Larry Garfield holds both a bachelors and masters degree in Computer Science from DePaul University, where he was a co-founder of the school's Linux Users Group. He has been writing PHP since 1999 and is a Zend Certified Engineer. He has been active in the Drupal community for over two years, working on the Drupal core, various contributed modules, and user support, and was recently named as a member of the Drupal Association Board of Directors. In mid-2007 he founded and co-organized the GoPHP5 Project to help the PHP community fully transition to modern PHP 5 environments.
Larry is currently a programmer and technical architect for Palantir.net, a Drupal-based website consulting firm in Chicago, USA that works primarily with higher education and cultural institutions such as museums. Prior to that, he freelanced for Chicago-area businesses and political campaigns. Larry also worked for three years as an IT journalist covering handhelds and mobile phones.