Michael is one of the co-founders of DrupalEasy.com, a Florida-based Drupal consulting, training, and media company.

Practical, efficient and cost-effective content management solutions have earned Mike his stellar reputation among clients and the IT community. He makes projects as easy as possible for management, staff and the end-users, an ability that comes after years of experience in software development for research organizations, businesses, and government agencies, as well as an extensive engineering background. His meticulous project management approach keeps everyone comfortable with the process.

As a Drupal developer and consultant, he specializes in custom modules, theme integration, and project management, and has worked on over a dozens of Drupal sites and educational and political web sites with active social communities. He has contributed several Drupal Modules and is an active member of the Drupal community.

His passion for training comes from his constant recruiting of talented designers and themers to master Drupal so his pool of talented collaborators grows with his client base. His aptitude for educating comes from a long history of training that started out when he was a graduate student assistant, teaching engineering courses at Florida Tech to his appointment as an adjunct at the university.

Michael’s career began as a research engineer with a nationally-recognized research institution as the lead developer of a widely-used software application for buildings energy research. After nationwide commercial deployment of the software, his reputation for solid planning, attention to detail and fast project turn-around provided demand for his services and the impetus for his consulting career and foray into training.