Nedjo Rogers

Giving back is the way forward in Nedjo Rogers’ world. As one of the most prolific developers in the Drupal community, he has authored dozens of modules and contributed significantly to Drupal core. As an engineer and tech lead at CivicActions, he is at his best when he is able to work to the highest standards in obtaining the right solution for a client. Open-source software facilitates these solutions, since it can answer a problem generically and pave the way for clients and community developers to extend or augment same.

Nedjo has over twenty years of experience in the non-profit sector and two years at CivicSpace Labs, which employed Drupal in its political organizing platform. Experience in the areas of internationalization and multilingual support is part of what attracted Nedjo to CivicActions, since many of the firm’s clients (Amnesty International, Rare Conservation) have web sites in a multiplicity of languages. Working with Sony Music, which utilized one code base for myriad sites in heavy rotation, Nedjo coordinated a project to upgrade their platform to Drupal 6 and enhance multilingual support in major contributed modules. The engagement was enhanced by Sony’s directive to contribute all new code back to Drupal. Similarly, on the Witness Video Hub, Nedjo improved and refactored an extensive code base, removing patches and reducing the amount of custom code. The result was better performance and a smaller, more robust code base ready to work seamlessly with the latest Drupal version.

With a Masters in Geography, Nedjo’s world view is evident at work and home. The resident of Victoria, B.C. recently returned from a half-year adventure with his family in Nicaragua, where he continued his support of community and political movements in fluent Spanish.