The Romney for President campaign used Drupal as its main website and the hub for connecting websites, apps, email, and social media. Over 5 months in the summer of 2012 the web team grew from a handful to several dozen developers, project managers, QA engineers, and operations experts.

Hear from Chief Architect John Money and Technical Lead Jeremy Duffy, both experienced Drupal developers, discuss the challenges and successes of building a major Drupal site in a very short time frame.

Key highlights:

• Over 40,000 peak simultaneous users, how to handle the load, the TV driven spikes and debates
• 30+ digital properties and apps, the challenges to integrate data and users
• 35,000+ hours of development in 5 months, managing rapid releases and multiple new teams
• Hundreds of millions of dollars raised online
• Backend integration with Salesforce, Magento, and other systems
• High profile hacker attacks and mitigation strategies