responsabilities in that community since, mostly with Search API and Facets modules in particular.
Currently my open source focus is spent around config validation in Drupal Core, or as part of the Drupal User Group Belgium.
I am a part of the board of Drupal Belgium User Group Association (DUGBE vzw).