Derek Hyland

Chief Technology & Product Officer (CTPO) @ Grapevine

About

Experienced technology leader with a strong engineering background, and a passion for building customer-centric products, simplifying processes, minimizing customer / user cognitive load and leveraging data to drive innovation. Over a decade of success in managing API portfolios, leading cross-functional teams, and delivering end-to-end product solutions. A hands-on product manager / director with a strategic vision, specializing in ideation, experimentation, execution, and continuous improvement of products that resonate with customers and drive business growth.

Country

Ireland

City

Greater Dublin

Industry

Computer Software

Skill

Agile Methodologies, JavaScript, Management, XML, Java, SQL, Software Development, Linux, .NET, PostgreSQL, Web Services, AJAX, Subversion, Scrum, Web Applications, ASP.NET, Python, CSS, Databases, jQuery

Experience

Chief Technology & Product Officer (CTPO)

Grapevine

2025-1 - Present · 1 yr 9 mos

Product Management & Stuff

Aether Forge Ltd

2024-12 - Present · 1 yr 10 mos

County Wicklow, Ireland

More details coming soon!

Director of Product - Hospitality APIs (Hotel, Car & Rail API's)

Travelport

2023-11 - 2024-12 · 1 yr 2 mos

Dublin City, County Dublin, Ireland

Director of Product - API Technical Foundations

Travelport

2023-5 - 2023-11 · 7 mos

Dublin City, County Dublin, Ireland

Student Mentor

Code Institute

2016-10 - 2024-12 · 8 yrs 3 mos

Remote

Mentoring students as part of a full stack web development course, with sessions delivered remotely. Help with Python (Django), HTML5, CSS, AngularJS, Git, plus Interview prep. Paying it forward, with advice that I wish my younger self had received!

Lead Technical Product Manager

Deem, Inc.

2022-2 - 2023-5 · 1 yr 4 mos

Dublin City, County Dublin, Ireland

Deem was wholly owned by Enterprise Holdings, as of March 2023, Deem has joined the Travelport family.

Senior Technical Product Manager

Deem, Inc.

2021-9 - 2022-2 · 6 mos

Dublin City, County Dublin, Ireland

We’ve traveled billions of miles to get here. And we're only getting started!

Senior Product Manager

G-P

2021-4 - 2021-8 · 5 mos

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Globalization Partners’ mission is to eliminate barriers to global business and make it easy for companies to hire in 187 countries within days, and without the need to set up costly international subsidiaries. Our Employer of Record platform launches new overseas teams quickly and efficiently while minimizing cost and risk.

Senior Product Manager

Contentful

2020-10 - 2021-3 · 6 mos

Dublin

Collaborating with a high performance team optimising reliability and performance across key infrastructure like our CDN, as well as our Database and Kubernetes fleets.

Senior Product Manager

Workday

2019-11 - 2020-9 · 11 mos

Dublin

Technical Product Manager

Booking.com

2018-10 - 2019-11 · 1 yr 2 mos

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Working with a new product team within Booking.com to build out and scale our API's

Product Manager - Infrastructure

Booking.com

2017-7 - 2018-10 · 1 yr 4 mos

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Building out features and functionality as part of the Core Infrastructure Team.

Platform Product Owner

Boxever

2016-4 - 2017-6 · 1 yr 3 mos

Dublin, Ireland

Building out the Boxever platform.

Solutions Architect

Boxever

2015-5 - 2016-4 · 1 yr

Dublin, Ireland & Melbourne, Australia

Boxever is a Predictive Marketing Platform designed for Travel. Boxever brings large enterprise systems together to build rich customer profiles. A single customer view across all channels - online, offline and 3rd party. With the use of Big Data analytics Boxever provides actionable insights to enable airlines and travel companies to deliver completely personalized passenger purchase experiences that drive revenue and enhance customer service.