Angela Byron

Angela Byron (born 1977/8) is a Canadian software developer best known for her work with Drupal, a free and open source content management system and content management framework. She has been named one of the most highly regarded contributors to the open source movement,^[3] and has worked to encourage people to become involved with open source, particularly women.^[4][5] She was the first woman to be featured on the cover of Linux Journal, in April 2011.^[6][4]

Angela Byron
Born	1977 or 1978 (age 47–48)[1] Rochester, Minnesota, United States[2]
Other names	Angie webchick
Occupation(s)	Co-maintainer of Drupal Director of Community Development at Acquia
Known for	Open source movement
Board member of	Drupal Association
Website	Webchick.net

Personal life

Byron is mostly self-taught. She holds a two-year degree from the Nova Scotia Community College in information technology, concentrating on programming.^[7] She lives in British Columbia, Canada with her daughter.^[8]

Career

At the advice of a professor, Byron applied to the Google Summer of Code in 2005. She was accepted, and participated by writing a quiz module for Drupal.^[9] This sparked her involvement with Drupal, as well as the open source movement as a whole.

In October 2006, Byron began working for Lullabot, a Drupal consulting company.^[10] In 2008, Byron was awarded the Google–O'Reilly Open Source Award for Best Contributor for her work on Drupal.^[11] She worked full-time for Lullabot until 2011, doing software training and working with system architecture.^[12] Part of her work for Lullabot also allowed her to work on Drupal developments and initiatives.

In 2008, she became the co-maintainer of the Drupal core,^[13] and she also worked on documentation and outreach.^[14] She led the project to create Using Drupal: Choosing and Configuring Modules to Build Dynamic Websites, a how-to book for Drupal users.^[6] She is also in charge of Drupal's involvement with the Google Summer of Code, as well as Google Highly Open Participation Contest.^[12] In 2011, she left Lullabot to work for Acquia, a software company that also provides products, services, and support for Drupal.^[2] She is the Director of Community Development.^[15]

Works

• Byron, Angela; Berry, Addison; Robbins, Jeff; Haug, Nathan; Eaton, Jeff; Walker, James (2009). Using Drupal. "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". ISBN 9780596515805. 0596515804.