Derek W. Gibson has spent most of his career providing business analytics in financial services guiding business strategy and decision making, primarily with Wachovia and Wells Fargo Banks. He is a Certified Retirement Planning Specialist (CRPS), a Certified Retirement Counselor (CRC), and has held FINRA Series 6 and Series 63 licenses. Derek also serves on the Wake Forest University MS Business Analytics advisory board and has taught as an Adjunct Professor of Data Analytics and Business Models. He is a frequent speaker to the next generation of data scientists on the trends and needs in the business world. He lives in Greensboro, North Carolina.