About Us

Derek Acker is a Partner and President of Delta Disaster Services of the Wasatch Front. He has been in the cleaning and restoration industry for over 18 years. Derek has owned and operated Chemdry of Wichita for 16 years. During 12 of those years, he has been honored to be in the Chemdry Presidents club and was also awarded Chemdry Brand Ambassador and Entrepreneur of the year. Derek also owned a successful restoration business in Kansas called the “Flood Fixers” for seven years, where he specialized in water mitigation and mold removal. Then, just over one year ago, he started another Chemdry operation in Denver, Colorado. And now with all of his experience in disaster services he is very excited to start Delta Disaster Services of the Wasatch Front. Derek is a husband of a beautiful woman and has 5 children, who are his main sources of motivation. He looks forward to helping the residents of the Wasatch Front, during their uncertain times.

Chad Harris is a Partner and Manager of Mitigation Services at Delta Disaster Services of the Wasatch Front. He is the husband to a beautiful wife and the father of seven children. Chad has loved the opportunity to coach each of his kids in various sports. He has spent nine years working in the industrial high-pressure cleaning and water reclamation industry. He has also owned and operated two successful Chemdry franchises in Colorado for over 16 years. Chad has four years of professional experience in carpet and flooring installation. He also holds five certifications from the IICRC in disaster services: Water Remediation, Fire and Smoke Restoration, Applied Structural Drying, Applied Microbial Remediation, and Odor Control. Chad is very experienced in the disaster services industry and is ready to help you.

Jon Jacobs is a Partner and Manager of Business Development at Delta Disaster Services of the Wasatch Front. He received his bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University – Idaho and an MBA from Utah State. He has been married to his beautiful wife for six years and they have a two-year-old son with one child on the way. They also have a Golden Retriever, Tucker, whom Jon jokingly claims as his first-born. Jon served a two-year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Madrid, Spain and is fluent in Spanish. He has run several successful start-up companies over the years along with working for a fortune 200 company. In his most recent start-up experience, he came in after the company was up for a year and increased the bottom line financial margins by 9% ($100,000) by focusing on individual employee performance, increasing accountability and hiring the right individuals. He loves spending time with his family and seeing his son grow up full of personality and life. He is an avid ping pong player and enjoys playing any sport.