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.
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.
matiasgriese 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.
ryanpierson 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 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.

RocketTheme Forum Moderators

roeland
Roeland Aernoudts Forum Name: Roeland_A! Addicted to IT and a webby by birth, he became interested in Joomla, and where better to improve skills, than at RT. Driven by an unrelentless curiosity, his hobbies are too many to list, but one jumps out, fishing in Crete, Greece.
prim
Pär Andersson Forum Name: prim Grew up when speeds were measured in Bauds per second and computer screens were monochrome. He loves photography & making videos. Unknown skills: Making weather forecasts & chasing storms in the summer.
henning
Henning B. Forum Name: Henning Henning joined the RocketTheme community 2008. He runs his own graphic-design business. He loves to help members with Joomla and CSS. His other interests are arts & design in general, music and football.
hassan
Hassan D. Forum Name: Shazdeh Hassan has joined the RocketTheme Moderator's team in 2012 and is currently studying for his Law Degree. Besides his interest in web design and development, he also loves science and science fiction.
christopher
Christopher Davis Forum Name: cdavis411 Christopher is a married father of four living in the Central Florida Area. He loves spending time with his family, helping others and is hopelessly addicted to web development. Christopher joined RocketTheme in 2010.
yves
Yves Gabioud Forum Name: Yves Yves joined the RocketTheme community in 2006 and quickly joined the moderator squad. He is a true Apple geek, he runs his own business (graphics) and loves photography, playing the piano and just helping people.
davidgoode
David Goode Forum Name: David Goode David is a self-employed web designer who has been using Joomla since its inception for various projects. Living in Torquay (home of Fawlty Towers) with his wife, David is also a hypnotherapist and enjoys helping people.
dangryn
Dan Gryn Forum Name: DanG Bored after retiring, Dan has been re-energized by web development and is giving his 2cents worth in the forums. He is a Bicycling fanatic, a huge HD and movie buff and addicted to crosswords and Rubicon.
joe
Joseph Halleck Forum Name: Joseph Halleck Joe joined the Rockettheme community in 2005 while looking for unique templates for sites he was building. He enjoys helping people solve issues on the forums and giving back to the Joomla and PHPBB communities.
ben
Ben Lee Forum Name: benblee Something Ben focuses on is finding the right tools for the job...why re-invent the hammer every time you have to drive a nail? This train of thought led him to the open source community and to Rockettheme.
jem
James E Middleton Forum Name: Jem JEM is an American living in Japan to pursue his interests in martial arts. He joined the RocketTheme community in 2007 and became a moderator in 2008. He enjoys helping newbies understand the ins and outs of Joomla.
igormihaljko
Igor Mihaljko Forum Name: Igor Mihaljko Igor is an IT consultant with a degree in Computer Science at Faculty of electrical engineering and computing in Zagreb, Croatia. He works as a freelance developer and is writing Joomla extensions tutorials and documentations.
oliviernolbert
Olivier Nolbert Forum Name: Olivier Nolbert A french web developer specialized in Joomla! extensions. He helps through forums, discussion groups, translation teams and communities. He likes skiing, running and enjoying the beach with his family.
cliffpfeifer
Cliff Pfeifer Forum Name: Cliff Pfeifer A freelance web developer and graphics designer with a passion for helping others. Cliff is also a classically trained percussionist, a professional dj and music producer. He also enjoys the outdoors, sports and his 2 cats.
bensimon
Ben Simon Forum Name: Ben Simon A web developer who is specialized in bringing small and medium size businesses on-line. Previously worked as a licensed adviser, trader, and project manager. Loves hiking, climbing, and spending time with his family.
martin
Martin Stepanek Forum Name: Martin Stepanek Joomla, sport and family are all his life. He spends a lot of time with his family, all nights in front of the monitor designing various websites and every weekend skiing on snow and grass all around the world.
marktaylor
Mark Taylor Forum Name: MrT A self-employed web designer and developer who has worked as IT Director for major UK corporations but now prefers to work on a freelance basis. Mark specialises in Joomla Websites and likes playing his electronic music keyboard.
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