Patrick Thurmond
Director Of Technology at VML
Overland Park, Kansas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPatrick Thurmond is a seasoned technology leader with 11 years of hands-on software and web development experience, now directing technical strategy and delivery as Director of Technology at VML. He leads multi-disciplinary developer teams on high-impact projects—from enterprise Drupal and e-commerce rebuilds to federal web systems—managing architecture, staffing, and project planning for portfolios up to $19M. Patrick has driven measurable business outcomes, such as a Drupal 9 rebuild that improved SEO, engagement, and lifted sales by 25%, and he currently owns a $6M federal workstream. Comfortable coding in PHP and JavaScript ecosystems and orchestrating migrations and integrations at scale, he blends deep technical craftsmanship with people leadership. With an MBA and a background migrating complex multi-site systems, he excels at translating messy legacy data and requirements into performant, maintainable platforms. Based in Overland Park, KS, he pairs pragmatic engineering with a focus on automated builds and long-term operability.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors Computer Science, Bachelors Computer Science at University of Missouri-Kansas CityAssociate of Arts (A.A.) Computer Science, Associate of Arts (A.A.) Computer Science at Penn Valley Community CollegeMaster of Business Administration - MBA Business Administration and Management General, Master of Business Administration - MBA Business Administration and Management General at Rockhurst University
Github Skills (44)
browser10
server10
architecture9
graph9
react9
drupal8
nextjs8
javascript8
static-site-generator8
hybrid8
scaffold7
typescript7
canvas7
composer7
compiler7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
VMLYR/Drupal-Profile-Blackbird
Jul 2020 - May 2022
An opinionated Drupal profile to take care of repeated tasks for new websites.
Contributions:1 review in 1 year 10 months
caredrupalrepeated-tasksdrupal-profile
pthurmond-vmlyr/Drupal-KIT
Jan 2022 - Jan 2022
VML's Drupal 8 KIT is a project scaffold distribution which helps build and maintain Drupal 8 projects.
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 1 day
scaffoldphpdockerdrupaldrupal-8
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