Derek Freeman

Derek Freeman has worked in the software engineering and information technology fields since 1999. Their most recent position is Principal Software Engineer at Reflexive Concepts, where they are responsible for continuous integration and delivery of a mission critical web application hosted on an OpenShift cluster. Derek also currently serves as Master Chief Petty Officer, Senior Enlisted Leader at Naval Information Force Reserve Region Southeast. Prior to this, they were Master Chief Petty Officer, Senior Enlisted Leader, Information Warfare Specialist at Navy Reserve Cryptologic Warfare Group SIX. Derek has also held positions at CyberCore Technologies, Navy Reserve U.S. TENTH Fleet, PCI Strategic Management, Navy Combat Documentation Detachment 206, General Dynamics Information Technology, TASC, Inc, and Advanced Technology Systems Corporation. Throughout their career, they have worked with various technologies such as Java Spring, PostgreSQL, Docker, Hibernate, AngularJS, OpenShift, CentOS 7, Jira, Confluence, GitLab, Golang, Ruby, Groovy, Unit/Integration/Functional Testing, Gradle, Jenkins, Git, Linux, Bash, IBM InfoSphere Streams, Apache NiFi, Apache ActiveMQ, Atlassian Tool Suite, Prometheus, Grafana, and more.

Derek Freeman's education history includes a Master of Science in Information Systems from the University of Maryland Baltimore County, obtained between 2005 and 2008. Derek also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Management/MIS from Northwood University, University College, which they obtained between 1997 and 2000. Additionally, they have an Associate of Arts in General Studies from Anne Arundel Community College, obtained between 1989 and 1992. Derek also graduated from Old Mill High School between 1985 and 1989. Derek also holds a DHS Trusted Tester Certification (OAST Section 508) from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.