Cindy McCourt

CINDY MCCOURT has been a freelance website planner and builder, instructional designer and instructor, project manager, and facilitator and has taken part in the planning and building of numerous Drupal and non-Drupal websites and web-based systems over the past 14 years. In 2005, she built her first Drupal website using Drupal 4.6 and has been hooked ever since.

Over the past 20 years, Cindy has been designing, developing, and delivering work shops and courses on technology and non-technology based subjects for both corporate and higher education organizations. She has also written technical papers on many topics for government and private sector clients. Cindy maintains a close relationship with the Drupal community through her blog at http://idcminnovations.com, by speaking at Drupal events, and offering Drupal training. She has been described by some in the Drupal community as a professional cat herder (http://rocktreesky.com/professional-cat-herder-win).

Cindy started acquiring many of her skills in 1985 when she went to work for TRW. Her 12 years at this world wide contractor provided her significant insights into project management and the many tasks associated with the lifecycle of a project. She was also an early TQM facilitator and trainer and has made process analyses, design, and improvement a tool in her web development tool box.

Cindy built her first website for George Mason University's Graduate School of Education in 1997 and maintained the site until she graduated in 2000 with a Masters in Education. She went to work for GMU in 1999 and continued to build her web development skills by developing several more department websites and by designing and coordinating the development of the online Workshop and Events Management System (WEMS) still used today by GMUs Division of Instructional Technology. She has also taught Instructional Design, Project Management, and Web Design for GMU's Graduate School of Education and provided technology workshops to GMUs faculty and staff.

Cindy's extensive project list can be found at http://idcminnovations.com/projects/listall-projects.