Jay Callicott (drupalninja99)

Technologist, entrepreneur, and creative thinker. Open Source advocate and engineer. VP of Technical Operations at mediacurrent. Based at Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. 

Jay is an engineer and leader with a passion for creating technical solutions that solve real-world problems. As a long-time advocate for Drupal and Open Source, he has spent over a decade speaking, writing and developing enterprise solutions that advance Open Source worldwide.

Since 2009, Jay has worked in a variety of roles for Mediacurrent, a leading agency for Drupal development in the world. For the first 6 years, he focused his efforts on perfecting his craft as an engineer. From Drupal consultant to Senior Developer, then Lead Architect, Jay created solutions and led teams that delivered dozens of enterprise websites.

In 2015, Jay was promoted to Director of Development where he was tasked with hiring developer talent, implementing processes and best practices for the team. Jay also split his time as a lead architect, launching several large projects during this period.

A few years later, Jay moved into his current role as VP of Technical Operations. Jay’s primary responsibilities are working with the revenue team to acquire and retain customers, overseeing Security, DevOps, IT roles, and leading Mediacurrent’s technology vision. He also helps lead the development of tools and solutions, including the award-winning Rain distribution which won Acquia’s “Open Source Giants” award in 2019.

Currently, Jay is a big proponent of decoupled architecture and the JAMStack approach to web development. Read more about Jay’s thoughts in “The State of Drupal in 2019”:
https://www.mediacurrent.com/blog/state-drupal-2019

Project highlights:
- Architect of NFL Clubs Drupal platform
- Led JiffyLube.com re-platform to Drupal (Headless)
- Led Pega.com Drupal migration
- Led VisitTheUSA.com Drupal migration

Speaking experience: Drupalcon 2014, 2017, 2018, & 2019 as well as many Drupalcamps around the country.

Specialties: Drupal development, architecture, migration, performance, scaling, database, sales engineering.