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Doug is a certified business educator and music educator. He currently teaches businesses and computer science at Avon High School in Avon, Indiana and is the executive director of IGNITE Performing Arts, Inc. in Shelby County, Indiana. He was a band and choir director for 13 years and continues to judge and clinic with ensembles. He performs drums and percussion, composes and arranges music for concert band, marching band, and percussion ensemble, and teaches and writes about business, finance, and economics. He has a B.M. in Music Education from Butler University and an M.B.A. in Economics from Southern New Hampshire University. He is also an avid reader and a lover of art, history, science, and nature, especially birds and other wildlife. View all posts by Douglass Gaking