Derek is the co-founder and Chief Operating Officer at Upfactor, an AI-powered portfolio co-pilot. Leveraging technology developed in a top-performing hedge fund, Upfactor was created to give everyone access to the same tools previously only available to the 1%.

He previously served as the Chief Growth Officer at Creighton AI, VP of Operations at the investment analytics firm Aumni (acquired by JPMorgan), and as COO at Ember.AI, a real-time enterprise compliance & security AI company founded by former Goldman Sachs executives.