Brian Perry
Founding Engineer at Actual AI
Palatine, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBrian Perry is a founding engineer and versatile full-stack developer with 11+ years building complex, localized web experiences and decoupled Drupal architectures. He has led front-end and UX efforts at startups and platforms—most recently driving AI-native product UI at Actual AI—and previously led open-source Starter Kits and SDKs at Pantheon. An Acquia Certified Grand Master with deep expertise in Drupal 7/8, he champions style-guide-driven, component-based theming and has presented those practices at major Drupal conferences. Brian combines hands-on JavaScript/React work with server-side integrations and testing discipline, having implemented TDD, serverless integrations, and large multilingual sites. Based in Palatine, IL, he pairs engineering leadership and mentorship with sustained open-source contributions (including work on the Olivero theme). Outside work he’s an avid Nintendo fan, reflecting a long-standing passion for interactive experiences.
11 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at Marist University
Github Skills (114)
project-list10
authentication10
search-api10
wordpress10
pantheon10
api10
json10
json-api10
custom-properties10
documentation10
drupal10
isr10
graphql10
webforms10
react10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
backlineint/ui_patterns_pattern_lab
Apr 2018 - Feb 2019
Allows the UI Patterns module to automatically discover patterns in a Pattern Lab instance.
Contributions:25 commits, 11 PRs, 16 pushes in 9 months
discoverpatternspatternpattern-lablab
pantheon-systems/wp-pantheon-decoupled-auth-example
Jul 2022 - Mar 2024
Development repo for Pantheon Decoupled Authorization Example Plugin
Contributions:7 reviews, 11 PRs, 8 pushes in 1 year 7 months
decoupledpantheonauthorizationdecoupled-kit
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