About Chapter Three

Chapter Three was founded in San Francisco in 2006 by Zack Rosen, Josh Koenig, and Matt Cheney, three friends with a shared interest in social change, mutual expertise in open-source technology, and a strong belief in the wealth of networks.

Since then we've worked with tech industry leaders like Intel and Sun Microsystems, enterprising non-profits like Kiva and The Institute For The Future, and even government agencies like PBS and NASA. We believe that the critical component of online success isn't in technology – good tech is a given; mandatory, but by now largely assumed – but rather in people, in practices, and in the right kind of operation. And we believe, wherever possible, that we should walk our talk. So we invite you to get to know our team, and learn a bit more about what makes Chapter Three tick.

Founders

Managing Partner

Matt Cheney

Matt works directly with our clients to understand their needs, create solutions, and execute the delivery of the highest-quality results based on both technical and business metrics.

He had the good fortune to be trained as a librarian, but spends most of his time with computers instead of books. He's served as a political consultant for campaigns and causes, developed online information systems to help connect attorneys in the California Death Penalty defense community, and worked as a researcher at the National Center for SuperComputing Applications, developing communities for online learning.

Matt Cheney has a B.A. in Philosophy, History, Religious Studies, and Political Science and a M.S. in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Partner / CTO

Josh Koenig

Josh has been active with the Drupal community since 2003, and is a founder of the Drupal Dojo. He specializes in infrastructure, architecture, scalability, and high-performance engineering.

Josh was a co-founder of the DeanSpace project on the Howard Dean presidential campaign, and he utilized that technology when he helped to start-up and run Music for America, a national non-profit promoting progressive politics and participation to the Millennial generation. After the 2004 election cycle and before starting Chapter Three he worked with several campaign organizations and naiscent consultancies, eventually as the leader of a development team.

He also has a B.F.A. in Drama from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and has been blogging since 2001 at outlandishjosh.com. He is also published author.

Partner / Business Development

Zack Rosen

Zack co-founded and directed the CivicSpace project, a critical organization driving early-adoption of Drupal. He remains an active business leader in the community and has freely contributed his expertise to hundreds of web projects.

It all started with the DeanSpace project in 2003, which he initiated during his summer break from the University of Illinois. Shortly thereafter he left school to take a job at Howard Dean presidential HQ in Burlington, Vermont, serving as a web-developer and technical volunteer coordinator on that historic campaign. He was responsible for servicing the web-technology needs of the state campaign offices, constituency groups, and grassroots web developers.

Today, in addition to his work with Chapter Three and Drupal, he is CEO of Mission Bicycle, a new startup which manufactures beautiful customized bikes in San Francisco.

Team

Creative Director

Nica Lorber

Nica has over ten years of professional experience in design, web and multimedia. She works with clients from the ground up, creating branding, identity, graphics and interface design.

She is also versed in web strategy, usability, information architecture, web standards. She has worked extensively with non-profits and serves as Online Director for the Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship on the side.

Lead Developer

Robert Wohleb

Robert brings an A-level engineering perspective to the table. In addition to maintaining several Drupal modules, he's built medical imaging applications, glucose testing devices, and a Linux-based media player that fits inside an 8-bit NES.

Robert joined Chapter Three in March 2008. Beyond his professional work, he is active in the open-source community, explores the applications of technology in the arts, and continues to experiment with the mysteries culinary sorcery.

Drupalista

Jennifer Lea Lampton

Jennifer Lea Lampton founded her own web-development company in 1997, right after graduating from High School. She has been actively building sites with Drupal and participating in the open-source community for over three years.

Jen is a very active member in the Drupal community. She's a regular face at the Berkeley users group meetings and helps organize the smashingly successful Bay Area Drupal Camp.

Web Developer and Sysadmin

Jon Skulski

Jon Skulski is armed with a fierce, home-grown, do-it-yourself ethic which he picked up hacking on open source projects over the past decade. He's constantly refactoring, finding the edge of what's happening online, and taking the next step beyond.

An experienced Drupal engineer with several years of experience, he is also interested in exploring the interspaces between the Arts and the Sciences, the interfaces between the Humans and the Machines, and in the inner-places of the old growth Redwood forests.

Sr. Web Ninja

Farsheed Hamidi-Toosi

Farsheed first joined Chapter Three in January 2007 and has been an invaluable team member on a number of projects. He brings an artist's eye and a big bag of Drupal skills to the table. He also holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois.

Farsheed has developed websites for Youth Movement Records and the Chicago Technology Cooperative, as well as working with CivicSpace on design and media issues. He maintains the playlist.module for Drupal, as well as contributing to the Zen theme project. Check out his website Midnight Parking for art, music, and more from Mr. Hamidi-Toosi.

Theme Developer

Squiggy Rubio

Squiggy is Chapter Three's leader in XHTML/CSS elegance and PHPTemplate architecture. Her expertise assures structural integrity and cross-browser compatibility for the websites we create.

Squiggy joined Chapter Three in May 2008, bringing with her several years experience designing websites for faculty, non-profits and local organizations at Humboldt State University, where she earned a degree in Ethnic Studies and Women's Studies. While initially an artist and musician, she became more involved in campus and local community organizing, keeping people informed about struggles in Chiapas and the US-Mexico Borderlands. She is passionate about facilitating the use of open source software for grassroots organizing and using Drupal to support and enhance community research projects and situated learning communities.

(And yes, her name really is Squiggy, for which she can thank the creators of Laverne and Shirley)

Account Manager

Joshua Lawrence

Joshua joined Chapter Three in March 2008, as our first full-time project/account manager. He brings an outcome-oriented mindset, a strong ethic of customer service, and a passion for training and support.

Joshua hails from Northern California. His love for technology has no boundaries, much like his ambitions for travel: he's visited over 11 countries and done community work overseas.

Liaison for Excellence

Rachael Boggan

Rachael's background in creative problem solving adds a key element to the Chapter Three team. Her management of office operations and orchestration of C3 events ensures a consistent level of excellence in all aspects of C3's activities.

She graduated with high distinction from the California College of Arts & Crafts with a Bachelors Degree in the Fine Arts. She also draws.

Financials

Dan Finnerty

Daniel helps with all things finance-related at Chapter Three. He takes care of the books and provides a valuable perspective on best practices for money and fiscal management. While he isn't keeping track of accounting records, he's busy pressing up vinyl ones under the moniker Spinnerty. Left brain - Right brain in full effect!

Experts

Drupal Expert

Neil Drumm

Neil Drumm provides Drupal expertise to Chapter 3. He promotes good development practices, contributions to the community, and ensures a higher level of Drupal excellence inside Chapter Three.

Neil is the Drupal 5 maintainer, a permanent member of the Drupal Association, and maintains the API reference. With Zack, he co-founded CivicSpace Labs, which distributed a version of Drupal for campaigns and non-profits. He studied computer science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

In addition to his Chapter Three work, Neil is an independent Drupal consultant who works on MAPlight.org