It's rare to find a talent like Derek. Derek and I worked together at Staples. I was responsible for pricing related products and Derek was the lead Salesforce architect supporting many business groups, including mine. With a sales team of over 2000 people in the Staples North American Delivery business unit, Salesforce.com is paramount to anything we do and Derek was the best SFDC architect I ever worked with. Derek had the rare ability of being able to understand what you wanted and brainstorm ways of how to solve it instead of just working off requirements. Often he helped improve the vision I had for a product, a unique trait that earned my respect and made him a 'go to' person when needing input on how to solve a challenge. I'd highly recommend Derek.

Derek set a very high bar at Staples with his world-class work, innovative ideas, and inspiring attitude. He’s an inquisitive and creative individual who’s able to understand and meet the needs of business in truly transformative ways. Having led the Salesforce delivery team as a platform architect and lead developer he’s introduced apps that have redefined the way our customers and reps win in the workplace. Some of Derek’s innovative products like mobile, mapping, and pricing tools were highly visible and quickly adopted. Other achievements of his were less obvious or intentionally invisible to users, yet greatly benefitted the organization. These included creative methods for assessing impact of changes and a pronounced payoff of technical debt. Derek is a trailblazer when it comes to new technological offerings as demonstrated by his introduction of Salesforce Lightning to Staples Business Advantage. I’ve been fortunate to work with Derek for several years and I know his superior skills and bright outlook will continue to lead individuals and teams to distinguished success.

It's rare to find a talent like Derek. Derek and I worked together at Staples. I was responsible for pricing related products and Derek was the lead Salesforce architect supporting many business groups, including mine. With a sales team of over 2000 people in the Staples North American Delivery business unit, Salesforce.com is paramount to anything we do and Derek was the best SFDC architect I ever worked with. Derek had the rare ability of being able to understand what you wanted and brainstorm ways of how to solve it instead of just working off requirements. Often he helped improve the vision I had for a product, a unique trait that earned my respect and made him a 'go to' person when needing input on how to solve a challenge. I'd highly recommend Derek.

Derek set a very high bar at Staples with his world-class work, innovative ideas, and inspiring attitude. He’s an inquisitive and creative individual who’s able to understand and meet the needs of business in truly transformative ways. Having led the Salesforce delivery team as a platform architect and lead developer he’s introduced apps that have redefined the way our customers and reps win in the workplace. Some of Derek’s innovative products like mobile, mapping, and pricing tools were highly visible and quickly adopted. Other achievements of his were less obvious or intentionally invisible to users, yet greatly benefitted the organization. These included creative methods for assessing impact of changes and a pronounced payoff of technical debt. Derek is a trailblazer when it comes to new technological offerings as demonstrated by his introduction of Salesforce Lightning to Staples Business Advantage. I’ve been fortunate to work with Derek for several years and I know his superior skills and bright outlook will continue to lead individuals and teams to distinguished success.

It's rare to find a talent like Derek. Derek and I worked together at Staples. I was responsible for pricing related products and Derek was the lead Salesforce architect supporting many business groups, including mine. With a sales team of over 2000 people in the Staples North American Delivery business unit, Salesforce.com is paramount to anything we do and Derek was the best SFDC architect I ever worked with. Derek had the rare ability of being able to understand what you wanted and brainstorm ways of how to solve it instead of just working off requirements. Often he helped improve the vision I had for a product, a unique trait that earned my respect and made him a 'go to' person when needing input on how to solve a challenge. I'd highly recommend Derek.

Derek set a very high bar at Staples with his world-class work, innovative ideas, and inspiring attitude. He’s an inquisitive and creative individual who’s able to understand and meet the needs of business in truly transformative ways. Having led the Salesforce delivery team as a platform architect and lead developer he’s introduced apps that have redefined the way our customers and reps win in the workplace. Some of Derek’s innovative products like mobile, mapping, and pricing tools were highly visible and quickly adopted. Other achievements of his were less obvious or intentionally invisible to users, yet greatly benefitted the organization. These included creative methods for assessing impact of changes and a pronounced payoff of technical debt. Derek is a trailblazer when it comes to new technological offerings as demonstrated by his introduction of Salesforce Lightning to Staples Business Advantage. I’ve been fortunate to work with Derek for several years and I know his superior skills and bright outlook will continue to lead individuals and teams to distinguished success.