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Derek Choy

Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer

Aktana

Country or State

United States

Bio

Technology Executive and Entrepreneur with a passion for driving innovation, great product, customer success and revenue in companies that redefine the spaces where they operate, and deliver real value to their customers. Multi-functional skill set and experience, including - Sales, Marketing, Operations and Strategy (Aktana, The Boston Consulting Group, Law degree from The University of Melbourne); - Product management/user experience design (Aktana, Intuit, eHelp); - Services and Consulting (Aktana, The Boston Consulting Group); and - Engineering (Computer Science degree from The University of Melbourne). Current: Co-founded Aktana (formerly IncentAlign) in 2008. Took company from a four person startup to an international team (North America, Europe, China, Japan, Australia and Latin America), providing AI-driven decision support for Life Sciences commercial teams across the world. Aktana has been listed in the ''JMP Hot 100: The Best Privately Held Software Companies,'' named one of the ''20 Most Promising Data Analytics Companies'' by CIO Review, and named a ''Cool Vendor'' by Gartner. Recognized by PharmaVOICE as among 2019's most inspiring people in Life Sciences (http://bit.ly/2KbdaZt) Specialties: Product Management, Product Strategy and Execution, Leadership, General Management, Entrepreneurship, Customer Success, Technology Services and Implementation, Customer Development, SaaS, Product Marketing, User Experience Design, Ideation, New Business Development, Pricing, Revenue Growth, Global Expansion, Management Consulting, Sales Operations, Sales Force Effectiveness, Pharmaceutical Sales and Marketing, Machine Learning, Big Data.

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Current Position

Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer at Aktana

Degrees

Law, Law

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