Derick works on the Consulting team at Rock Health. Prior to Rock Health, he was a transformation consultant at a nonprofit health system, where he advised senior executives on digital health strategy, nontraditional partnerships, and new ventures. Derick earned a Master of Health Administration from Cornell University, where he was a Roger Battistella Fellow. Before his MHA, he worked at a healthcare venture capital firm, received a B.S. in Management and Organizational Behavior from Brigham Young University, and completed two years of volunteer mission service in Romania and Moldova.

• Proudly plays the part of Sven (the reindeer) in his daughters' reenactments of Frozen II
• Believes it should be socially acceptable to eat breakfast cereal for three meals a day
• Won the science fair in fourth grade and has been chasing that high ever since