Derek Johnson

Derek Johnson has a extensive work experience spanning over 25 years. Derek started their career as a Senior Analyst at TeleCheck, where they managed merchant accounts and developed risk products. Derek then moved on to First Data Corporation, where they held multiple roles including Product Manager for new product initiatives and ACS Payment Defender, overseeing product development, sales, and implementation. After that, Derek joined Works.com as a Product Manager, responsible for driving the development of a web-based purchasing management application.

Derek then became the owner and manager of two Curves franchises, focusing on strategic direction, franchisor relationship, retail space build-out, marketing, accounting, and staff management. Derek later joined AMD, first as a Program Manager driving process improvements and implementing a standardized product development process, and then as a Product Manager for notebooks.

Derek's next role was at ObjectRocket by Rackspace, where they served as a Senior Product Manager, specializing in MongoDB and Redis database technologies. Derek then transitioned to Rackspace Technology as a Senior Product Manager for DBA Services, owning the product's strategy, sales enablement, and business operations. Derek eventually became the Group Product Manager for Database Management, leading the product strategy and management of Rackspace Data Services' portfolio.

Currently, Derek is working at JumpCloud as a Principal Product Manager for Data Services. Derek is responsible for building a cloud-delivered platform that enables users to connect to any resource securely. As a product-led growth organization, JumpCloud is experiencing rapid expansion under Derek's leadership.

Derek Johnson pursued their undergraduate studies from 1989 to 1992 at Texas A&M University, where they earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science. Their academic journey continued at the same university from 1993 to 1994, during which they completed a Master of Business Administration (MBA) with a focus on Business Administration.