Johan Janssens
Johan Janssens
Technology Strategist and Web Architect
Web Application Architect, Co-Founder of Joomlatools and Joomla!TM Co-Founder. Johan has a wealth of experience working in open source communities. "I love helping people. That's my passion. The Joomlatools family helps people succeed online, that's why I love our products!".
At Joomla! he was Project Manager for 2 years and held a position on the Board of Directors of Open Source Matters, Inc. Johan is also the principal architect of the Joomla! Framework and held the role of Lead Developer during the development of Joomla! 1.5. Today, Johan has made nearly 3,500 commits helping to create Joomla! v 1.5, a refactored MVC application architecture. He is hopeful and confident that with Joomla!'s strong and growing community, Joomla! will continue to help more and more people all over the world connect with others.
Initially, Johan planned a career in game development. But, he discovered open source and realized working with free software was something he wanted to do. Johan has invested many years contributing to the open source community. He joined Mambo in April 2004, participating as a developer and core team member, and moved with the entire core team to help found Joomla!.
Interests
Science fiction, movies, technology, horse-riding, tennis, photography, music, traveling, ...