I am a web developer for August Ash Inc., a Minneapolis-based Web Design and Development firm. August Ash has been using Drupal for a number of years now for select projects and it seems that many new projects are using Drupal as the basis for development over other open-source CMS systems. More importantly, I have been using and playing around with Drupal for the last 5 years in various capacities and have a half-dozen sites I've personally launched using Drupal, from a basic private forum site to a podcast to a medium-sized music review website. I have a lot more to learn about Drupal and how to make the best use of it, and I can't wait to learn more about all aspects of Drupal at DrupalCon DC and meet some great people!