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title: "Darren Petersen"
url: "/about/darren-petersen"
type: bio
date: 2015-06-23
updated: 2024-02-05
---

# Darren Petersen

#  Darren Petersen 

 VP of Projects

 Denton, TX

As an accomplished jazz musician and father of six kids, Darren switched gears a while back to look for more lucrative ways to make a living. He got into web development using PERL and PHP3 back in 1999 and got into Drupal in 2007 while he was head of the University of North Texas Web Development Center. Before joining Lullabot, he worked on various projects for higher education institutions and led the construction of major Drupal sites at [Scholastic.com](https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/teaching-tools/home.html).

Though a Drupal development talent in his own right, Darren was a technical project manager for Lullabot and is now the VP of Projects. His expertise in organization and Drupal has resulted in successful projects, including leading improvements of [msnbc.com](https://www.ms.now), re-platforming a major internal news site for Qualcomm, and launching [nammfoundation.org](https://www.nammfoundation.org/). Darren was at the helm of launching the state of [Georgia's GovHub](https://www.lullabot.com/our-work/govhub-building-georgias-digital-future), which included websites and services for more than 80 different programs and agencies.

Darren prefers Agile to Waterfall and has an interest in the history of software development and how that’s shaped the way we work today. He runs his scrums from his office in Denton, TX, where he lives with his wife and kids. When he's not overseeing projects, Darren continues making music, having the ability to play six instruments.

 

 ##  Did you know? 

 Darren plays the saxophone but only has 1.5 lungs. Go figure!

 

  ##  More about Darren 

###  Projects Worked on at Lullabot: 

 

- Qualcomm
- [MSNBC](https://www.lullabot.com/our-work/msnbc)
- [NYU Langone School of Medicine](https://www.lullabot.com/our-work/nyu-school-of-medicine)
- [Edutopia](https://www.lullabot.com/our-work/building-a-new-edutopia-on-decoupled-drupal-8)
- [The State of Georgia](https://www.lullabot.com/our-work/govhub-building-georgias-digital-future)
- [Georgia Public Broadcasting](https://www.lullabot.com/our-work/georgia-public-broadcasting)
- Ellucian
- UMass Amherst

###  Education & Certifications: 

 

- Bachelor of Arts in Jazz Studies, University of North Texas

 

  ##  Featured resources ... 

 [  More ...   ](/resources) 

 [### Why Architecture Over Enforcement Allows Small Teams to Scale Governance 

  Read    ](/articles/digital-governance-architecture-vs-enforcement) 

 [### Governance Without Authority: How to Align Agencies Across a Statewide Digital Platform 

  Read    ](/articles/state-government-digital-ecosystem-governance-without-mandate) 

 [### Not Everything is a User Story 

  Read    ](/articles/not-everything-is-a-user-story) 

  ##  Featured work ... 

 [  See all our work   ](/our-work) 

- [ ###  Spredfast 
    
     Showcasing ‘Smart Social’ for Technology's Biggest Event

    

     
    
       ](/our-work/spredfast)
- [ ###  The NAMM Foundation 
    
     A Purpose-Driven Redesign Celebrating Music Education

    

     
    
       ](/our-work/namm-foundation)