Hi Russ,
I am totally in shock. Drew was a very good friend. He presented in at all of the DevTeach and was always in the top 10 in VFP and in the top 10 overall. Drew was one of the great inspiration and influence in my career. Its great speakers like Drew that convinced me to do conferences.

I really lost a friend. :(

This is a picture of the Speedie family at DevTeach 2004.
http://www.devteach.com/Report/2004/SpkDiner9.jpg

>On Friday, September 16, 2005, Drew Speedie and his son, Brent, fell a few hundred feet to their deaths from a bridge in Yellowstone Park. The Speedie family was on vacation there. Details of this tragedy are extremely limited at this time.
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>Drew was a friend and a valued member of the Visionpace team. He was the architect and primary developer of the Visual Maxframe Professional VFP framework and a frequent speaker at Fox conferences in North America and Europe and was often accompanied by Brent and his wife, Irene.
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>Questions or concerns should be directed to Russ Swall (rswall@visionpace.com) or by phone, 816-350-7900 or 888-904-7900.