Kieran Lal
Technical director, enterprise sales
Acquia, Inc.
Kieran is the Technical Director of Enterprise Sales at Boston-based Acquia. In this role, he provides technical leadership to the Acquia sales team and works closely with Acquia's customers. He has been a leader in the Drupal community since 2004, when he earned his nickname, Amazon, by following a dream that he was biking through the Amazon river basin. That spirit of adventure continues in his multiple roles within the Drupal community today. He has been involved with and has pioneered many projects including the drupal.org redesign, Drupalcon Boston & San Francisco, the coordination of the Drupal security team, and many more.
Recent blog posts
Posted on lundi, le 6 octobre 2008, 11h23 EDT
It's been a couple of weeks since Web 2.0 New York. The event was a success and early reports indicated it exceeded expectations for the event organizers.
For Acquia it was a successful event. We met over 214 people who were running Drupal sites
Plus... Posted on mercredi, le 1 octobre 2008, 12h41 EDT
It's political season here in the United States, and that means it's rumor time. Research has shown that if we are exposed to information as little as eight times we are more likely to believe it. Logic, facts, reason don't necessary apply to our
Plus... Posted on lundi, le 29 septembre 2008, 13h45 EDT
In the Drupal community we have a saying talk is silver and code is gold. For over a year now, members of Acquia have been both talking and coding, and I think it's time to bring some of this to light. In future posts I'll also highlight Acquia
Plus... Posted on Sunday, le 28 septembre 2008, 21h09 EDT
I am in the final quarter of a whirlwind 2 months of professional and personal travel. If you love to travel, you might consider joining Acquia's professional services team where travel is not a requirement, it's an opportunity.
San Francisco -
Plus... Posted on vendredi, le 19 septembre 2008, 15h51 EDT
Here's a video of some Drupal showcase sites. I know there are a bunch more out there. Here's a list of resources for find more Drupal education sites provided by Bill Fitzgerald:http://groups.drupal.org/node/8136http://groups.drupal.org/node/
Plus... Posted on vendredi, le 19 septembre 2008, 15h50 EDT
Wow, what a weekend.
I got up around 4:30AM Saturday morning to fly to Los Angeles. My new colleague Brenda Boggs, from the Acquia support team, was kind enough to pick me up at LAX on her way to Drupalcamp LA from San Diego.
Two weeks earlier I
Plus... Posted on jeudi, le 11 septembre 2008, 19h50 EDT
The history of the taxonomy sprint
Back in March 2008, Scott Mattoon, from the Open Architecture Network and Sun, contacted me regarding a TED prize alumni, the Encyclopedia of Life(EOL) who wanted to attend Drupalcon Boston. I was introduced to
Plus... Posted on mercredi, le 3 septembre 2008, 16h39 EDT
On Sunday the Drupalcon organizers arranged for a code sprint at the excellent József Attila Study and Information Centre. What a difference great infrastructure makes to the productivity of a day of sprinting. The work area was the open birds of
Plus... Posted on mardi, le 2 septembre 2008, 00h01 EDT
The first 13:45 is Szeged conference logistics, so you will want to forward to get to the beginning of the keynote.
If you are interested in participating in the re-design please join the redesign group.
Plus... Posted on lundi, le 1 septembre 2008, 23h41 EDT
I got a chance to interview MySQL European community manager Lenz Grimmer about how to grow your Drupal local group by engaging with a local MySQL community. If you are one of the 149 Drupal local group ambassadors, or would like to be, consider
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