CKEditor · Drupal · RTE Consulting
B2B Technical Content, RTE Consulting & Drupal Development
16+ years of Drupal development. Former Technical Content Marketer at CKEditor. Open-source CKEditor 5 plugins on GitHub. Enterprise migration consulting for platforms serving hundreds of U.S. universities.
CKEditor specialist. Drupal developer. Enterprise RTE consultant.
When your WYSIWYG decision has real stakes, you need someone who has been on all three sides of it.
Published Writing
CKEditor Writing
Published work for CKEditor's official blog and Acquia's developer platform, covering AI, collaboration, security, Drupal, and CMS strategy for developers, content architects, and enterprise buyers.
Research conducted using Perplexity for source triangulation and Claude for draft acceleration. All final copy written, edited, and approved to CKEditor's editorial standard under my byline.
Government Document Management: Modern Solutions for Secure Collaboration
Government agencies face mounting pressure to modernize. This article explores how collaborative editing technology replaces legacy tools, strengthens security compliance, and accelerates decision-making across departments.
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Acquia Developer Portal
Best Free CKEditor Plugins to Boost Productivity
A guide to the CKEditor 5 Plugin Pack for Drupal, covering all 12 free plugins and 2 premium features available at no cost, written for Drupal developers and content architects on Acquia's official developer platform.
Covered by The Drop Times, the Drupal community's primary news publication
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Long-Term Support for CKEditor 4 in Drupal
As CKEditor 4 reaches end of life, Drupal teams face real security risk. This guide, published on Acquia's official documentation platform, explains the CKEditor 4 Extended Support Model, who needs it, and how to implement it while planning a CKEditor 5 migration.
Covered by The Drop Times, twice
Read MoreBest HTML Editor with Live Preview for 2025
Real-time HTML preview changes the game for developers and content creators alike. Discover what separates a great HTML editor from the rest and why CKEditor's live preview stands out in 2025.
Read MoreFile Management System: A Comprehensive Guide for Modern Teams
A disorganized file system costs teams time and increases risk. This comprehensive guide walks through what a modern file management system needs to do, and how integrated solutions like CKBox solve the problem end-to-end.
Read MoreHow to Create Good AI Prompts That Actually Work
AI is only as useful as the instructions you give it. This article teaches practical prompt engineering principles that help writers, developers, and editors get better results from AI tools embedded in their workflows.
Read MoreAI Content Creation: Editor Solutions Transforming the Writing Process
AI-assisted writing is no longer a novelty. It's a competitive advantage. Explore how AI features built directly into content editors are reshaping how teams draft, edit, and publish at scale.
Read MoreCKBox 2.5.0: A Guide to the New Permissions Feature
CKBox 2.5.0 introduces granular permissions controls that give teams precise authority over who can view, upload, and manage assets. This guide walks through every option and explains when to use each.
Read MoreMerge Fields in CKEditor: Usage Patterns and Key Benefits
Merge fields unlock dynamic, personalized content generation at scale. Learn how to implement them in CKEditor and understand the workflows they transform, from proposal generation to bulk email templates.
Read MoreBuild a Custom Text Editor with CKEditor 5's Interactive Builder
CKEditor 5 Builder makes it possible to craft a tailored editing experience without deep plugin knowledge. This step-by-step guide shows how to configure, preview, and export a custom editor setup that fits your application perfectly.
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Tech Journalism & Tutorials
Selected hardware reviews, maker builds, and tutorials from my staff-writer and community-content years. A sample of 500+ TweakTown articles and 300+ Element14 tutorials.
TweakTown
SanDisk Launches Four New Enterprise SATA SSDs
SanDisk announces four new enterprise-grade SATA SSDs (CloudSpeed Extreme, Ultra, Ascend, and Eco), promising optimal performance for mixed-use enterprise applications.
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TweakTown
The Raspberry Pi Compute Module: A New Form Factor
The Raspberry Pi Foundation introduces a new way to use your Pi with the Compute Module, adopting the SO-DIMM form factor seen in many modern laptops' DDR2 and DDR3 RAM.
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TweakTown
Punchtec Ord Bot Hadron 3D Printer Review
In testing, the Punchtec Ord Bot Hadron impressed with exceptional print and construction quality, ranking among the best 3D printers I've reviewed.
