Derek is a Bank Examiner with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). Derek joined the OCC in September 2023 and specializes in compliance, fair lending, BSA, CRA, and novel bank compliance management systems for the agency. Derek got his start in banking in 2005 at US Bank in retail and operational roles. In 2013 Derek moved into the Compliance Department at Dickinson Financial Corporation (Academy Bank and Armed Forces Bank), and later to Lead Bank (2021). 

Derek held various compliance related roles at DFC and Lead including Compliance Testing Officer, Staff Compliance Officer, CRA Officer, and Director of Compliance. Derek enjoys researching regulation, training others on how to interpret/understand regulation, qualifying CRA activities, and auditing/monitoring. Derek graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia (undergrad) and the University of Missouri-Kansas City (MBA). Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from Keller Graduate School of Management and his undergraduate degree from St. Louis University where he majored in Finance.