• Mentored students in the Front End Developer program as they analyze website design projects and create technical solutions, optimize performance, and build responsive interfaces in their work toward a Bachelor’s degree.
• Handled coursework, including analyzing projects and choose technical solutions; designing technical architectures using UML diagrams; creating web projects with JavaScript; Query databases that use and store information; use of tools such as jQuery to simplify front-end code; implementing unit and integration tests; writing project documentation; optimizing performance; creating responsive interfaces.

Derek has consulted with small and medium-sized businesses to build and optimize custom, interactive websites with responsive layouts and proven SEO results.

As a web developer for SB&C, Ltd.:

• Designed and hand-coded new business website.
• Consulted with client to fulfill site requirements.
• Researched business environment and effectively integrated SEO to sustain the site’s (www.sbcltd.com) first-place results.

As a web developer for a contemporary analyst (www.contemporaryanalyst.com):

• Hand-coded a client’s personal-professional web portfolio. Project included a secondary PHP/MySQL database and JavaScript interface, as well as SEO.
• Contributed to LaTeX project.

As a web developer for Boyd Chiropractic:

• Consulted with client for the need of a website (www.boydchiropractic.us).
• Designed and hand-coded their first business website.
• Researched business environment and effectively deployed SEO to initiate site at number seven in Google's regional search results.

Cascadia Eye is an award-winning ophthalmology and advanced vision care. 

• Managed websites of Cascadia Eye (ncascade.com WordPress), and Cascadia Eyewear (cascadiaeyewear.com Weebly).
• Custom-coded optimized structures and templates, layout, regionally-optimized pages, custom catalog, site search, and site speed performance enhancement.
• Achieved effective SEO, raising SERPs of ncascade.com from third page to top placement.

SB&C provides customized loss prevention and recovery solutions for clients.

• Designed and hand-coded new business website.
• Consulted with client to fulfill site requirements.
• Researched business environment and effectively integrated SEO to sustain the site’s (www.sbcltd.com) first-place results.