Derek is a Partner and Creative Director at Clique, a leading Chicago digital agency that he co-founded when he was 19. Clique has grown every year and launched over 300 web and mobile experiences, winning awards for its design and development work in eCommerce, healthcare, energy, education and startups. He teaches Designing for Conversion at the Startup Institute, is a veteran of the 2008 Obama campaign, and graduated with honors from the Missouri School of Journalism. You can follow him on Twitter.