An avid user of the Drupal framework since 2006, Joel is highly active in the Community as a Document Maintainer, Patch Tester, core and contributed modules Patch Creator, and an expert in the support of and care for new Drupalites.

Under the name of Senpai, Joel co-led the charge for the Drupal Dojo training sessions for over a year, and was joined in that endeavor by some of the community's most famous personas including Josh Koenig of Chapter 3, LLC, Addison Berry of Lullabot, Squidster, Dmitri Gaskin, and many, many others who gave freely of their time so that all people could learn ninja Drupal tactics in a cutting edge and edifying environment.