Derek Fan
Agency Lead, Large Customer Sales at Google
Hong Kong, China
Summary
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Top SchoolDerek Fan is an experienced adtech and sales leader with nine years bridging product, technical integrations, and commercial strategy across APAC, now leading Large Customer Sales at Google Hong Kong. He has a track record of scaling partnerships and revenue with the four largest media agency holding companies, previously managing product launches, data partnerships, and SaaS implementations at iClick, Nielsen, and AlikeAudience. Comfortable navigating both technical and commercial conversations, Derek has led cross-functional teams and negotiated complex deals across 11 markets. His background in economics and early-stage investing gives him a data-driven commercial lens and an appreciation for product-market fit beyond pure engineering. Notably, he was the second hire for Nielsen Marketing Cloud in APAC, demonstrating his ability to establish operational foundations in new regions.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Economics, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Economics at Santa Clara University
English, Chinese, Chinese
Github Skills (47)
rake8
rows8
million8
storage8
rspec8
testing8
javascript7
aws-s37
one-liner7
rails7
aws7
react7
activemodel7
nodejs6
aws-amplify6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
haopingfan/launch_school_exercises
Aug 2016 - Jul 2017
Contributions:35 commits, 34 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
haopingfan/quick_random_records
May 2018 - May 2018
Empowers ActiveRecord Model to return random records fast, designed for tables with million rows of data but few deleted records
Contributions:30 commits, 3 PRs, 35 pushes in 7 days
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