Primary Job Title VP of Product Design Primary Organization 
Stingray
Location Boisbriand, Quebec, Canada Gender Male
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Derek Zakaib is the VP of Product Strategy & User Experience at iPerceptions. Prior to this, Derek was VP of Product Design at Stingray Digital where he oversaw product strategy and design. In 2001, he co-founded Hexacto, a mobile gaming company, where he was EVP – Creative & Marketing. Hexacto was acquired in 2003 and later became part of
Electronic Arts (2006).
At EA, Derek oversaw creative game development for the company’s Mobile Montreal Studio. Previously, Derek supervised the creative teams at nurun, a Montreal-based web agency, ensuring their web designs met the highest standards in interactivity and usability. Until May 1999, Derek worked as an Artistic Director at Cossette Interactive where he designed websites and multimedia presentations.
Derek holds a Master’s degree in Architecture from Dalhousie University and a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Design from the Université du Québec à Montréal. He was named to the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Honor roll for his thesis on Architecture and Cyberspace.
