Darrell Ulm
Software Engineer, Database Administrator, and Researcher in the United States
Darrell Ulm (Darrell Raymond Ulm) is a software engineer and computer science professional with a strong background in modern software development, artificial intelligence, and large‑scale systems. His technical expertise spans Artificial Neural Networks, Large Language Models (LLMs), PHP, Drupal, PHP‑MVC frameworks, MySQL, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Python,PyTorch, Java, C, C++, Sass, Apache HTTPD, Unity (C# / UnityScript), WordPress, and Linux systems including Ubuntu, Debian, and RHEL.
Has extensive experience working with the Drupal API, contributing across versions 4 through 10, including time spent with the Backdrop CMS fork from Drupal 7/8. His background also includes Linux and Windows systems administration, light network administration, and numerous database and system migrations, primarily for Drupal but also for platforms such as Koha.
His current interests focus on LLMs, Apache Spark, high‑performance computing, data‑parallel algorithms, data science, and data engineering. He is actively working with Jupyter Notebook, expanding his skills in machine learning, and exploring advanced computational workflows and LLM algorithms in Python.