As a professional Sales and Leadership Coach for Southwestern Consulting, Derek is passionate and dedicated to helping his clients overcome limiting beliefs and achieve their true potential in all areas of life. Prior to coaching, Derek was a top producing salesperson in the medical supply and service industry for 17 years. 

Through his experience as a top sales producer and top ranked sales team manager, Derek won two Presidential Awards for his sales leadership and led many of his team members to achieve top producing results as well. 

Additionally, Derek is a United States Marine Corps veteran and served in two combat tours in Iraq. During his four years active duty in the Marines, Derek won several high prestigious awards and was honorably discharged in 2005.

Derek has a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Liberty University. He loves to study sales psychology and is a certified teacher of the books PsychoCybernetics and Think and Grow Rich. As a sales and leadership coach, Derek believes in his clients dreams and sees potential and possibilities where doubt resides. He will help his clients find a way to achieve anything they desire. 

Derek lives in Opelika, AL with his wife, son, and daughter. Derek’s hobbies include golfing, running, working out, and watching sports. Derek is a nature and animal lover, and he has a chocolate lab named Bailey and an orange cat named Gus.