Our Team

Mike Taylor
Principal Partner and Lead Developer
Mike has been involved in the web development industry for over 15 years, working with companies such as Decision One, VerticalNet, Advanta, and MTH Electric Trains. In addition Mike teaches, these technologies in secondary, and higher education designing entire curriculum and courses for institutions such as Widener University, Cabrini College and West Chester University of Pennsylvania.

Mike Lavine Ph.D.
Partner and Director of Business Strategy
Mike has over twenty years of experience in the information technology field and twelve years of experience in training and education. In addition to his position with DrupalConstruction he is a Research Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Johns Hopkins University. He specializes in information security and systems analysis and design. Before starting his own companies Dr. Lavine worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP.

Brenda Boggs
Director, of Quality Assurance
Brenda has been passionate about web technologies and open source for over a decade, while living and breathing Drupal for the last 5 years. With extensive knowledge in system administration, development, and a love for troubleshooting and usability, Brenda brings to the team experience working in a variety of capacities with high profile enterprise projects.

Howard Lewitt
Director of Visual and Interactive Design
Howard has been designing everything he could get his hands on for the past 20 years including nomadic furniture, architecture, logos, corporate and business websites. Howard studied art and Industrial Design at the California College of Arts and Crafts. Before joining Drupal Construction, Howard practiced the art of design for government agencies, physicists, healers and other small to medium-sized businesses.

Jonathan Polirer
Developer and Manager of Technology Services
Jonathan has been programming for almost 30 years — since his family bought a Commodore 64 when he was 6 years old. (He still owns 2 C-64s, a VIC-20, a C-128, 4 C-1541s, a C-1571, and two Datasette drives.) As a recovering senior Solaris and Linux system administrator, Jonathan is qualified to set up and maintain the computers and networks that run the myriad web presences DrupalConstruction creates. His true passion today lies in software development using PHP (the language Drupal is written in), Python, Ruby, and Java among others. Jonathan received his Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science from Boston University and his Master of Science in Engineering degree — also in Computer Science — from The Johns Hopkins University.

Chananiel 'Chan' Vogel
Developer and Social Networking Manager
Chan is an experienced Drupal Developer coming to us from Israel. He manages all aspects of our social networking resources and works with our clients to get them the best exposure using tools like Facebook, and Twitter.

Barry Lewis
Director of Communications
Barry is a seasoned writer and editor, skilled at presenting marketing and technical material in a clear, inviting manner. He has created online and print communications for a wide range of businesses, from Fidelity Investments and State Street Global Advisors to Amerisure Insurance, Pfizer, PepsiCo, and M.T.H. Electric Trains. Previous to his writing career, Barry worked as a filmmaker and corporate trainer.