Matthew Tift

Dr. Matthew Tift is a lead engineer at Lullabot, where, since 2014, he regularly serves as the technical architect on large-scale web projects for organizations such as the state of Maryland, UMass Amherst, and Georgia Public Broadcasting.

A committed open-source contributor, Matthew co-maintained the Drupal 8 configuration system for a decade and played a key role in organizing the Olivero initiative, which became Drupal’s default front-end theme. He has been contributing to Drupal core since 2010, has helped organize Twin Cities DrupalCamp since it started in 2011, and is a regular speaker at conferences such as DrupalCon, All Things Open, Open Source Summit, and GitLab Commit.

Outside of work, Matthew is a yoga and meditation teacher with a Ph.D. in musicology from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He lives near Minneapolis, where he enjoys cycling and playing string quartets with his wife and two children.