Jonathan Daggerhart
CEO Lead Architect at Daggerhart Lab
Asheville, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJonathan Daggerhart is a seasoned web technology leader and entrepreneur with over two decades of Drupal experience and 16+ years building WordPress solutions, now serving as CEO and Lead Architect of Daggerhart Lab in Asheville. He blends hands-on backend development, DevOps, and systems administration with client-facing leadership to deliver secure, maintainable web applications and integrations that meet business goals. His career spans founding and running agencies, leading architecture and process improvements at Hook 42, and driving measurable operational gains—such as cutting applicant processing times by two-thirds through automation. An active open-source contributor, he has improved core CMS UX and authentication flows in notable projects like Backdrop and the OpenID Connect Generic WordPress plugin. Known for turning complex legacy stacks into reliable, automated platforms, he pairs pragmatic engineering with strong team mentorship and client collaboration.
14 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate Computer Games and Programming Skills, Certificate Computer Games and Programming Skills at Central Piedmont Community CollegeGeneral Studies, General Studies at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College
Github Skills (13)
openid-connect10
backdrop10
wordpress10
user-authentication10
php10
cms10
authentication10
oauth9
javascript9
sso-authentication8
mysql5
html5
css5
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
oidc-wp/openid-connect-generic
May 2015 - Aug 2022
WordPress plugin to provide an OpenID Connect Generic client
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:3 releases, 9 reviews, 117 commits in 7 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Jonathan primarily contributed to the plugin's core functionality, as seen in the code modifications made to `openid-connect-generic.php` and `admin/openid-connect-generic-settings.php`. They added features like new hooks, improved comments, and fixed typos. The changes included modifications to settings fields and adjustments to user authentication and authorization flows.
openidwordpressauthenticationgenericsso
backdrop/backdrop
May 2017 - Apr 2019
Backdrop core code repository.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:15 commits, 19 PRs, 2 comments in 2 years
Contributions summary:Jonathan contributed to the Backdrop CMS project by addressing various issues related to core functionality and user experience. Their work included fixing token dialogs, improving error messaging in the installer, resolving module installation failures, and addressing date popup formatting problems. Furthermore, the user implemented enhancements to the admin interface, such as adding a reset button to the modules filter, and addressed double-click protection on form submit buttons.
cmsbackdropphpcode-repository
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