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title: "Joe Fender"
url: "/about/joe-fender"
type: bio
date: 2015-06-23
updated: 2023-06-13
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# Joe Fender

#  Joe Fender 

 Former Senior Developer

 London, United Kingdom

Joe is a former Senior Developer at Lullabot who has always trusted his passion for his hobbies to lead him through life. This was obvious at the age of 10 when he built his first website showcasing his obsession with The Simpsons. In the years following, Joe taught himself languages such as HTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL and Javascript.

After obtaining his degree in Computer Science with Games Technology in his hometown, London, Joe’s passion for exciting and innovative technologies led him to Japan where he instantly fell in love with the culture, food, and work ethic. Over the 4 years that Joe lived in Japan, he founded and led a team of 10 young creatives at [Studio Umi](https://www.studio-umi.jp/), a startup based in Kyoto, to become the leading Drupal shop in Japan. His journey with Studio Umi is where Joe discovered Drupal, and he has since used it religiously for all projects that he works on.

In his spare time Joe loves to play drums, collect shoes, climb, and work on side projects such as Drupal modules [Tournament](https://drupal.org/project/tournament) and [BracketCloud](https://drupal.org/project/bracketcloud). In early 2015, Joe co-authored the book [Front-End Fundamentals](https://leanpub.com/front-end-fundamentals) with fellow bot [Carwin Young](https://www.lullabot.com/about/carwin-young).

 

 ##  Did you know? 

 Joe often gets mistaken for Daniel Radcliffe.

 

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