Dave is a homeschooling father of 13, software developer, author, trainer, mentor, and conference speaker. Currently working as a consultant in St. Louis, MO. Current interests are mostly in Groovy, Grails and related technologies.

Dave is also the founder of the Capital Java User Group (http://capjug.org) in Madison, WI and the Gateway Groovy Users in St. Louis, MO (http://gatewaygroovy.org).