Drake is a speaker, mentor, and organizer. He has a day job as a Senior Full Stack Developer at Rogue Fitness, a full time job as a dad and part time jobs as an organizer in both tech and volunteer communities. When he should be sleeping, he volunteers with Rotary Youth Exchange and mentors Peace Ambassadors.

Facing challenges is Drake's passion. Sometimes that is solving complex software problems, and sometimes that is finding out how to break down complicated concepts so a variety of audiences can understand them. He co-organizes the Columbus Azure and DevOps groups, as well as the Columbus Global Azure and Columbus Intro to DevOps conferences. He regularly speaks on DevOps, Azure, tools that support DevOps, and a variety of other topics. He is currently a Microsoft MVP in DevOps.