Derick Schaefer (Dallas, Texas): Having sold a car in college to upgrade his computer, Derick is a geek at heart. When he’s not being a geek as a hobby, he and a small team of talented employees do it for a living as they operate Synthesis WordPress hosting for CopyBlogger Media. GeekBeat.TV his hosted on Synthesis so you know who to blame if things are lightning fast! Derick is also a co-creator of the Series child themes for Genesis.

Prior to his role with Synthesis, Derick spent 10 years at The Microsoft Corporation in a variety of roles.