Derrek Young
VP Of Sales Engineering, Value Consulting & Sales Enablement at Pendo.io
Washington DC-Baltimore Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDerrek Young is a software engineer–turned-sales leader with 14 years of experience guiding presales, value consulting, and sales enablement for GTM-focused product teams. He has led global sales engineering organizations at Pendo, Stack Overflow, and Quantum Metric, scaling technical teams and tying product value to measurable customer outcomes. Comfortable moving between hands-on technical roles and executive strategy, Derrek started his career as a software and web application engineer and served as a computer specialist in the Army National Guard. He excels at translating complex technical capabilities into repeatable sales motions and enablement programs that accelerate adoption. Based in the Washington DC–Baltimore area, he also consults with startups on go-to-market strategies, blending startup agility with enterprise rigor. Colleagues describe him as a connector who brings engineering credibility to revenue conversations and builds scalable teams that drive predictable growth.
14 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
BS Technical Communication, BS Technical Communication at University of Washington
Github Skills (38)
testing9
node-module9
chrome-extension9
chromium9
api9
azerothcore9
firefox9
automatic9
chrome9
script9
developer-tools8
automation8
nodejs8
js-api8
javascript7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
derrekyoung/appd-ssl-cert-utils
Oct 2015 - Oct 2016
Contributions:5 releases, 22 commits, 16 pushes in 11 months
derrekyoung/appd-agent-management
Sep 2016 - May 2017
Contributions:10 releases, 180 commits, 2 PRs in 8 months
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