Derek Plautz

Derek Plautz is a Senior Software Engineer and Tech Lead at impact.com, where responsibilities include leading a team focused on building scalable data pipelines for internet affiliate marketing data since May 2018. In addition, Derek serves as a part-time lecturer in the Computer Science & Engineering Department at The Ohio State University, teaching web applications with Ruby on Rails since January 2020 and previously instructing Java programming concepts as a Graduate Teaching Lecturer. Derek's prior experience includes software engineering internships at Capital One and Verizon Wireless, as well as roles as a teaching assistant at The Ohio State University. Derek holds a Master of Science in Computer Science and Engineering and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, both from The Ohio State University.