The RocketTheme Team
Andy Miller
CEO / Founder / Head Kahuna
Andy started mambodev.com in 2004 when he was working as a core developer for the Mambo CMS. Soon mambodev.com evolved into a template club based site and was relaunched under the name RocketTheme. During Andy's time as a Joomla core developer, RocketTheme quickly grew into the number one template club for Joomla.
Andy has a degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Florida, and experience working for some of the largest corporations in the world. This extensive real world experience combined with a passion for design has enabled Andy to realize his dream of allowing anyone to build a great looking web site.
Andy has a degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Florida, and experience working for some of the largest corporations in the world. This extensive real world experience combined with a passion for design has enabled Andy to realize his dream of allowing anyone to build a great looking web site.
Jakub Baran
Developer
Jakub joined the RocketTheme team in 2009 and is now developing advanced themes and templates for RocketTheme's clubs. Jakub enjoys snowboarding, house / electronic music, and Japanese culture.
Marge Burnett
Membership Services
After many years of specializing in office and business administration, Marge joined RocketTheme in 2007 to monitor billing and membership activity as well as assist members with related issues.
Kevin DuCommun
Lead Developer
Kevin joined the RocketTheme community in 2006 and began contributing design and style variations as well as various bonus templates for Joomla, eventually coming on board as a full time developer and designer in 2007.
Arifin Finly
Developer
As a student studying robotics at the University of Ibaraki, Arifin enjoys spending his free time programming, cooking, and of course helping members in the RocketTheme forums solve their problems.
Matias Griese
Lead Developer
Matias joined the RocketTheme team in 2012 and is involved with in-house development projects. He is the co-founder and lead developer of Kunena. Before his career change he was writing Linux kernel code for a commercial Firewall.
Christian Klehe
Lead Designer
Christian came on board in 2012 and is an experienced UI/UX designer who has worked as a freelancer for years. He is responsible for creating most of our recent template designs. He is of French and Swedish nationality and currently resides in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Katrin Lange
QA Lead
Kat joined the RocketTheme Team after being a member for many years. Her favorite activities are bug hunting and marking forum posts as solved. She likes watersports, horses and photography.
Djamil Legato
Lead Developer
Djamil is currently a member of the Mootools Development Team and had been collaborating with RocketTheme on various javascript based projects before officially coming on board as a full time developer in 2008.
Sam Mahoney
Developer
Sam joined RocketTheme in 2009 as lead Magento developer. He considers himself a bit of an all-rounder when it comes to the web, prefers jQuery to Mootools, and works on music production in his spare time.
Karol Orzel
Developer
Karol joined the RocketTheme team in 2007. Previously, he was a lead graphic designer with local multimedia companies and is now building phpBB3 styles as well as creating phpBB3 administrator modules.
Ryan Pierson
Documentation
Ryan Matthew Pierson has over ten years of experience in technology writing, blogging, and broadcasting. In addition to multimedia content production, he's written thousands of articles on the subject of technology which have been published in some of the top tech sites and newsletters on the Web.
Katya Prokofyeva
Icon Designer
Kate joined the team in 2012, being a successful freelancer before. She is responsible for illustrations and icons for RocketTheme products. She enjoys drawing and watching British sitcoms.
Stephanie Schmidt
Developer
Stephanie joined the RocketTheme team in 2011 and is now developing extensions for the RocketTheme Extensions Club. Previously, she worked for several companies within the Joomla community as an extensions developer.
Reggie Simmons
Support Specialist
Reggie joined the RocketTheme Team in 2013 after a few years of developing Joomla! websites. He enjoys teaching others about Joomla! and learning more about the world of code.
James Spencer
Developer / Support
James joined the team in 2007, and has been involved with providing support, documentation and Joomla-centric development. He has two degrees in Law, but have always been complemented by an affinity with coding.
Brian Towles
Geekus Maximus
Brian has been designing and developing web based and enterprise level software for over 15 years. He has worked for commercial CMS software companies and brings those skills and experiences to the RocketTheme team.
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