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TweakTown
Airwolf 3D Launches Its First JRx Hot-End
Airwolf 3D debuts its first-of-a-kind JRx Hot-End for 3D printers, enabling printing in engineering-grade materials like polycarbonate, Bridge Nylon, and Nylon 645.
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TweakTown
Hands-On With the TinyDuino & TinyLily
TinyCircuits' TinyDuino and TinyLily development systems flip the bulky dev-board standard on its head. A hands-on, in-depth look at these tiny boards.
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TweakTown
Project M.A.R.V.: Multi-Rotor Aerial Reconnaissance Vehicle
With multi-rotor helicopters getting a bad rap, I decided to see what the big deal was, building my own multi-rotor to show they can be used for more than controversy.
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Consulting & Strategy
Independent engagements in enterprise CKEditor migration planning and B2B technical content strategy.
CKEditor 4 to 5 Migration for Leepfrog Technologies (Courseleaf)
CKEditor Migration Consultant · December 2025 to April 2026
Independent consultant engaged to evaluate and document a full CKEditor 4 to CKEditor 5 migration path for Courseleaf, an academic operations platform used at hundreds of U.S. colleges and universities.
Delivered a 16-section technical whitepaper covering complete plugin mapping across 50+ plugins, including many custom plugins, a CRITICAL/HIGH/MEDIUM/LOW risk register, iFrame-to-inline DOM architectural analysis, SSR incompatibility identification, GPL vs. commercial licensing analysis with enterprise cost modeling, and a structured evaluation of four alternative editors (CKEditor 5, Lexical, Editor.js, Quill v2) with head-to-head comparison tables.
Engagement conducted under NDA. Document available upon request to qualified prospects.
Content Strategy & Community at Efabless.com
Content Strategy & Community Consultant · ~2021 to 2022
Content and community consultant during the early growth phase of Efabless's open-source silicon program, a Google × SkyWater Technology initiative offering free custom ASIC fabrication through the Open MPW shuttle program.
Built and executed content strategy targeting the electrical engineering, FPGA, and DIY electronics communities. Translated dense EDA toolchain concepts (OpenLane, SKY130 PDK, Caravel SoC, RTL2GDS flows) into accessible content for a non-IC-expert audience that made up roughly 60% of early adopters.
Content no longer live following site redesign. Program context verifiable via public press record.
Services
Drupal Development & CKEditor 5 Plugins
These open-source Drupal 10/11 modules ship with custom CKEditor 5 plugins built from source, a full webpack build pipeline, GraphQL API integrations, and custom field types. This is the hands-on technical work that underpins the consulting practice.
Printables Embed: Drupal 10/11 Module + CKEditor 5 Plugin
Drupal has no native way to display rich 3D model previews from Printables.com. Editors had to manually copy metadata, images, and stats with no live data.
Accepts a Printables URL, queries the Printables GraphQL API, and renders a rich embed card (model thumbnail, author, description, likes/downloads/views) anywhere in Drupal content. Available as a custom field type or directly inside CKEditor 5 via a custom toolbar button and plugin built with webpack.
Includes a 6-hour API response cache, a text filter for converting embeds in content, and responsive consistently styled output. All PHP, JavaScript, and Twig reviewed, tested, and modified to production standards before release.
Cults3D Embed: Drupal 10/11 Module + CKEditor 5 Plugin
Makers and educators using Drupal to showcase Cults3D designs had no native embed pathway. Displaying model metadata required manual copy-paste with no live statistics.
Integrates the Cults3D GraphQL API into Drupal with secure API key storage in Drupal configuration. Renders model name, description, thumbnail, price, and download count as a themed card with a CKEditor 5 toolbar button that lets editors embed models without leaving the editor.
Fully Twig-themeable per institution or site. Composer-installable with a permissions system baked in and the GraphQL query schema documented in the README.
Video
The Makers Workbench
Fusion 360 tutorials, tool reviews, Raspberry Pi guides, and maker projects.
Stop Modeling This in Fusion 360, Import It Instead
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Nobody Talks About This DXF Export Method in Fusion 360
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You're Exporting DXFs Wrong in Fusion 360 – Do This Instead
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3D Design: How To Design Honeycomb Patterns In Fusion 360
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Tool Review: DrillPro Aluminum Clamping Square (Banggood)
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Tool Review: Veiko Aluminum Angle Positioning T-Square (Banggood)
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Raspberry Pi Basics: Client Series
A six-part beginner series produced on commission for a client, with on-camera technical instruction from setup to first project.
