Welcome

I am Benj Fredrick, a new dad (just passed 18 months), drupal geek, soccer coach, and fan - currently living in Durango, CO (also my hometown). I attended Fort Lewis College in Durango and played Division II soccer there for 4 years. My two younger brothers also played soccer at FLC; and we were all fortunate enough to play in a national championship game. Brian and I in 1999, losing a heartbreaker in double OT; Kyle in 2005, winning it all after an undefeated season! After graduating in the Spring of 2000 with a degree in Computer Science, Marci and I moved to Seattle, WA. We spent seven years there, met some wonderful friends, experienced the dot-com bubble - and bust - and Marci got her Masters in teaching at UW. In 2007, Marci was offered a teaching position in Durango, and we headed back home (she's from the Denver area). I have been freelancing as a web developer since then, after some very educational experiences in the Pacific NW.

I first picked up drupal way back in the 4.x days, when I created flcsoccer.com for our fans and alumni to keep in touch and support the teams. Being a web developer, and using open-source tools for most of a decade, I decided in 2009 to get more serious about professional drupal development. In April of 2010 I attended my first DrupalCon, in San Francisco (along with 3,000 others - wow). I had a fantastic time, and learned a ton! Next up was DrupalCamp Colorado in June, in Denver (350 miles from Durango, for those of you who aren't familiar with CO). Despite conflicting with a couple US World Cup games, I again learned a lot, met some great people, and had plenty of fun with my "fellow nerds". During the late summer and fall of 2010, I reconnected with an old soccer friend from Seattle - Andy Hieb at DTEK. We have been working together ever since, and it's going great! DTEK is currently my primary focus, although I still do some smaller projects, maintenance for old clients, and the odd charity site.

This site is mostly just a placeholder for now, and a spot for me to play with the new and exciting Drupal 7.