Derek Stearns
Engineer at Mutual of Omaha
Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDerek Stearns is an engineer with 15 years of hands-on experience blending financial reporting, data science, and web development, currently building solutions at Mutual of Omaha. He has deep expertise in financial systems (QuickBooks, Microsoft GP10), Microsoft Office/VBA automation, and web technologies including HTML5, PHP, JavaScript, and MySQL, translating complex accounting needs into automated tools and reports. His career spans roles from staff accountant and BI developer to data scientist and engineer, reflecting a rare mix of accounting rigor and production software delivery. Derek holds an MS in Data Science and has a history of shipping practical tooling—everything from automated client statement generators to SaaS product components and Habitat-for-Humanity home builds—demonstrating a pragmatic, maker-oriented approach.
15 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Data Science, Master of Science - MS Data Science at University of Nebraska at OmahaGeneral studies with honors N/A, General studies with honors N/A at Westside highCoursera ML Class 2013
Github Skills (23)
plugin6
cakephp4
admin4
php4
react3
cms3
capability3
pokemongo2
sms2
twilio-api2
grails2
minecraft2
firebase2
twilio2
firestore2
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
djstearns/Project
Jun 2014 - Jan 2015
A croogo plugin that makes plugins through the admin GUI
Contributions:11 commits, 1 PR, 2 pushes in 7 months
admin-guiadminplugingui
djstearns/life-graph-llm
Sep 2024 - Jan 2025
An LLM for generating lives in weeks
Contributions:34 PRs, 41 pushes, 3 branches in 4 months
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