Derek Schmitz

Derek Schmitz is an experienced data engineer currently employed at Rural Community Insurance Services (RCIS) since July 2019. Prior to this role, Derek held various positions at Thrivent Financial from June 2005 to June 2019, including IT Manager and Senior Infrastructure Engineer. Derek’s career also includes experience as an Oracle Database Administrator at Notiva from January 2003 to June 2005, a Database Analyst at Wells Fargo from January 2002 to January 2003, and a DBA/Software Engineer at techies.com from May 1998 to October 2001. Derek earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from the University of Minnesota Duluth between 1991 and 1995.