David Austin

My 2025 Sitecore Technology MVP Supplemental

Who is

David Austin

Over the past year, I've focused on enhancing my expertise while actively sharing knowledge with colleagues and the broader Sitecore Community. The advent of technologies like XM Cloud, Sitecore JSS, Next.js, Storybook, and Tailwind has revolutionized our approach to building robust, efficient, and impactful Sitecore-based digital experiences.

At Fishtank, I've taken a leading role in onboarding our newly hired developers, focusing on XM Cloud and Headless technologies. As part of this effort, I've established an internal XM Cloud training environment, which not only familiarizes them with Sitecore and Headless development but also introduces them to Docker, enhancing their overall technical proficiency.

Before diving into some of the articles I’ve written this past year, feel free to have a look at some of my notable XM Cloud and XM projects for 2024.

XM Cloud Developer Certification - April 2024

XM Cloud Projects

This past year I was heavily involved with both ENMAX .Next and ENMAX MyAccount projects. As such, they are the only two projects that went live this past year. But in terms of effort, I&aposm incredibly proud of the work we did on both projects. ENMAX was a finalist for the Sitecore Experience Award in Most Powerful Tech Stack Integration.

ENMAX .Next
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Tech Lead & Senior Developer
Sitecore XM Cloud - CDP / Personalize, Search, Content Hub
ENMAX MyAccount
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Tech Lead & Senior Developer
Sitecore XM Cloud - CDP / Personalize, Search, Content Hub

Fun Extras

These are off hours projects that I'm proud of.

Sitecore 2024 Hackathon - GitHub Repo
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Participated with a co-worker, formed the Guppy Code Crew and created a PowerShell Extension for Generating GQL Scripts.
Mythical Burger
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Created Mythical Burger to explore Sitecore CDP & Personalize.