Derek Hulley

Derek Hulley has a diverse work experience spanning over several years. Derek is currently working as the Head Of Engineering at Zaizi since 2021. Before that, they held the role of Principal Solutions Architect at Zaizi from 2020 to 2021. Prior to Zaizi, Derek worked at Oracle as a Principal Software Engineer and Architect from 2019 to 2020. In this role, they led the engineering and architecture of high-quality applications and software solutions, ensuring conformance to quality assurance measures and regulatory guidelines. Before Oracle, Derek held the position of Product Owner and Founding Engineer for Content Services at Alfresco Software for a remarkable period of 14 years, from 2005 to 2019. During their tenure at Alfresco, they partnered with cross-functional teams, managed project lifecycles, and spearheaded various AWS projects. Derek's earlier experiences include roles as a Software Developer at Activiti Ltd from 2002 to 2004, at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette from 2001 to 2002, and at BBD from 1998 to 2001. Derek began their career as a Mechanical Design Engineer at the Atomic Energy Corporation of South Africa from 1997 to 1998.

Derek Hulley completed their education at the University of Cape Town. Derek obtained a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering with Honours from 1991 to 1994. Later, they pursued a Master's degree in Computational Mechanics from 1995 to 1996. Additionally, they have obtained various certifications, including Green Software for Practitioners LFC131 from The Linux Foundation, PSPO1 from Scrum.org, Certified Scrum Product Owner from Scrum Alliance, The Data Scientist's Toolbox from Coursera Course Certificates, and AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate from Amazon Web Services (AWS).