Summary
Derrick Turk is the founder and president of terminus, LLC, bringing 12+ years of experience at the intersection of engineering, data, and software to help oil & gas, energy, and finance organizations solve complex technical problems. Trained as a mechanical engineer and formerly a reservoir engineer at Devon Energy, he pairs domain expertise in unconventional resources with decades of professional and hobbyist software and AI work to build bespoke engineering workflows, data systems, and predictive analytics. He also serves as a fractional CTO and coach, empowering technical professionals to reclaim hands-on technical computing through pragmatic, end-user-focused tools and open-source practices. Known for keeping solutions simple and engineering-driven, Derrick blends rigorous analytics with practical automation to reveal non-obvious insights from heterogeneous data. Based in Pearland, Texas, he uniquely combines reservoir engineering experience with a developer’s mindset to translate domain workflows into reliable production software.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, B.S., Mechanical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin
Oak Ridge High School