Doug Vann is an independent Drupal Developer & Trainer.
Doug entered Geekdom as a fifth grader in 1983 with a Commodore 64 and a 300baud connection to CompuServe. Twenty-eight years later he leads the Indiana Drupal Users Group and is a full time provider of Drupal Training and Drupal Development.
Doug believes in the power of Drupal to meet complex business needs in a rapid-deployment system. Catch his blog at www.DougVann.com. Google "Drupal Song," and you're likely to find a few videos of Doug, jamming on the guitar, unabashedly proclaiming his passion for Drupal!
His love for learning and experimenting in Drupal is overshadowed only by his love to teach and evangelize it. He has presented in Minneapolis, Toronto, Houston, Indianapolis, multiple LinuxFests, DoItWithDrupal, and DrupalCamps in Dallas, Madison, Atlanta, Chicago, Orlando, Nashville, Denver, Los Angeles, South Carolina, and DC. You can often find Doug on the FREENODE IRC Network in Drupal-support helping people get through the steep learning curve of Drupal. Doug, his wife of 14 years, and their 4 children reside in Indianapolis.
Doug and Matthew Lechleider presented the CMS KickStart Program at 2009 CMS Expo. At the 2010 CMS Expo, Doug presented: Guided Tour of Drupal and Drupal Top Modules.
At the 2011 CMS Expo in Chicago, Doug will participate on the Battle of the Apps with Microsoft WebMatrix panel.