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=Derek A. Kessler=

Derek Allen Kessler is the Managing Editor of Mobile Nations and an Ohio Army National Guard sergeant.

Education and Military Career
As a senior at Mount Vernon High School in Mount Vernon, Ohio, Kessler enlisted in the Ohio Army National Guard in 2003. He joined the 122nd Army Band as clarinetist with the rank of Private First Class. After graduating from high school, Kessler ordered to Fort Knox, Kentucky, for Army Basic Combat Training, followed by Advanced Individal Training at the United States Armed Force School of Music in Virginia. Upon returning from Army training, Kessler enrolled in the Architecture program at the University of Cincinnati’s College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning.

In 2007, Kessler joined the Military Funeral Honors program of the Ohio Army National Guard, performing military honors for deceased veterans in southwest Ohio, while still attending the University of Cincinnati. In May of 2009, he began writing for PreCentral.net, and in June of that year dropped out of college to join the funeral honors program on active duty orders. In December of 2012, Kessler was promoted to Sergeant in the 122nd Army Band.

In April 2013, after an active duty tour of more than three years and the completion of more than 1,300 funeral services, Kessler left full time status with the Ohio National Guard’s Military Funeral Honors program and joined Mobile Nations full time as Managing Editor. Kessler continued in a MDAY status with the funeral honors program.

Mobile Nations
In May of 2009, he began writing for the webOS-focused Mobile Nations network site PreCentral.net. In June 2011, following the departure of editor Dieter Bohn to The Verge, Kessler took over as Editor-in-Chief of PreCentral. The following December, Kessler oversaw the rebranding of PreCentral as webOS Nation on the same day as HP’s announcement of the open sourcing of webOS.

In his time as an editor at webOS Nation, Kessler was responsible for breaking several exclusive webOS news stories, including the webOS 3.0 TouchPad Beta emulator, the separation of HP’s webOS Global Business Unit hardware and software units, an in-depth hands-on with the unreleased and unannounced 7-inch HP TouchPad Go webOS tablet and the slate webOS smartphone codenamed WindsorNot , HP’s plan to spin off the webOS Global Business Unit as a separate company named Gram, and HP/Gram’s plans to build a webOS-powered HDTV with LG.

In April 2013 Kessler left full time status with the Ohio National Guard’s Military Funeral Honors program and joined Mobile Nations full time as Managing Editor of the network. One of his first tasks was to assume editorial and content supervision of the Talk Mobile 2013 project.

Personal Life
Kessler is an avid fan of Star Trek and has written and published online a fan fiction novel titled Star Trek: Aldrin. Kessler has resided in Cincinnati, Ohio, since 2008 and is engaged in the multi-year renovation and updating of a 1951 house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright apprentice Benjamin Dombar.