| Website | abillo.com |
| Blog | abillo.com/blog |
| @me_arno | |
| Birthplace | Leeuwarden |
| Birthdate | 9/15/73 |
Arno Zijlstra / Abillo
Arno Zijlstra is the Chief Brand Officer (CBO) and Co-Founder of Abillo. Combining an innate feel for beauty and understanding the deeper technical issues involved in modern website and application design makes him a specialist in creating user targeted results. Being able to understand the value of visual and textual presentation, creative marketing and brand awareness make him a recognized professional in this field.
Arno is one of the founders of the Joomla! Open Source CMS Project and the Open Source Matters Foundation. He was an important factor in the naming, branding and spreading of the project that grew to be one of the largest Open Source projects on the Internet today. He is still consulted as an adviser for the project in various areas and is a well received speaker and publisher about Joomla! and Open Source in general. His open mind and creative flair empower him to understand the needs of clients and communities and convert that into a synergy of visual design and text that efficiently communicates and sells.