Lessons for Tomorrow Podcast: From Dorm Hobby to Business Success with Drupal Founder, Dries Buytaert

With open source Drupal at its core, the Acquia Digital Experience Platform (DXP) enables marketers, developers and IT operations teams to rapidly compose and deploy digital products and services that engage customers, enhance conversions and help businesses stand out. In this episode, our host, Tim Ahlenius, spoke with, Dries Buytaert, Founder and Project Lead of Drupal, and Americaneagle.com's Partner Director Peter Gavrilos and Drupal Technical Director Jason Luttrell, to breakdown how Drupal incorporates itself with Acquia.

They discuss everything from how Drupal has evolved from a hobby started in Dries's dorm room in college, running and managing the corporation, to integrating Acquia, the cloud infrastructure for Drupal.

Dries Buytaert is the original creator and project lead for Drupal, a powerful open source platform for building websites and digital experiences. Buytaert is also co-founder and chief technology officer of Acquia, a SaaS (Software as a Service) company that provides solutions to build, operate and optimize digital customer experiences.

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Drupal Founder, Dries Buytaert tells how he started the company

About: The Lessons for Tomorrow podcast is centered around conversations between industry experts sharing insights from the past, to apply in the present, to achieve success in the future. This podcast is the "motivational poster" in your ear; each episode is centered around conversations which motivate you to tackle new initiatives at your organization. We will be talking with some of the best and brightest minds in technology and marketing and will hear from the experts themselves about their latest experiences, their most recent challenges and the road ahead. Every episode has a different story, a different answer, a different approach.

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Bryan Winger is a Podcast Producer with Americaneagle.com. He began his career in broadcasting back in Minnesota, producing for several radio stations and syndicated shows throughout the Twin Cities. He has over 5 years of experience in the broadcasting industry, before joining the team at Americaneagle.com. He enjoys playing golf and hockey, watching football on Sundays, and producing music for fun.