Primary Job Title CEO & Founding Partner Primary Organization 
Dering & Estrada
Location Washington, District of Columbia, United States Regions Washington DC Metro Area, Southern US Gender Male
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Mr. Dering has over 25 years experience in successfully managing and growing technology firms. Mr. Dering specializes in supporting both the executive management team and the board of emerging growth companies. Mr. Dering often provides both CEO mentoring services as well as help with a company's growth and strategic direction. Mr. Dering is
an active board member and consultant for a number of very successful high tech companies in the greater mid-Atlantic region.
Prior to forming D&E, Mr. Dering was President and CEO of ServiceBench. ServiceBench experienced rapid growth by developing innovative “Service Management On-Demand” solutions, attracting prestigious new customers and expanding internationally. As a result, ServiceBench was recognized by Deloitte as one of the 500 fastest growing technology companies in North America. ServiceBench was sold to NEW in January 2008.
Prior to ServiceBench, Mr. Dering served as President and CEO of CrossAccess Corporation, a multi-national venture-funded software infrastructure company that focused on integrating corporate business functions with new e-business applications.
Prior to joining CrossAccess, Mr. Dering served as President and CEO of two publicly traded Bell & Howell companies. Under Mr. Dering's leadership, Bell & Howell Mail and Messaging Technologies (MMT) doubled its profits and grew its revenue to $500 million while cultivating a broad customer base that included telecommunications carriers. At Bell & Howell Publishing Services (PSC), Mr. Dering launched its European operation and implemented a focused sales program that resulted in increased market share.
Previously, Mr. Dering had a 20-year career at TAB Products Company, a $170 million publicly traded manufacturer of information storage and retrieval solutions for office environments. He initially served in a variety of sales and marketing positions, and, in his last five years, was TAB's President and CEO, helping turn around the company and making it the dominant industry leader.
Mr. Dering holds multiple board positions including 3PillarGlobal, Valencell, HelloWallet, Fishbowl, Bridgeborn, Washington Management Group/CCS, StrikeIron, The Royalty Exchange and MindShare.
He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and Computer Science from the University of Maryland.
