Named after CEO, Derick Simmons', entrepreneurial lineage, Porter Isaac is now in its sixth year and has doubled in size year over year during the past three years. In the late 1800s, William Porter Isaac, Derick’s great grandfather, owned a successful pharmaceutical business based in Lincoln, Nebraska. This business, as well as genetics, played a part in Derick’s entrepreneurial spirit on his maternal side. On his paternal side, both his grandfather and father were entrepreneurs. Derick’s father ran a very successful business in VA which included franchised fast food restaurants, retail stores and a small family owned restaurant. With entrepreneurship in his DNA, Derick named his recruiting firm to honor those who paved the way before him. “I am a family man. I love my family and believe that my drive to create, grow and run my own recruiting firm comes from within," Simmons said. “No one in my family has ever recruited, but there have been many inspiring entrepreneurs who have encouraged me to do the same in my career.”