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2nd Derek Handley
Co-founder, CEO at The B-Team Greater New York City AreaMarketing and Advertising
Current The B Team, The Hyperfactory, Iliad Fund
Previous The Hyperfactory, Crow Bar
Education Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School of Management
500+ connections
www.linkedin.com/in/derekhandley BACKGROUND

EXPERIENCE

Co-founder, CEO The B Team February 2012 – Present (1 year 2 months)New York The B Team is a plan with a single purpose: to make business work better. How? By shifting the focus from just financial gains, towards environmental and social gains as well.

The B Team will achieve this vision by dividing our agenda into specific ‘Grand Challenges’ that we act on. Each Challenge, led by a B Team business leader, will empower and enable businesspeople around the world to transform how business is done.

Our founding leaders are Sir Richard Branson (founder of Virgin Group and Virgin Unite) and Jochen Zeitz, (Chairman of Puma). The B Team has been incubated by Virgin Unite and co-founded by entrepreneur Derek Handley (our inaugural CEO) alongside a supporting community of partners, ensuring the independence to focus solely on what is best for people and the planet.

Co-Founder The Hyperfactory January 2012 – Present (1 year 3 months)New York

General Partner Iliad Fund June 2011 – Present (1 year 10 months)Auckland

Founding Advisor Palindrome Advisors March 2011 – Present (2 years 1 month) Palindrome Advisors is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to change how leaders give back. With over one hundred Founding Advisors and thirty nonprofit partners, Palindrome links the nonprofit world with executive level leaders that give back through a number of programs, including but not limited to: serving on the board of a nonprofit (the Palindrome Pledge), mentoring the next generation of entrepreneurs, engaging in volunteering programs and nonprofit-based salons, and dedicating time and resources to building tools specifically for nonprofit partners. Palindrome was founded in May 2010 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA

Co-founder, Chairman Snakk Media January 2011 – Present (2 years 3 months)Sydney Area, Australia

Chairman Booktrack December 2010 – Present (2 years 4 months) Changing the way people read. Forever.

Co-Founder, Owner To Sir With Love January 2006 – Present (7 years 3 months) To Sir With Love, the new range of must-have, timeless chic cashmere basics.

Co-Founder, CEO The Hyperfactory January 2000 – December 2011 (12 years)Auckland, New York, Hong Kong, Los Angeles

Owner Crow Bar 2004 – 2005 (1 year)

SKILLS & EXPERTISE

Most endorsed for...

• 58Entrepreneurship
• 28Mobile Devices
• 19Mobile Marketing
• 11Mobile Advertising
• 11Strategic Partnerships
• 10Start-ups
• 6Non-profits
• 6Program Management
• 5Digital Strategy
• 5Digital Media

• 4Mobile Applications
• 4Leadership
• 3Business Strategy
• 3Strategy
• 2Online Advertising
• 2Digital Marketing
• 2E-commerce
• 1Product Management
• Mobile

EDUCATION

Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School of Management Exec Entrepreneurship 2008 – 2008

Massey University PostGradDip, New Ventures 2000 – 2000

Victoria University of Wellington BCA, Finance 1997 – 2000

Victoria University of Wellington BBSc, Architecture, Design and Environmental Science 1996 – 2000

ADDITIONAL INFO

Interests Middle-stakes poker. Martinis & Manhattans. The 1969-1973 911. The Gullwing. Design.

HONORS & AWARDS

• 2010 New Zealand Herald Business Leaders of the Year
• 2009 Ernst & Young Young Entrepreneur of the Year, New Zealand
• 2006, 2007 NBR Top 60 Innovative People in New Zealand
• 2006 Price Waterhouse Young Geek/Technology of the Year
• 2005, 06 Top 40 Influential People in Telecommunication in New Zealand
• 2003 Longest Birthday-Party-Known-To-Man (January 24th to March 24th)
• 2002 Youngest director of a public company in New Zealand...

Sue Sinclair World Class New Zealand Network Manager Sue has been a blessing to get to know and work with in her time at KEA and beyond. She has always gone above and beyond to make positive things happen with positive people and was powering along with an amazing spirit and attitude! Personally she was always there for me at KEA if I ever needed anything and was keen to listen too to any feedback I had to share :-) . She is...more March 24, 2012, Derek was with another company when working with Sue at Kea New Zealand

Srinivasa Rao Munagala Head of R&D Srini is a rare gem. One of the most tenacious and goal oriented people you will ever meet. He came to us young and hungry like we all were, took on the challenge and never let us down. He has grown as fast and as far as we asked him to and achieved as many world firsts in the evolution of mobile technologies and mobile marketing in as many years as we worked on The...more January 31, 2012, Derek managed Srinivasa Rao at The Hyperfactory SEE MORE

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