Derek Strauss

Derek Strauss has had a varied work experience since 2017. In that year, they were a Winter Intern for Pine Valley Investments, LLC and a Financial Representative Intern for Northwestern Mutual. In 2018, they were a Co-Founder for the Collegiate Blockchain Conference and a Blockchain Intern for Vertex Pharmaceuticals, where they helped create a Proof of Concept blockchain application and presented research and findings from the project at the 2019 Bio-IT World conference. In 2019, they were a Technology Consultant for EY, acting as a Scrum Master for a publicly traded agriscience company implementing a blockchain solution and for EY's first SaaS offering with Blockchain. Most recently, in 2020, they became the COO & Co-Founder for Tellescope, a CRM for Digital Healthcare that is backed by Techstars, UnitedHealthcare, and Startup Health.

Derek Strauss obtained a B.S. in Finance, with a Minor in Computer Science, from Florida State University in 2019, graduating Cum Laude. In December 2019, they obtained a Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) certification from the Scrum Alliance. In March 2022, they obtained a HIPAA for Business Associates certification from HIPAA Exams.