---
title: "Mike Herchel"
url: "/about/mike-herchel"
type: bio
date: 2015-06-23
updated: 2023-06-13
---

# Mike Herchel

#  Mike Herchel 

 Former Senior Front-end Developer at Lullabot

 Gainesville, Florida

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Mike Herchel has been passionate about web development since creating his first website in 2001. He co-owned and operated a small development and design agency in the mid-2000s until moving to a hybrid sysadmin/web developer role at a medium-sized non-profit in 2007.

Mike started using the Drupal content management system in 2008 and has been involved in the Drupal community since 2010. He enjoys speaking at conferences, sharing knowledge as much as possible, and writing about himself in the third person. You can generally find him presenting on usability, front-end development, and many other topics at various web development conferences. Mike also co-hosted [the Lullabot Podcast](https://www.lullabot.com/podcasts/lullabot-podcast), which talks about the state of Drupal and other web technologies.

While at Lullabot, Mike worked on projects such as the Syfy Network, USC Annenberg, NewsBank, Principal Financial, the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM), and Ames National Laboratory. He's passionate about making accessible websites that are also performant. While working on Syfy.com, Mike focused on making a website that featured heavy use of animation feel performant and silky smooth. Mike also co-hosted [the Lullabot Podcast](https://www.lullabot.com/podcasts/lullabot-podcast), which talks about the state of Drupal and other web technologies.

Outside of the digital world, Mike loves everything outdoors, including hiking, fishing, kayaking, college football, and hammocking. He owns an awesome telescope that’s over 30 years old and uses it as much as Florida’s swampy weather will let him.

### Drupal Contributions:

- Creator and maintainer of the [Quicklink module](https://www.drupal.org/project/quicklink)
- Organizer of the new [Drupal 9 front-end theme initiative](https://www.drupal.org/about/strategic-initiatives/olivero)
- Co-organizer of [Florida DrupalCamp](https://www.fldrupal.camp/)

### Projects worked on at Lullabot:

- [Syfy Network](https://www.lullabot.com/our-work/syfy)
- USC Annenberg
- NewsBank
- Principal Financial
- [National Association of Music Merchants](https://www.lullabot.com/our-work/namm-foundation)
- Ames National Laboratory

 

 ##  Did you know? 

 Mike plays adult coed kickball. His team's name is "Kickin' Sass"!

 

  ##  Featured resources ... 

 [  More ...   ](/resources) 

 [### The End of the Road for Drupal 8, Many More Drupal 9 Beginnings 

  Listen    ](/podcasts/lullabot-podcast/drupal8-eol) 

 [### How to Plan a Successful Design Handoff 

  Read    ](/articles/painless-design-handoffs) 

 [### Real Talk: Hiring People to Fill Drupal Roles 

  Listen    ](/podcasts/lullabot-podcast/real-talk-hiring-people-fill-drupal-roles) 

  ##  Featured work ... 

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

- [ ###  Pantheon 
    
     An Amazing, Fast New Site for an Amazingly Fast Hosting Platform

    
     Pantheon 

    

     

    
       ](/our-work/pantheon)
- [ ###  Syfy 
    
     Creating an Out of This World Experience for Science Fiction Fans

    
     SYFY 

    

     

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

    

     
    
       ](/our-work/namm-foundation)