Derek has served as a founder, CEO, or advisor of early-stage companies for the last 20 years with a frequent focus on cyber security. Most recently, he has founded The Cyber List, LLC with a mission to make cyber security decision making and vendor choices more accessible to non-technical business leaders.  Derek is also the founder and Chairman of the Control System Cyber Security Association International (CS2AI), a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting local practitioner peer groups around the globe. Derek’s experience also includes co-founding the ICS Cyber Security business at the SANS Institute, serving as the founding GICSP Certification Steering committee chair and CEO and co-founder of LogiKeep, Inc. At LogiKeep, Inc., where he was the co-inventor of Intellishield™, a pioneer IT security product which was later acquired by Cisco Systems. Derek is a former U.S. Navy Officer with experience in combat information management, communications security, and intelligence.

Derek pulls from his decades of experience as an entrepreneur, business owner and in cybersecurity to share interesting and relevant stories with his audiences.