Derick has been starting businesses since the age of seven. Ranging from import/export of souvenirs as a high school kid living in Moscow, Russia to fronting the signed rock band STRIVE. In 2005 he founded RGM, a non-profit focused on arts education in under resourced countries. Derick has worked for the following internet related companies; GoDigital Media Group, CLP Suite and RemoteLink, Inc, where he launched a variety of new internet products