Robert Jacobi
United States
Robert is the founder of Arc Technology Group, a Joomla web development consultancy based in Chicago. Founded in 2000, Arc works with Fortune 50 companies, mid-market businesses, and entrepreneurial start-ups. Robert additionally provides open source news and opinions at RobertJacobi.com Robert has been an expert in content management systems since 1996, starting out delivering LMS solutions to the Fortune 100. At Arc he has built and led a team of experts in content management and web development specializing in Joomla solutions for business. Robert is an international, well known, and respected speaker/contributor to open source, hosting, and infrastructure communities. He has served in multiple roles with Joomla, member of Make WordPress Hosting, contributor to ICANN At-Large, and former Chair for the Technical Outreach Working Group of the Internet Infrastructure Coalition.
| Team | Position | Role | Date Started | Date Ended |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capital Team | Contributor | Contributor | Feb 2019 | Apr 2019 |
| Capital Team | Member | May 2018 | Feb 2019 | |
| Local Communities Department setup working group | Team Leader | Jun 2017 | Jun 2019 | |
| Board of Directors | Officer | President | Mar 2017 | Mar 2018 |
| Capital Team | Contributor | Contributor | Feb 2017 | May 2018 |
| Production Leadership Team | Department Member | Assistant Treasurer | Aug 2016 | Feb 2017 |
| Finance Team | PLT Liaison | Aug 2016 | Mar 2017 |
I've always been interested in some type of content management, from my earliest days running bulletin board systems attached to a modem to Vice President of Technology for a learning management solutions company to starting Arc Technology Group, where we built a custom Java based content management system in 2000. That passion has always been there.
In 2004, a client of ours needed a robust, open source, and community driven CMS. We knew what we had in-house was too technical and not user friendly enough. After a long search we stumbled upon Mambo. From there the choice was easy, Mambo turned into Joomla. The user experience, performance, security, and most importantly, a robust community of integrators, developers, designers, and core contributors has inspired and motivated me to use Joomla, make a living from Joomla, and contribute to Joomla.
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