A little bit about me
Hi there! I’m Derek. I live just outside London.
I love creative business ideas, photography and pizza.
A short bio
Building technology with a great user experience.
I grew up in Cardiff, attended university in Aberystwyth, spent a few years working in London, and now live in a small Buckinghamshire village where I work on a number of consultancy projects and my own business.
I’ve been working in Project, Programme and Product Management most of my career – from running events to managing the development and delivery of software used by millions of people.
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- Business Analyst and PMO Manager at Carphone Warehouse
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- Project Management consultant at Royal Bank of Scotland
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- Programme Manager at Skype on their Windows desktop product
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- Product Manager for Skype‘s online customer support, and call centre architecture
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- Product Delivery Director for Rara, a music streaming startup (think Spotify, but British)
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- CEO and Co-founder of MovieGlu – a search engine for cinema showtimes
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- Technical writing (computer user guides, and IT training programmes) for various companies.
Experience
Working in Product and Project Management since 1995.
I’ve been lucky enough to work with some great companies, both large and small.
