Jeffrey A. "jam" McGuire, Evangelist at Acquia, is a memorable and charismatic communicator with a strong following at the intersection of technology, business, and culture. He writes and talks about open source software, community, and more at events around the world, on weekly podcasts, and on the web. This all helps satisfy his inner diva, which he also feeds with performances as a storyteller and musician.

I've been involved in Drupal since 2005 and in love with the community pretty much since then, too. I'm happy to see Drupal 8 out in the world and proud to have played a part in the #celebr8d8 project.

Graham has over 16 years experience working in the creative digital industry and discovered Drupal while looking for an open source alternative based on PHP having mainly built websites from the ground up using classic ASP and VB script.

His skills vary widely including website design and development, graphic design, photography, email marketing, virtual tours and music and video production and he produced the video for this Celebr8D8 website.

Alison has enjoyed working with Drupal since 2008, predominantly in the frontend but also as a sitebuilder and backend developer when called upon.

She built the theme for the Celebr8d8 project and is looking forward to getting stuck in to some more Drupal 8 projects soon!

Amy works as a creative designer, with a rich experience in brand strategy, digital design and UX solutions. She has worked with talented Drupal developers extensively, working collaboratively from wireframing through to launch. Amy designed the Celebr8Drupal8 brand and website, attributing the bright, bold theme to the community's excitement for how Drupal8 will transform the digital world!

Matt has been involved in the Drupal project for some years, both in contrib and core. He has been involved with the Celebr8D8 project since it's early stages, using his skills as a lead developer to help bring the website to fruition.

James came to Drupal and PHP from a proprietary background in 2012 and has never looked back. Until recently working exclusively in the "minimally" resourced voluntary sector James has had to hone his skills across the stack and is now putting them to good use working on exciting projects at CTI Digital.

When not Drupaling you can usually find James hiking\climbing in the Peak District or in one of Manchester's fine ale houses.