Russell Keppner

I've been a web developer for 14 years, specializing in PHP on LAMP. When I tried Drupal four-and-a-half years ago, I fell in love, married myself to it (technologically speaking) and haven't looked back since. I switched all my projects to Drupal 5 and then ported them to Drupal 6. Now I try to stay on Drupal 7. I generally won't take on work that isn't Drupal related. A year ago I switched from doing freelance work and joined on with Ashday Interactive, where I serve as Lead Drupal Developer.

In the community, I co-host the Phoenix Drupal User Group and helped organize and present at the first Phoenix DrupalCamp in November, 2010 and again in 2011.

I am the husband of the former Rachel Williams and the father of eleven energetic children, ranging in age from 18 to 2. We live in the Valley of the Sun, the Phoenix, Arizona metro, where I suffer through the oppressive summers because I love the city.

I am the out-of-the-box pioneer in my family, having introduced my wife to home school, alternative medicine, and other “radical” notions early in our marriage. After getting her on board, I now do my best to support her and our children in their educational endeavors. I am also an aspiring amateur cook, and love to share my ethnically-diverse concoctions with family and friends, or just seek out the more exotic options at local ethnic restaurants.