Darrell Ortiz attended the University of Texas at Austin from 1986 to 1988. He founded CDM Software Solutions, Inc. in 1988 with global headquarters in Houston, Texas, with additional offices in Los Angeles, Miami, Scottsdale, London and Hong Kong. Ortiz has grown the company for nearly 35 years, including certifications with U.S. Customs and U.S. Department of Defense, primary software application solutions for global logistics shipment management, including U.S. Customs shipment compliance and creation of CDM Asset Tracking™, an industrial internet of things (IIOT) and RFID asset tracking solution specifically configured to meet the demands of the oil and gas industry.