VP Operations at FCV Technologies
Vancouver, Canada Area
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- VP Operations at FCV Technologies
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- Senior Project Manager at Blast Radius
- Director of Information Technology at Stockgroup Media Inc.
- Multimedia Project Manager at International Publishing & Development
- Education
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- University College of the Fraser Valley
- College on New Caledonia
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Derek Whyte’s Summary
Derek Whyte is the VP of Client Services at FCV Technologies. Derek formed and runs the company's Project Management Office (PMO) responsible for designing and implementing best practices in project management. With over 15 years of experience, Derek has led a number of large projects at FCV (False Creek Ventures) for TransLink, Destination 2010, Muzi Tea, TELUS, Projectline, Tripharbour, and the Canadian Tourism Commission. Previously, Derek worked as Senior Project Manager at Blast Radius responsible for successful project delivery for clients such as Regence, Intrawest, EA, Nike and Brand Jordan. Prior to joining Blast Radius, Derek spent eight years as Director of Development for Stockgroup responsible for product development and delivery of the company’s financial portal tools for clients including National Bank Financial, Credential Direct, Sun Life Financial, the Toronto Stock Exchange, and the Associated Press. Derek holds a Computer Information Systems degree from the University College of the Fraser Valley.
Derek Whyte’s Specialties:
Project Management, Project Delivery, Interactive Website Development, Social Networking, Web 2.0
Derek Whyte’s Experience
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VP Operations
FCV Technologies
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 2007 — Present (2 years 5 months)
Derek Whyte is the VP of Client Services at FCV. Derek formed and runs the company's Project Management Office (PMO) responsible for designing and implementing best practices in project management. With over 15 years of experience, Derek has led a number of large projects at FCV for Muzi Tea, TELUS, Projectline, Tripharbour, and the Canadian Tourism Commission. Previously, Derek worked as Senior Project Manager at Blast Radius responsible for successful project delivery for clients such as Regence, Intrawest, EA, Nike and Brand Jordan. Prior to joining Blast Radius, Derek spent eight years as Director of Development for Stockgroup responsible for product development and delivery of the company’s financial portal tools for clients including National Bank Financial, Credential Direct, Sun Life Financial, the Toronto Stock Exchange, and the Associated Press. Derek holds a Computer Information Systems degree from the University College of the Fraser Valley.
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Senior Project Manager
Blast Radius
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)
November 2006 — March 2007 (5 months)
Worked as a senior project manager at Blast Radius responsible for successful project delivery for clients such as the Canadian Tourism Commission, Regence, Intrawest, EA, Nike and Brand Jordan.
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Director of Information Technology
Stockgroup Media Inc.
(Internet industry)
March 1999 — September 2006 (7 years 7 months)
Derek spent 6 years at Stockgroup (StockHouse) as the Director of the Development Department. Derek and his team of 10 developers, designers, DBA’s and interaction architects were responsible for developing and maintain Stockgroup’s leading financial portal StockHouse. StockHouse is developed in a combination of SQL Server ASP and ASP.net and powered by a cluster of SQL Server 2005 databases. The website has grown to 90 million page views per month with 900,000 unique vistors.
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Multimedia Project Manager
International Publishing & Development
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)
January 1997 — March 1999 (2 years 3 months)
Derek Whyte’s Education
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University College of the Fraser Valley
Bachelor of Computer Information Systems , Computer Information Systems , 1996 — 1999
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College on New Caledonia
1993 — 1996
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Derek Whyte’s Interests:
Sailing
Derek Whyte’s Groups:
Project Management Institute (PMI)
Vancouver Power Squadron
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Derek Whyte’s Honors:
• Awarded the Vancouver Stock Exchange Scholarship for academic achievement in the field of Computer Information Systems
• Awarded the Canwest Publishers Scholarship for outstanding academic achievement
• Awarded the Vancouver Foundation Bursary for overall Academic Achievement
Derek Whyte’s Contact Settings
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