Brad Bell
Chief Technology Officer at Craft CMS
Bend, Oregon, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBrad Bell is a seasoned technology leader and Chief Technology Officer with 15 years building and guiding web-focused engineering teams from Bend, Oregon. As CTO at Pixel & Tonic and Craft CMS, he blends hands-on backend PHP work with product leadership, routinely shipping fixes and features across high-profile open-source projects like craftcms/cms, craftcms/commerce, and the Feed Me plugin. His contributions show a pragmatic attention to detail—resolving time zone and pagination bugs, addressing SQL import errors, and driving localization efforts for multiple languages—helping make content and commerce tooling more reliable and globally accessible. Known for merging code across branches and tackling tricky edge cases, he pairs strategic oversight with an engineer’s intuition for maintainability and internationalization.
15 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Mathematics and Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Mathematics and Computer Science at Union UniversityFire Science/Fire-fighting, Fire Science/Fire-fighting at Mission CollegeEmergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic), Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic) at Jackson State Community College
Github Skills (12)
plugin-development10
version-control10
git10
internationalization10
localization10
php10
translation10
craftcms10
file-merge9
merge9
database-management8
mysql8
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
craftcms/cms
Mar 2011 - Jan 2023
Build bespoke content experiences with Craft.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:11 reviews, 8696 commits, 296 PRs in 12 years
Contributions summary:Brad's contributions primarily involve implementing and modifying translations for the Craft CMS project. The commits showcase the addition and modification of Korean and German translations within the `app.php` files. The user appears to be focused on localization and internationalization, ensuring the software supports multiple languages and user interfaces for different locales.
cmsbespokecraftprestashop-modulecraft3
craftcms/feed-me
Apr 2019 - Jan 2023
Craft CMS plugin for importing entry data from XML, RSS or ATOM feeds—routine task or on-demand.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:9 reviews, 213 commits, 227 PRs in 3 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Brad primarily focused on fixing bugs and implementing features within the Craft CMS plugin. Their work included resolving time zone display issues in date/time fields, merging code branches, and addressing SQL errors related to product imports in Craft Commerce. They also made changes to various files, including those related to feed processing, asset handling and general configuration, as well as correcting pagination issues.
cmsroutineplugin-cmsrssfeeds
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