Derek Thorslund Email & Phone Number

United States

Strategic Advisor and Head of Product Marketing for this unique startup focused on AI-powered predictive analytics for automated environments.

As a Product Management Consultant for this Series B startup, I structured, streamlined, and enhanced the Product Management and Product Operations team processes and deliverables. I helped bring the first FORT Pro Series products and the Robotics Control Platform to General Availability, identified market opportunities and associated new use cases, and.

San Francisco Bay Area

Researched and evaluated key technology trends and future directions in AEC (Architecture, Engineering & Construction), Product Design & Manufacturing and Media & Entertainment markets, providing input to strategy (Strategic Intent) and 12-month execution plan (Strategic Realization) for Autodesk’s cloud platform.

San Francisco Bay Area

• PM leader for SD-WAN/SASE, driving product strategy, roadmap, evangelism, lifecycle, market positioning and partnerships, supervising and mentoring local and remote product managers, setting priorities for a.
• Delivered connection resilience and QoS technologies to optimize user experience with SaaS/DaaS and cloud-hosted apps, and fostered partnerships and integrations with the Big 3 public cloud vendors, enabling Citrix to.
• Introduced first Microsoft-qualified optimized connectivity product for Office 365 / M365, increasing Citrix brand awareness and resulting in rapid customer adoption and triple digit YoY growth.
• Integrated SD-WAN technology with Citrix Workspace and the HDX/ICA protocol stack, and conducted Future-of-Work customer research, defining “Homeforce” / hybrid work opportunity in advance of COVID-19 and positioning.
• Validated market opportunity and defined roadmap for expanding the Citrix Cloud PoP infrastructure, supporting as-a-Service offerings for branch office, work-from-home and on-the-go mobile workers.

• Leader of a large virtual team responsible for enhancing Citrix's products with the latest multimedia virtualization technologies, including streaming media, 3D professional graphics with GPU sharing, and real-time.
• Defined and executed Citrix's multimedia product strategy, creating business plans, articulating our vision as a public spokesperson, specifying product requirements, building ecosystem partnerships and supporting.
• Introduced many industry-leading innovations to bring Citrix to #1 position in VDI, such as HDX 3D Pro, HTML5 Video Redirection, Adaptive Transport, Framehawk (acquisition), Adaptive Display, and optimizations for.
• Grew adoption of HDX RealTime Optimization Pack by 500K Daily Active Users over 12 months, prompting my VP to write, “What you achieved with Skype for Business is nothing short of incredible”.

• Directed a team of product managers responsible for Citrix's Identity & Access Management (IAM) business and activities of an R&D group of over 50 engineers, transforming Citrix into a multi-product company with the.
• Drove product strategy, roadmap, annual business planning, product requirements specification, program management, major account sales support, strategic partnering, and communications with sales and marketing teams.
• Led Citrix’s Single Sign-On solution to #1 market position and won Gartner’s only “Strong Positive” rating in their evaluation of 13 competing products (top-right of “Magic Quadrant”) plus CODiE peer-recognition awards.

Ontario, Canada

• Increased revenues and profitability of this 230-employee software company by preparing business cases for on-premises and web-hosted offerings and leading the company’s entry into new markets.
• Established and maintained key strategic technology partnerships and inbound OEM agreements.

• Employed in various capacities with Nortel Networks / Bell-Northern Research, notably software development and product management. Introduced applications for Hospitality, Healthcare, Banking and Publishing.
• Led global cross-functional project teams plus up to 9 direct reports.
• Brought Nortel's Hospitality Voice Services to #1 market position.