About Us
The team behind the renders.
Your Haven Design creates premium 3D renders and 2D construction plans for outdoor living contractors. This is the crew doing the work.
What we do
Built for the people who build.
Behind every render and plan set is a team of people who handle the work from the moment a job comes in to the moment it lands back in your hands. Everyone here has a specific role, and everyone talks to each other.
We are spread across a few time zones and a few backgrounds, but the group runs on the same idea: being the best design team in the world.
The team
Founder & CEO
Derek
Derek started Your Haven in January 2023 with a simple idea: contractors deserve better design support. A Las Vegas native, he spent a few years in Austin before moving back home to be closer to family and friends.
Derek is the kind of leader people want to follow. He sets the vision, pushes the team, and never asks anyone to work harder than he does.
The team
When you call, text, or send a job in, these are the people on the other end.
Zen
Director of Sales
Zen grew up in South Lake Tahoe, California, and bet on himself early. He dropped out of college to work alongside Derek in a previous business, and that bet paid off. He moved to Las Vegas to lead the Your Haven sales team and has built it from the ground up. Zen is proof that hunger beats pedigree every time.
Eddie
Director of Marketing & Systems
Eddie and Derek go way back. They met in college, lived together for years, and eventually moved to Austin together. Before Your Haven, Eddie spent years running marketing at global Fortune 500 companies. Now he builds the systems, campaigns, and tech that keep Your Haven growing. If you've seen our ads, emails, or portal, that's Eddie's work.
Bailey
Director of Operations
Bailey is an entrepreneur, innovator, and master operator. Originally from Georgia and now living outside Nashville, he's a big family guy with two kids who keep him busy when he's not keeping Your Haven running smoothly. Bailey is the one making sure every job, every process, and every handoff happens the way it should.
Scott
VP of Design
Scott is the brain behind our designs. A Texas A&M landscape architecture graduate with years of hands-on landscape experience, he leads the design team and sets the standard for every render and plan that leaves our shop. Scott is a family man with a deep faith, and it shows in how he leads: steady, humble, and detail-obsessed.
Michael
Director of Accounting
Michael has known Derek since they were five years old, back when their biggest shared concern was who got the good controller on the Xbox. He lives in the middle of nowhere in Montana, and honestly, he likes it that way. As our accountant, Michael keeps the money straight so the rest of the team can focus on the work.
The design team
The best design team on the planet.
That's the bar we hold ourselves to, every job. More than 70 designers model the homes, draw the 2D plans and render every view you put in front of a homeowner.
Scott sets the standard for every render and plan that leaves our shop. This is the team that meets it.
On the design team
70+
Designers
- Contractors helped
- 400+
- Building since
- 2023
Core values
How we think. How we work. Who we are.
Nine values, set by Derek. They guide how the whole team works, with each other and with every contractor we design for.
- 01
Be aware of your thoughts
Your mind is the most fertile land in the world. What you plant in it will grow 1000x.
- 02
Discipline wins
We do what we say we will do, regardless of how we feel.
- 03
Be in service
The more value we create for others, the more opportunity we create for ourselves.
- 04
Fix yourself first
You cannot fix the world if your own home is in shambles.
- 05
Extreme accountability
Nothing is owed to us. We focus on what we can control and take responsibility for what happens to us.
- 06
Replace yourself
The more you teach others, the more room you create for yourself to grow.
- 07
Be honest
We tell the truth, set clear expectations, and communicate openly, even when it's uncomfortable.
- 08
Stay lean
By removing waste from our life, we create more freedom, efficiency, and opportunity.
- 09
Protect the family
We treat Your Haven like it's our own. We operate with loyalty, respect, and gratitude, making decisions that serve the long-term success of the entire team.
Ready to Get Started?
Whether you're a homeowner with a vision or a contractor seeking a design partner, we're ready to collaborate.