Derek began his career in the mortgage industry in 1992 while working for ComUnity Lending in Northern California. He became VP of four different departments during his nine years at the company including Secondary Marketing, Retail Production, Sub Prime and Wholesale Expansion. He also helped create a tool to manage investor and product guidelines called the LoanLibrary which in 2001 led to his founding, Lender E-Source, a technology and service company offering these tools to other mortgage bankers. Over the next six years, Derek grew the company to 150 clients. During this time, he also continued to work with ComUnity Lending as a member of the Executive Leadership Team. In 2011, Derek founded a healthcare information management firm called Accolaide Data Services and in 2016 worked as the Head of Mortgage Operations, Production and Secondary Marketing for the Home Loans division of Denali Federal Credit Union.