Derek Pham Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Seattle, Wa, Us

Global program leader managing the AWS Generative AI Accelerator (2024), Impact Accelerator for Underrepresented Founders (2022-2023), the Build MVP Program (2023), and the AWS Startup Programs Center of Excellence.For more details, visit: https://aws.amazon.com/startups/accelerators

Seattle, Wa, Us

Oversaw programming and operations at the AWS Startups Lofts in San Francisco and New York

Singapore, Singapore, Sg

EduSpaze is Singapore’s first edtech accelerator supported by Enterprise Singapore, the enterprise development agency. It aims to nurture a vibrant edtech startup ecosystem that serves the education sector in Singapore and Southeast Asia. Eduspaze helps early stage edtech startups go to market, accelerate their growth, and co-innovate with other stakeholders in the space to address sector-specific challenges with innovative solutions that improve learning outcomes and the impact of education. EduSpaze is a part of Spaze Ventures.

Singapore, Singapore, Sg

Kinobi aims to be Asia’s largest career accelerator platform for the up and coming Generation Z workforce.

San Francisco, California, Us

Lead development of new corporate services and products including a Corporate Accelerator Manager training program and Business Intelligence PlatformImprove existing corporate programs (e.g., Corporate Intrapreneurship) through building scalable assets and processes that enable 500's Corporate Growth project teams to implement efficiently with high degree of client satisfaction

San Francisco, California, Us

Lead the productization of core startup programs and corporate training services. Key results:+Designed content and delivery requirements and managed implementation for 500’s first Corporate Intrapreneurship program. Average NPS of 88 over two program iterations. Secured $4M in incremental revenue between program iterations with two corporate accounts. +Managed content, instructional, and production team of 10 to refresh 75% of 500’s core startup offerings; launched first fully virtual program (Startup Ignition for Founders) in Q1 2021 with one partner (average NPS of 89.5) and adapted the program for hybrid delivery for two additional partners.

San Francisco, California, Us

500 Startups is on a mission to discover and back the world’s most talented entrepreneurs, help them create successful companies at scale, and build thriving global ecosystems.Enabled business development teams by leading concepting and design of startup and corporate training programs. Key results:+Secured 2.5M+ in project revenue through proposals to corporate, government, and multilateral non-governmental partners+Built an additional 8M+ pipeline in North America via customer and market discovery efforts with Economic Development Organizations+Account managed projects valued at $500K+

Worldwide, Oo

Managed projects focused on enterprise strategy, digital transformation, performance monitoring, and continuous innovation for executives and senior staff in federal agencies, nonprofits and foundations, startups, and international organizations. Illustrative experiences include: + Led team of six to define social giving model and customer marketing strategy, and identify partnerships for a UNICEF-sponsored health startup; advised startup co-founders on evolving product strategy post-Amazon launch + Developed a “Future of the Small and Growing Business (SGB) Sector” in emerging markets report to help leadership of a 280-member foundation network prioritize its support services (funding, research, accelerator/incubator services) to entrepreneurs + Managed a team of five to design a competency framework and skills assessment tool for a Guatemalan social enterprise+ Conducted cost-benefit analysis of precision agriculture adoption for programs delivered by $145BN department+ Program strategy (strategic goals and performance metrics) and operating model design for the standup of a new office within a $40B federal agency

Worldwide, Oo

+ Led a team of six to support business plan development, pricing, and sourcing for a veteran-owned startup; support resulted in two successful investor pitches and startup of independent operations 3 months after support concluded+ Designed a growth and scaling “toolkit” for the CEO and Executive Vice President of a venture philanthropy fund to guide funding decisions for 100+ high impact startups under consideration+ Worked with a team of five to develop partnership strategy to attract public and private capital for an Indian startup; support contributed to procurement of $5.5M in public contracts with 7 municipalities in India+ Supported development of an enterprise-wide supply chain transformation effort to improve the procurement of goods and services for a $9B federal agency; support included the design and socialization of a new operating model affecting the roles and responsibilities for 210 personnel+ Developed and piloted training bootcamp for 19 field offices for a $9B national security agency; initial success resulted in follow-on funding to scale training to 40 offices in 2nd year of boot camp

Cambridge, Ma, Us

+ Served as Negotiations Course Assistant to Professors Brian Mandell and Julia Minson at the Harvard Kennedy School, leading students through simulations and innovating pedagogical practice to communicate negotiation concepts+ Developed the negotiations capstone exercise for a class of 70 students for the 2016 Winter Term

Washington, Dc, Us

+ Supported Multilateral Affairs on the State Department's Lower Mekong Initiative, TIGERS Entrepreneurship program, and other regional programs related to Southeast Asia's economic growth and prosperity+ Developed performance methodology to estimate impact of LMI on regional economic development initiatives as part of graduate capstone course (6 months of research, travel to Vietnam in Dec 2015)

Boston, Ma, Us

+ Redesigned the entire 7th grade English curriculum, to focus on more authentic student interactions with text+ Leveraged data-driven instruction to achieve an average of 1.5 years student growth over prior year student performance in English standards proficiency

New York, Ny, Us

+ Served as the Reading Department Lead and Teacher Leader through the Teach Like a Champion program in second year as a TFA corps member, designing innovative curriculum and coaching new teachers on classroom management+ Achieved a district “Above Average Effectiveness” rating+ Formulated and led a crash-course literacy intervention for 120 at-risk 8th graders, organizing teaching teams around student needs, which resulted in 75% of participants graduating from the program in just 4 weeks+ Led the creation of enrichment program on civics and US history for students, raising $25,000 through partnerships with Chik-Fil-A, Southwest Airlines, and the Houston Chamber of Commerce to send thirty students to Washington, DC

Washington, Dc, Us

+ Performed policy analysis on various political and economic issues related to Southeast Asia’s integration in advance of the ASEAN Economic Community, and on specific industry research around aerospace and defense innovation+ Served as one of four team leads for a research project on sustainable energy in Southeast Asia, collecting data, conducting SME interviews, and presenting at conferences to contribute to CSIS’s thought leadership

Master Of Public Policy

Bachelor Of Science, International Politics