With over 20 years of experience in the software industry, Derek has worked with organizations of all sizes to help them adopt Observability solutions and create optimized customer experiences through performant and resilient applications. He uses his hands-on experience with multiple software languages, along with expertise in OpenTelemetry, to help teams instrument their applications and resolve performance issues. He enjoys sharing his knowledge with others on multiple platforms, including blog articles on Splunk.com and Splunk Lantern.