Primary Job Title Chief Customer Officer Primary Organization 
Intelex
Location Toronto, Ontario, Canada Regions Great Lakes Gender Male
Investor Type
Derek is Chief Customer Officer at Intelex. He has over than 20 years of experience helping companies fast-track their growth strategy as both a venture capitalist and technology executive. Most recently, Derek was Chief Operating Officer at Vision Critical where he consistently delivered over 25% revenue growth annually.
Previous to this, Derek
served as Managing Director at OMERS Ventures where he successfully led numerous investments for technology companies including Hootsuite, Hopper, BuildDirect, Desire2Learn, Fusebill, Vidyard, and others. Derek also served as a partner at EdgeStone Capital where he managed investments for numerous companies including Varicent Software (purchased by IBM) and Rypple (purchased by Salesforce.com).
Before entering the world of venture capital, Derek held operational roles as CEO of Bridgewater Systems (purchased by Amdocs) where he was instrumental in the company’s turnaround, and as COO of Ironside Technologies (purchased by SSA) where he was responsible for global sales, marketing, product and professional services. In his spare time, Derek enjoys golfing.
