Joomlatools is delighted to announce a third founding member of Joomla! is joining our team. Shayne Bartlett, a New Zealander who hails from Albany, Australia, brings a wealth of experience in all things Joomla! and global contacts in the web industry. Apart from his amazing contribution to Joomla! as a core member as Project Manager and a board member of Open Source Matters, Shayne was a Mambo project core team member too.
Letterman
Shayne brings the ever-popular newsletter extension for Joomla!, Letterman. Letterman, which was originally developed by Sören Eberharter (of Virtue Mart fame), is very close to release its 1.5 native incarnation — Letterman2.Shayne says he believes the addition of Letterman2 to the Joomlatools suite further demonstrates our commitment to providing some of the most professional code to the Joomla! marketplace.
Joining the team
"I'm really excited to be part of the Joomlatools team," he said. "There is no doubting the massive contributions made by Joomla's principal architect, Johan Janssens and marketing / media guru Pete Russell. They and fellow Joomlatools founders Mathias Verraes and Laurens Vanderput exemplify what open source is all about ... the quality code, professionalism and fun just about says it all!"Shayne, a Kiwi (New Zealander) is engaged to be married early in 2009 with two step children and a two year old son. He is also director of Ramped Technology, a leading Western Australian network management company. You could say he's always busy and we're delighted he's found some time to share with Joomlatools.
