Derek Lewis

Derek Lewis has a diverse work experience spanning various roles and industries. Derek is currently working at Silex Data Solutions where they hold the position of Chief Technology Officer. Prior to this, they served as the Vice President - Technical Services and Senior Solutions Architect at the same company.

Before joining Silex Data Solutions, Derek worked at Dell Technologies as a Senior Systems Engineer. In this role, they were responsible for designing and architecting infrastructure solutions for customer proposals.

Derek also has experience as a Co-Founder & CEO of Projective Software, a startup focused on healthcare data integration and archiving. Derek designed microservice-based solutions and created HIPAA-compliant architectures for customers.

In addition, Derek has worked at Community Health Systems where they held several managerial positions. Derek oversaw the hospital conversion project management organization and was responsible for technology adoption. Derek also played a key role in the design and strategy of community hospital Electronic Health Record (EHR) products.

Furthermore, Derek has experience in the security domain, having served as a Senior Security System Administrator at Bloomberg. Derek was responsible for UNIX internal and external security, developing security policies and tools.

Derek's early career includes an Associate Technical Analyst role at FedEx Services.

Overall, Derek Lewis has a wide range of experience in technology leadership, system architecture, healthcare data integration, and security.

Derek Lewis achieved a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics and Physics from Lambuth University, which they attended from 2004 to 2007.

In addition to their formal education, Derek has obtained several certifications in various technology-related fields. In October 2022, they earned the "Technology Architect, PowerMax and VMAX All Flash Solutions Version 1.0" certification from Dell Technologies. In May 2020, Derek received the "IBM Certified Solution Architect - Spectrum Storage Solutions V1" certification from IBM Professional Certification. Derek also obtained the "Amazon Web Services Solutions Architect Associate" certification from Amazon Web Services (AWS) in April 2020. Derek further holds the "Pure Storage Certified Architect Associate" certification from Pure Storage, obtained in November 2020. Furthermore, they achieved the "Hitachi Vantara Qualified Professional - Pre-sales Data Infrastructure Foundation" certification from Hitachi Vantara in September 2020, as well as the "Hitachi Vantara Qualified Professional - Pre-sales Data Intelligence Foundation" certification from Hitachi Vantara in the same month and year.