Raspberry Pi Basics: Episode 1
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Raspberry Pi Basics: Episode 2
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Raspberry Pi Basics: Episode 3
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Raspberry Pi Basics: Episode 4
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Raspberry Pi Basics: Episode 5
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Raspberry Pi Basics: Episode 6
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Background
Career Timeline
Fifteen years from daily tech journalism to enterprise CKEditor consulting.
Dec 2012 – Jun 2014
TweakTown
Staff Technology Writer
500+ published articles over 19 months at daily deadline cadence, covering breaking tech news, hands-on hardware reviews (3D printers, storage, PC components), enterprise storage, and a dedicated maker/DIY beat. Ran named multi-part build series (Project M.A.R.V. drone, Project ATAAPR rover) that defined the project-documentation format used for the next seven years.
Tech JournalismHardware Reviews3D Printing500+ Articles~2013 – 2020 (7 years)
Element14 (Avnet)
Community Content Manager & Design Challenge Host
Ran the flagship Element14 Design Challenge series for an electronics distributor with 1M+ community members across Newark, Farnell, and Element14. Produced 300+ original articles, tutorials, and project builds across Raspberry Pi, Arduino, TI LaunchPad, and Microchip PIC. Work was featured by Adafruit's PiDay series and in Element14's curated 'Best of' showcases.
Community ManagementTechnical ContentEditorial ManagementAvnet/Farnell~2021 – 2022
Efabless / Google Open MPW
Content Strategy & Community Consultant
Built and executed content strategy for Efabless's open-source silicon program, a Google × SkyWater initiative offering free custom ASIC fabrication. Translated dense EDA toolchain concepts (OpenLane, SKY130 PDK, Caravel SoC) into accessible content for the DIY electronics community.
Content StrategyEDA / Open SiliconCommunityJuly 2024 – July 2025
CKEditor
Technical Content Marketer
25 published bylines on the official CKEditor blog spanning AI-assisted editing, SOC 2 compliance, collaborative editing, Drupal integration, developer onboarding, CMS trends, and CKEditor 5 architecture, written for developers, content architects, and enterprise buyers. Also a named panelist on the October 2024 CKEditor × Drupal webinar, presenting alongside CKEditor's Developer Advocate and Drupal Modules engineer.
Technical Content MarketingCKEditor 5B2B SaaSDeveloper EducationDecember 2025 – April 2026
Leepfrog Technologies (Courseleaf)
CKEditor Migration Consultant
Delivered the CKEditor 4→5 migration whitepaper that informed a platform decision affecting hundreds of colleges and universities, including full plugin mapping, risk register, licensing/cost modeling, and a structured evaluation of alternative editors.
Enterprise ConsultingCKEditor 4/5EdTech
About
Independent CKEditor and Drupal specialist. Former Technical Content Marketer at CKEditor. Published on CKEditor's official blog and Acquia's documentation platform. Open-source Drupal modules with custom CKEditor 5 plugins on GitHub. Enterprise migration consulting for academic platforms serving hundreds of U.S. universities.
Before CKEditor: seven years as Community Content Manager at Element14 (Avnet), content strategy for Efabless during the Google Open MPW program, and staff writer at TweakTown covering enterprise hardware and maker technology.
I use Claude, ChatGPT, and Perplexity as core production tools and built this site using Claude Code.
Engagement
How I Work
A repeatable process built over 16 years of Drupal development and 20 years of content creation. Whether the deliverable is a published article, an enterprise migration whitepaper, or a CKEditor 5 plugin, every engagement runs through the same five stages, so the output stays predictable and the deadlines hold.
Discovery
I learn your product, audience, and goals. Reading docs, talking to your team, and mapping where content or development effort actually moves the needle.
Research & Strategy
Source triangulation, competitive analysis, and an outline or technical spec approved before a word of copy or a line of code is written.
Build
Drafting to your editorial standard, or building Drupal and CKEditor 5 modules from source. AI as a production accelerator, not a replacement for judgment.
Review & Test
Technical fact-checking, editorial polish, and real-world testing. Every claim verified and every module tested before it ships.
Ship & Iterate
Delivered on deadline with revisions and follow-through. 24-hour response window throughout the engagement.
Let's Work Together
Available for technical content marketing, B2B writing engagements, Drupal development, and CKEditor consulting. Response within 24 hours.