# Talish Khan

> Senior Drupal architect with 12+ years designing, building, and scaling enterprise Drupal ecosystems (Drupal 7 through 11) across multisite, decoupled, and headless environments. Focus areas: Drupal architecture, solutions design, and applied AI.

## Identity

- Name: Talish Khan
- Role: Drupal Architect · Solutions Engineer · Applied AI Practitioner
- Experience: 12+ years across Drupal 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11
- Certifications: Acquia Certified Developer — Drupal 10 (January 2025)
- Awards: 6× CLP Faculty Awards at Tata Consultancy Services
- Site: https://talish.dev
- Email: talish.khan2609@gmail.com
- Drupal.org profile: https://www.drupal.org/u/talishkhan
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/talish-khan

## Availability

Occasionally available for advisory, architecture reviews, and select engagements. The best path is sharing a brief scope summary via the contact form at https://talish.dev/#contact — Talish will respond if it is a fit. Currently engaged in active enterprise Drupal work.

## Core Expertise

- Drupal architecture (Drupal 7–11): scalable content models, multi-site orchestration, performance-first platform design
- Headless / decoupled Drupal: JSON:API and GraphQL backends feeding Next.js, Remix, and Astro frontends with ISR, preview, and on-demand revalidation wired end-to-end
- Performance and security audits: query profiling, cache layer tuning, security posture, prioritised remediation plans
- Managed hosting: self-managed Hetzner + Nginx + PHP-FPM + CloudPanel stacks for Drupal sites that need predictable cost and real ownership
- Applied AI: integration of LLMs and retrieval systems into content and editorial workflows

## Technology Stack

Drupal 7–11, PHP 8.2, Symfony, Twig, Single Directory Components (SDC), JSON:API, GraphQL, Next.js 16, React 19, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, Node.js, Azure B2C identity, Opigno LMS, SCORM, Stripe, Elasticsearch, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Nginx, PHP-FPM, Hetzner, CloudPanel, Docker, DDEV.

## Enterprise Engagements

- Nasdaq.com and Nasdaq Plus (financial services) — Drupal 9/10 · PHP 8.2 · Stripe
- UNICEF — Decoupled Drupal + Azure B2C identity (humanitarian) · Drupal 9 · JSON:API · React
- Pfizer — Opigno LMS for medical education (pharmaceutical) · Drupal 8/9 · Opigno · SCORM
- Sony Pictures — Multisite and multilingual consolidation (media) · Drupal 8/9 · Multisite · Multilingual
- John Guest — Multisite, multilingual, SDC upgrade (manufacturing) · Drupal 9 → 11 · SDC · Twig
- Firmadvice — Drupal 10 from the ground up (legal / business consultancy) · Drupal 10 · PHP 8.2 · Paragraphs
- Baltimore Golfing — Drupal 8 → 11 upgrade + UX revamp (sports & recreation) · Drupal 8 → 11 · SDC · Twig
- Reliance Worldwide Corporation — Three-brand Drupal 10 consolidation (retail / multi-brand)
- Tata Consultancy Services — Multi-year Drupal engineering leadership (services)

## Insights and Writing

- https://talish.dev/blog/state-headless-drupal-2026
- https://talish.dev/blog/orchestrating-multi-site-architecture-drupal-11
- https://talish.dev/blog/performance-audits-beyond-lighthouse-score

## Frequently Asked

### What does Talish Khan do?
Talish Khan is a senior Drupal architect and solutions engineer with 12+ years designing, building, and scaling enterprise Drupal ecosystems (Drupal 7 through 11) across multisite, decoupled, and headless environments. His focus spans platform architecture, performance audits, solutions design, and applied AI integration.

### How much Drupal experience does Talish Khan have?
12+ years of continuous Drupal experience across Drupal 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11. Talish is an Acquia Certified Developer (Drupal 10, January 2025) and is currently engaged in active enterprise Drupal work.

### What enterprise clients has Talish Khan worked with?
Nasdaq, UNICEF, Pfizer, Sony Pictures, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), John Guest, Firmadvice, Reliance Worldwide Corporation, and Baltimore Golfing — spanning financial services, humanitarian, pharmaceutical, media and entertainment, manufacturing, legal and business consultancy, retail, and sports verticals.

### Is Talish Khan available for consulting or architecture reviews?
Talish is occasionally available for advisory, architecture reviews, and select engagements. The best path is to share a brief scope summary via the contact form at https://talish.dev/#contact — he will respond if it is a fit.

### What is Talish Khan's approach to Drupal architecture?
Architecture-first: scalable content models, multi-site orchestration, and performance-first platform design, paired with hands-on execution from backend engineering through decoupled frontends using Next.js, React, and JSON:API / GraphQL.

### What technologies does Talish Khan work with beyond Drupal?
Next.js, React, TypeScript, Tailwind, Azure B2C identity, GraphQL, JSON:API, PHP 8.2, Symfony, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, Opigno LMS, Stripe, and LLM-based retrieval and content workflows. On the infrastructure side: Nginx, PHP-FPM, Hetzner, CloudPanel, Docker, and DDEV.

## Contact

- Contact form: https://talish.dev/#contact
- Email: talish.khan2609@gmail.com
- Drupal.org: https://www.drupal.org/u/talishkhan
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/talish-khan