Community Connection - Kelly Tetterton

We’re featuring some of the people in the Drupalverse! This Q&A series highlights some of the individuals you could meet at DrupalCon. Every year, DrupalCon is the largest gathering of people who belong to this community. To celebrate and take note of what DrupalCon means to them, we’re featuring an array of perspectives and some fun facts to help you get to know your community.

For our second connection in this series, we feature the insight of Kelly Tetterton.

Kelly Tetterton (DrupalKellyT), is the Director of Web Experience at Clarity Partners, a management and technology consulting firm. She is responsible for managing the elements of a cohesive digital ecosystem, from web development and design through content strategy. In her 20 years of developing and managing website projects across a spectrum of technologies, clients and industries, she’s been focusing on Drupal since 2007. She became acquainted with Drupal when using Drupal 5 in order to develop a platform for a client who required a sophisticated user registration system. 

Why was it you continued down the Drupal path, and how does it shape what you do currently? 

We were starting to develop a new platform for a non-profit, and when we discovered Drupal, we knew that using its built-in user registration system was a much better solution than trying to build our own from scratch. Once I had my first experience with Drupal, I was hooked—it continues to solve so many basic problems for our clients, including a steady provision of robust maintenance, along with forward-thinking community-contributed code innovations. 

What is a piece of advice you received that influenced your career?

Never stop learning.

What book or piece of writing have you read in the last year that impacted the way you approach your work or colleagues? Why?

Design Sprint by Richard Banfield. It’s a good distillation of a specific, but flexible, approach to design that we can tailor to our clients’ needs as appropriate.

What is one thing you think people of today will miss in 20 years?

I think some people will miss being able to drive their own cars (but I won’t be one of them).

What are you most looking forward to for DrupalCon Seattle?

Aside from visiting the city itself for the first time, I’m very much looking forward to deepening my experience with Drupal 8 by hearing other case studies. It’s mature enough now that people have really compelling stories to tell, and it’s always good to hear how other folks have tackled tough coding problems.

Any additional thoughts you’d like to share?

DrupalCon is always a chance to re-charge my professional batteries—I’m looking forward to it!

Join us April 8 - 12, 2019 for Drupalcon Seattle!