Summary
Derek Nash is a versatile Full Stack developer and architect based in the New York City area with 12 years of experience building web, iOS, and Android applications, specializing in React Native and Expo. He blends deep front-end craftsmanship—HTML5, React, AngularJS, Shopify customization—with practical backend and tooling experience across Node.js ecosystems and enterprise integrations. Derek’s background in visual design and print production gives him a rare edge in UI/UX and asset pipelines, enabling pixel-accurate, performance-minded builds for both consumer and B2B projects. He’s led teams and high-throughput design operations, shipped complex interactive experiences for clients like Prudential and Orthofeet, and routinely adapts legacy constraints (even IE8-era form systems) into maintainable modern solutions. Comfortable architecting end-to-end systems and experimenting with AI use-cases, he’s the kind of engineer who will ask “what I did not do” to uncover gaps and deliver complete products.
12 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
Continuing Education, Continuing Education at Brookdale Community College
BS Visual Arts, BS Visual Arts at SUNY New Paltz
Holmdel High School
CCPD Web Applications Developer Certificate 10 courses - 26 CEU (2013), CCPD Web Applications Developer Certificate 10 courses - 26 CEU (2013) at Rutgers University
English