Director
Derrick is Director of Application Enablement/Cyber Security/GRC at StoneLaurel Consulting, Inc. Mr. Reaves joined StoneLaurel in 2016, bringing more than 20 years of experience, spanning across all functions of Information Security, with specific expertise in managing enterprise risk, defining strategy and policy, threat monitoring, vulnerability management, security architecture, implementing security solutions, and operating security teams. He has planned and led multi-year programs for Fortune 100 clients that spanned IT service pillars which include Operations, Development, Infrastructure, Support, and Security. Prior to joining StoneLaurel, Derrick served as the Director of Engineering at TIAA-CRE. He was instrumental in leading the senior leadership responsible for developing the strategic direction and programs that drove the company’s engineering platform decisions and end-point security direction. Mr. Reaves also managed successful migrations of external web facing customer applications designed to modernize, stabilize, & reduce security vulnerabilities. Before TIAA-CREF, Mr. Reaves served as the Senior Manager/Infrastructure Business Strategy Worldwide for Walmart in Bentonville, AR. where he successfully managed the middleware platforms, Level 3 engineering, and the end point messaging deployments for all store locations both stateside and internationally covering 8,000+ locations. Derrick earned his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, a Master of Business Administration from Webster University, a series of Cyber Security Certificates from Rochester Institute Technology and a Cyber Security Risk Management Certification from Harvard School of Business. In Addition to extensive IT skills, he has a passion for his family, his fraternity, Kappa Alpha Psi, and ITSMF, where he serves as the member of the Program Committee and is a Senior Fellow with American Leadership Foundation.