---
title: "Nate Lampton"
url: "/about/nate-lampton"
type: bio
date: 2015-06-23
updated: 2024-02-01
---

# Nate Lampton

#  Nate Lampton 

 Senior Technical Architect

 Oakland, CA

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Nate Lampton is a leader in Open Source, with over a decade of contributions to the Drupal project and a founder of [Backdrop CMS](https://backdropcms.org), a low-cost alternative to Drupal.

Nate has a wide skill set, ranging from front-end development to server-side performance optimization. Nate has brought his skills to many of the largest companies and websites in the world, including Sony Music, NBC, Turner Media, Harvard University, the Grammys, Tesla Motors, and many others. Nate provides services of architecture, development, performance analysis, and consulting.

He has taught over 60 Lullabot Training courses as an instructor in Lullabot Learning Series. He is also the O'Reilly author of the first edition of "Using Drupal".

Nate is a frequent speaker at conferences, where you can meet him in person, or follow him[ on Twitter as @quicksketch](http://twitter.com/quicksketch). He also loves board games, home improvement projects, and animals.

 

 ##  More about Nate 

###  Drupal Contributions: 

 

- [Download & Extend](https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal), credited on 3 issues
- [Views (for Drupal 7)](https://www.drupal.org/project/views), credited on 1 issue
- [FileField Sources](https://www.drupal.org/project/filefield_sources), credited on 1 issue
- [Layout Paragraphs](https://www.drupal.org/project/layout_paragraphs), credited on 3 issues
- [Page Templates](https://www.drupal.org/project/pate), credited on 3 issues
- [Metatag](https://www.drupal.org/project/metatag), credited on 1 issue
- [... and more.](https://www.drupal.org/u/quicksketch)

###  Projects Worked on at Lullabot: 

 

- State of Iowa
- The Evergreen State College
- Excel Jet
- [New Relic](https://www.lullabot.com/our-work/new-relic)
- [Carnegie Mellon University](https://www.lullabot.com/our-work/carnegie-mellon-university)
- The Recording Academy (Grammys)
- Harvard University
- Tesla Motors
- NBC
- NewsBank
- [Pantheon](https://www.lullabot.com/our-work/pantheon)
- [Edutopia](https://www.lullabot.com/our-work/building-a-new-edutopia-on-decoupled-drupal-8)
- Turner Broadcasting
- Sony Pictures Television International
- MTV UK

###  Education & Certifications: 

 

- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Truman State University
- Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Communication, Truman State University

 

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  ##  Featured work ... 

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