Derek joined Webitects as a developer in 2006. He spends most of his time creating and maintaining ASP.NET sites, while dabbling a bit in PHP and classic ASP. Derek graduated from Washington University in St Louis with a BS in Computer Engineering, which is a hybrid major made up of equal parts computer science and electrical engineering, with a little processor design sprinkled on top. While CPU design continues to fascinate him, he has decided to devote his efforts to the development of the emerging Web and leave the stressful task of keeping up with Moore's Law to the rest of his engineering brethren.

Outside of work, Derek enjoys biking around the flat streets of Chicago and playing music. He enjoys learning to play new instruments and enjoys shredding on: guitar, bass, piano, accordion (just bought one this summer!), and drums (kind of).

His goals for the future include becoming the best web developer in the world, achieving a negative carbon footprint, and traveling to Mars to start a Utopian society.

5 books that are worth reading

• Ender's Game - Orison Scott Card
• Red Mars - Kim Stanley Robinson
• The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
• Foundation - Isaac Asimov
• Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut

5 movies you may not have seen

• The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
• Stop Making Sense
• Hedwig and the Angry Inch
• Seven Samurai
• Castle in the Sky

5 albums I can think of right now

• Talking Heads - 77
• Flaming Lips - Soft Bulletin
• The Kinks - Village Green Preservation Society
• Beck - Midnite Vultures
• Peter Bjorn and John - Writer's Block

Bands I have been in

• Tennis Blonde (current)
• Sgt Wesman's Logan Square Friends Band
• Awesome
• The Identity Politic

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