Ben Finklea

Ben entered the world of online marketing in 1995 when he founded a web design company from his dorm room at Texas A&M University. Since then, he has worked in various capacities in sales and marketing, from tiny start-ups to Apple Computer. In 2001, Ben founded Sprysoft, an e-commerce store that successfully sold over $5M in software online to students, teachers and schools. Ben formed SpryDev Online Marketing in 2005 to use the techniques and processes learned at Sprysoft to help other businesses sell online. SpryDev grew quickly and changed names to Volacci® in 2008.

Ben's book Drupal 6 Search Engine Optimization was released in September 2009 and is available from Amazon.com. In Dec 2010, Lullabot released their Drupal SEO Video on DVD staring Ben. In 2011, Ben collaborated with Acquia to create the Drupal SEO Grader.

In 2012, Ben organized and helped launch the Blue Drop Awards, Drupal's first and only community-voted awards program.

He is active in championing the concept of the "marketing of Drupal". That is, utilizing the Drupal brand and market awareness to attract more developers, designers, and customers to the Drupal ecosystem.