Derek is presently Head of Global Commercial Effectiveness at AstraZeneca. He leads the company’s Global Center of Excellence and is responsible for helping markets, regions and global leaders spot and exploit new sales opportunities and uplift capabilities to drive commercial success through the power of data and analytics.

Derek has been with AstraZeneca for more than ten years, and previously was Executive Director of Commercial Insight, where he was responsible for leading all efforts to support the organization’s insight, analytics, and market research capabilities in the United States. 
Prior to AZ, Derek worked at DuPont Pharmaceuticals and in the DuPont Medical Imaging business and has extensive experience in the pharmaceutical industry, including leadership roles in Analytics, Technology Strategy, Market Research, Managed Markets, Sales, Product Management, and Operations.

He holds a B.S. degree in Biology from the University of Massachusetts – Lowell.