Raised by his New Jersey parents to question the world around him, Derek has been seeking truth in every day things, for as long as he can remember. In his day job, Derek works for an Environmental Engineering firm as a Regional IT Consultant. For fun and sometimes profit, he’s a 3d graphics developer, audio engineer, and HD video editor. (batpig studios) Derek has contributed to several other podcasts including The Pickle Round-Up for podcastpickle.com and AMP’d the weekly music review show for the Association of Independent Music Podcasters. He is currently one of the co-hosts of the Dragon-Pod podcast, The Official Podcast of Dragon*Con. Derek is currently spending his time rebuilding his super-genius brain following his 09/08/05 brain overload and subsequent inner-cranial explosion. Derek 2.5 is in final beta testing. Derek is the Director of Skeptrack, a programming track devoted to skepticism at Dragon*Con (the world’s largest culture convention) which is held in Atlanta, Georgia every Labor Day weekend.Write a short biography about yourself. Let your visitors know who you are.