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Vice President, Marketing and Business Development

John Wood is Derive Technologies’ Vice President of Marketing and Business Development, having joined the company in 2000. Mr. Wood leads Derive’s marketing initiatives, including oversight of the company’s marketing plan and brand, and the strategic direction and fiscal management of Derive's Channel Alliances. He also directs the company’s demand generation efforts and teams, and manages all of its client and Partner events.

Mr. Wood has more than two decades of experience as an information technology executive, having served in various top IT business leadership roles in sales, marketing, engineering, and operations. Prior to his work for Derive, he was Vice President of Business Development for a predecessor of the company that was acquired by MicroAge, Inc. (a Fortune 500 company), and has served in other key management roles for local and national technology and integration service providers.

Mr. Wood was educated in Long Island, New York. He holds multiple advanced certifications from Derive’s strategic alliance partners including HP, Microsoft, Citrix, Cisco, VMware and others, as well from the IBM Management Association.