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Prairie Portrait: Derek Brooks of Modest Inc.
Entrance song if I was a wrestler: This is one of the hardest questions I’ve ever been asked. I could definitely have new one for every match, but let’s start serious with Johnny Cash’s “God’s Gonna Cut You Down.”
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Des Moines duo who coded for Obama 2012 pursue own startups
Des Moines software developer Derek Brooks never thought he would find himself working on a political campaign. A registered independent voter, he was never very interested in politics. But over the past year, Brooks along with fellow Iowan and friend Nick Leeper were employed by President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign in Chicago. “I was there…