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Derek Foster
FounderFounder at BestDefense.io
Bloomington, Indiana, United States
FoundedBestDefense.io
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About
Derek Foster is CTO and co-founder of BestDefense, Inc., where he leads development of the Vortex platform for AI-driven security validation and remediation, an on-prem network agent for asset discovery and vulnerability posture, and Maelstrom, a resilience and load-testing engine. He has more than 14 years of experience across site reliability engineering, full-stack development, cybersecurity, penetration testing, and solutions architecture, with work spanning the fintech, marketing, multifamily housing, and e-commerce sectors. His prior projects include scaling a chargeback and dispute platform from over 30,000 to over 300,000 monthly transactions and building RentPress, a real-time housing availability API.
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Experience
- BestDefense, Inc.Chief Technology Officercurrent2025 — presentUnited States
- Chargebacks911Software Engineer Manager2018 — 2026Clearwater, Florida
- 30linesSoftware Engineering Manager2015 — 2018Cape Coral, FL
- Impulse CreativeWeb Developer2014 — 2015Cape Coral Metropolitan Area
- CircuelleLead Web Developer2014North Port-Sarasota Area
- Boyden & YoungbluttSoftware Engineer/Database Manager2013 — 2014Greater Fort Wayne
- Hyndman Industrial Products Inc.Software Programming/Database Management2012 — 2013Fort Wayne, IN.
- Indiana Institute of TechnologyStudent Worker2011 — 2012
Skills & more
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SQLJavaScriptMySQLDatabasesCPerlMicrosoft SQL ServerAngularJSApacheGithubHTML 5HubSpotLanguages German
- Hubspot Inbound Marketing Certification — Impulse Creative
- Hubspot Design Certification — Impulse Creative
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Derek Foster?
- Derek Foster is CTO and co-founder of BestDefense, Inc., where he leads development of the Vortex platform for AI-driven security validation and remediation, an on-prem network agent for asset discovery and vulnerability posture, and Maelstrom, a resilience and load-testing engine. He has more than 14 years of experience across site reliability engineering, full-stack development, cybersecurity, penetration testing, and solutions architecture, with work spanning the fintech, marketing, multifamily housing, and e-commerce sectors. His prior projects include scaling a chargeback and dispute platform from over 30,000 to over 300,000 monthly transactions and building RentPress, a real-time housing availability API.
- Where does Derek Foster work?
- Derek Foster is Founder of BestDefense.io.
- What companies did Derek Foster found?
- Derek Foster founded BestDefense.io.
- Where did Derek Foster go to school?
- Derek Foster studied at Indiana Institute of Technology (Bachelor of Science, 2015; Software Engineering); Franklin Central High School (Core 40, General).
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