Derek Kan

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Chief Operating Officer

KUMIO

Apr 2026 - Current (6 months)

Co-founder of Kumio, agentic cyber-physical security for data centers

Head of Operations

Orderly

Oct 2025 - Feb 2026 (5 months)

Lead day-to-day business operations, translating strategy into execution across marketing, growth, community, product, bd and people teams.

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Contributor

Jan 2025 - Dec 2025 (1 year)

WOO connects traders, exchanges, institutions, and DeFi platforms with democratized access to the best-in-class liquidity and trading execution at low cost.

Head of Growth & Marketing

Orderly

Oct 2024 - Oct 2025 (1 year 1 month)

Orderly is the exchange layer for all DeFi, powering 1K+ DEXs across EVM and non-EVM chains. With a unified order book, low-latency execution, cross-chain settlement, and $1B+ traded daily across 150+ perpetual markets, we deliver institutional-grade performance and builder-ready tools: the Orderly SDK, OmniVault, and no-code DEX launchpad Orderly One.

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Product & Growth Advisor

JMG

Jan 2024 - Oct 2024 (10 months)

Advising growth-stage companies on product strategy, growth operations, and go-to-market.

Vice President Of Product Management

Axiom

Jan 2021 - Jan 2023 (2 years 1 month)

Head of Product for the Axiom platform, launched Access Legal Talent, a global legal talent marketplace serving F1000 clients, and Opportunity Feed, a new monetization channel across Axiom's 14,500-lawyer network.

Vice President Of Product Management

Monster

Jan 2018 - Jan 2021 (3 years 1 month)

Global head of product for Monster’s B2C product suite. Responsible for Monster.com, Jobs.com, and Monster mobile apps (iOS, Android), messaging platform, and chat/search/match engines. Leads the consumer tech strategy driving Monster’s business turnaround. Focused on building for audience growth, engagement, and monetization.

Senior Global Director of Product Management - [m]Platform

GroupM

Jan 2017 - Jan 2018 (1 year 1 month)

- Head of global product management for [m]Insights, a B2B software that analyzes the underlying consumer composition and behavior that powers GroupM’s $102BN in media investments. - Built and managed a team of 10 global product managers and UI/UX designers. - Developed data intensive applications; collaborated closely with data scientists in developing AI/ML techniques and productizing algorithms to better advertising experiences for consumers. - Experienced in B2B software rollout; partnered closely with sales enablement and product marketing to deploy [m]Insights to 50 countries.

Senior Global Director of Product Management - Xaxis

GroupM

Jan 2015 - Jan 2017 (2 years 1 month)

- Head of global product management for Turbine; a real time audience intelligence platform, a B2B software that powers $1bn in programmatic digital advertising spend. Deployed in 30 countries across NA, EU and APAC. - Managed a direct team of 4 global product managers and 3 UI/UX designers in a highly cross-functional team; collaborated closely with data scientists and engineers situated across USA, Germany, UK and India.

Director, Product Management

Annalect

Jan 2014 - Jan 2015 (1 year 1 month)

- Product lead for the development of Annalect’s data management platform. Partnered with a cross-functional team including analysts, traders, ad ops and data scientists. - Lead the product strategy for Annalect’s Media Decision Engine - a real time decisioning engine that would inform bid price for media based on audience and contextual signals across DSPs and RTB exchanges.

Product Director (Medialets)

GroupM

Jan 2013 - Jan 2014 (1 year 1 month)

Medialets was acquired by GroupM - Product lead for Servo, a B2B software. Built the first self serve enterprise software that allowed marketers & advertising professionals to build media campaigns and then serve ads into iOS and Android apps. - Managed and prioritized new product features through collaborative processes with engineers, UI/UX, account management, sales, ad operations, and senior executives. - Helped implement agile scrum software development methodology for enterprise software with the tech team creating a more efficient and successful product and engineering organization; organization went from a managed service model in 2013 to clients self-serving 100MM daily impressions in 2014.

Director, Product Management

PulsePoint

Jan 2011 - Jan 2013 (2 years 1 month)

PulsePoint was acquired by Internet Brands - Product lead w/ a $15MM P&L ownership for RTB exchange, video RTB, ad server, and email marketing. - Launched a social publishing tech platform for marketers, empowering brands to become content publishers. - Provided M&A guidance, including org structure and product/business strategy through Datran Media and ContextWeb’s M&A process.

Advisory Positions

Various Companies

Jan 2010 - Jan 2018 (8 years 1 month)

Product Evangelist ｜OriginProtocol, 2018 Advisor ｜ Emissary.io, 2016-2018 Committee Member | IAB ｜ Blockchain Working Group, Mobile Identity and Working Group, Identity and Audience Data Committee, 2013-2018 Chair ｜ Pursuit, Partnership & Fundraising Committee, 2016 Board of Directors ｜ Hunter College High School Alumnae/i Association, 2010-2013

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Director of Business Development & Operations

Datran Media

Jan 2006 - Jan 2011 (5 years 1 month)

Datran Media merged with ContextWeb to form PulsePoint - Drove profitable $10mm business unit in media operations focused on consumer email monetization. - Implemented marketing algorithms derived from 180mm consumer data points across 20 verticals.

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