06.01.2020
Black Lives Matter
ThinkShout stands in solidarity with Black and brown communities in calling out the senseless police killing of George Floyd last week.
Amy Swan
Senior Frontend Developer
Lev Tsypin
Founder, CEO
Lev co-founded ThinkShout with the goal of bringing digital tools and strategy to organizations working to create lasting, positive change in the world. He believes that business can be a force for good in society, and strives for ThinkShout to reflect that ideal.
In addition to helming a team of incredibly talented individuals, Lev endeavours to keep ThinkShout on the cutting-edge of open source technology, and contribute back ThinkShout’s own time and expertise to the community. Lev began his career in software development as a consultant with Computer Sciences Corporation, saving us all from the Y2K apocalypse, and Inforte Corporation in Chicago before moving to Portland and serving as the Director of Programming at Pop Art, Inc. After spending a year abroad reconnecting with the world and his values, Lev started Level Online Strategy, which shared ThinkShout’s commitment to working with clients who make a positive impact on the world. Lev holds a bachelor's degree in business administration (BBA) and political science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He spends his off hours chasing after his two boys in the great outdoors that many ThinkShout clients strive to protect.
Lev's Recent Blog Posts
04.28.2020
Finding Stability and Excitement in Times of Change
The world has changed dramatically over the past month, and so too has our little corner of the world.
03.31.2020
ThinkShout’s COVID Commitment: Four Ways to Stabilize Your Digital Platform
Four critical areas of focus to navigate the COVID crisis. Accessibility, Audiences, Ecosystems, and Full-stack Content Strategy.
01.22.2020
Introducing ThinkShout's WonderLab
Introducing the WonderLab, emerging digital strategies built on curiosity, driven by optimism, and focused on impact.
06.20.2018
The Stories that Make US
12.12.2017
Meet Bene, an affordable, open-source website solution for nonprofits
A low cost website for small nonprofits bundling content management, mission critical features, a tailored user experience, hosting, and strategic support.
09.07.2017
Wrapping up ThinkShout Cares
How a kooky idea turned into a fulfilling, team-building project.
11.01.2016
Civic Engagement at ThinkShout
This election season, we're helping our staff be the change they want to see in our community.
01.14.2016
The End of the Beginning
Saying goodbye to Sean and exciting things ahead for ThinkShout.
08.06.2015
Being the Change - Becoming a B Corp
We are proud to announce our certification as a B Corporation.
04.21.2015
Drupal and Salesforce Integrations Get Some (Data) Integrity
Adding data integrity and other enterprise features to the Drupal-Salesforce integration.
08.25.2014
Deploying a Jekyll Site on GitHub, Travis CI, and Amazon S3
Using Travis CI to deploy a Jekyll based site to Amazon S3.
03.05.2014
The Technology Behind the New ThinkShout.com
How we used Jekyll, Foundation, GitHub, and Amazon S3 to build and deploy the new ThinkShout.com.
11.26.2012
Salesforce Integration with REST, OAUTH, and Entities
The Drupal Salesforce Suite has been around since Drupal 5, having undergone many transformations in trying to keep pace with both Drupal and Salesforce API changes. The result is a feature set as impressive as it is ambitious, although the incremental updates and additions have come at a cost of significant technical debt, inconsistent API usage, a monolithic architecture, and fragility.
10.18.2012
Under the Hood of RedHen CRM
The ThinkShout team will be at the Pacific Northwest Drupal Summit if anyone wants to connect.
05.25.2012
MailChimp adds Mandrill Integration & Campaign Creation
A long list of improvements and new features
01.19.2012
Sign Up for Entities and Fields
Last year we began work on an entity-based alternative to Signup.
01.09.2012
Looking Back on ThinkShout's first Year
Our initial goals when starting ThinkShout were modest.
09.07.2011
OpenLayers Love for Drupal 7
Mapping has become a significant component of many of ThinkShout's projects over the last couple years.
06.30.2011
MailChimp 2.0: Anatomy of a Drupal module rewrite
A major milestone for integration between MailChimp and Drupal.
03.23.2011
Redmine and Gitosis, project management nirvana?
Tools to manage features, bugs, tasks, and communicate with your clients
01.25.2011
Lev's Take on the New ThinkShout, Inc.
As of January, 2011, Sean and I are equal partners in ThinkShout, Inc.
12.01.2010
The Knight News Challenge and Watershed Now
Watershed Now is a Drupal distribution developed to support the needs of conservation organizations.
08.05.2010
Mapping with Drupal
I've recently become more involved with map scripting in my work on LCREP, Save Our Gulf, Geomeridian, and a few others in the works.
05.26.2010
Drupal Menu Hell(p)
I recently had to implement what seemed like a very simple feature for a client...
