Derek Victory is a CTO and seasoned software engineer with 14 years of experience building cloud-native SaaS platforms and payment integrations, currently leading DBD Ventures' embedded finance efforts from Austin. He has repeatedly solved scaling, security, and PCI-compliance challenges—most notably architecting Bypass Mobile’s backend (data, analytics, APIs) to handle massive YoY growth on AWS. A hands-on leader who moves between code and product, Derek has founded and operated Web Listings Pro and JDV Consulting, blending entrepreneurial product sense with deep technical execution in Ruby, serverless AWS, and integrations. His background combines enterprise engineering, payments product strategy at Fiserv, and an MBA from Texas McCombs, giving him a rare mix of technical depth and commercial acumen.
14 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
MBA, MBA at Texas McCombs School of Business
BE Computer Engineering/Mathematics, BE Computer Engineering/Mathematics at Vanderbilt University
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