National University of Singapore

Over his 20-year career with computer systems, Derek has been a freelance contract programmer, as well as Associate Professor and taught University-level courses in operating systems, programming languages, systems programming and compiler technologies. He is the author of three books on computer technology and has also been trainer to both novice and expert software developers in local organizations, government ministries and Multinational Corporations. He is also consultant for security, computer crimes and Linux technologies, as well as consulted as an expert court witness.

Derek holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Queensland, Australia, and a B.Sc. in Computation from UMIST, in the United Kingdom. He is currently the Programme Director of Technical Curriculum at the Institute of Systems Science for the National University of Singapore.