Favorite Quote
Wait a minute, Doc. Ah… Are you telling me you built a time machine… out of a DeLorean?
Marty McFly, Back to the Future
As the Senior Director of Development, Mark “shrop” loves working at the intersection of leadership and technology. Over his 20-plus-year career as a technical team leader, Shrop held IT roles at a large urban research university and a nationally recognized graphic communications company prior to Mediacurrent. He has a passion for personal and team growth, aligning individual purpose with Mediacurrent’s vision. Shrop focuses empowering teams to excel while using best of class open source technology solutions.
His passion for team growth has extended to his mentorship and maintainership of open source projects such as various Drupal modules and Guardr, the Drupal security distribution. Speaking of mentorship, shrop has a big heart for helping others see the value of leadership, mentorship, and serving others through his goServeOthers and SHROPCAST podcasts. His focus and love of mentorship helped him grow and start new mentorship programs at Mediacurrent.
Shrop is active in the Charlotte North Carolina tech community through meetup group leadership, mentorship, and participation. He believes giving people a chance and helping them grow and find careers in tech changes lives.
Significant Projects
Drupal
Guardr, Guardr Core, Locate, Maintenance Mode Redirect, Mass Password Reset, and User Password Reset Link Timeout
Additional project contributions
Flutter
Presentations
Florida Drupalcamp 2020—Decoupled Drupal with Flutter
Mediacurrent Webinar—Top 5 Tips for a Successful Drupal Project
QC Flutter—Flutter + Firebase
DrupalCamp Atlants 2019—Understanding Progressive Web Apps and Why You Should Care
DrupalCon Seattle 2019—Demystifying Decoupled Drupal with Contenta CMS
DrupalCamp Atlants 2018—Building a Great Team No Gimmicks
DrupalCon Nashville 2018—Think Your Website is GDPR Compliant? Think Again!
Mediacurrent Webinar—Security by Design - An Introduction to Drupal Security
Mediacurrent Dropcast Podcast—Security!
DrupalCon Baltimore 2017—Raising The Security Bar with Guardr