Bio

Nick DeRose joined GrowthPoint Technology Partners in 2011 after spending 12 years in the tech industry. His roles have ranged from IT management to technical marketing to strategic alliances and corporate development. He brings deep technical experience in cloud computing, virtualization, data centers, software, “Big Data”, networking and storage. Prior to joining GrowthPoint Technology Partners, Nick ran technical alliances between NetApp and Cisco. As an Alliance Manager for NetApp, he helped identify and lead strategic initiatives across different business units, including the successful launch of the FlexPodTM data center solution. Before NetApp, Nick spent five years at Brocade Communications, where he started in IT, later moving into strategic alliances and corporate development to manage the technical relationship with VMware. As one of the first virtualization specialists, Nick was instrumental in positioning Brocade’s product portfolio as a preferred networking solution in a newly emerging field. Nick’s first job was running global IT for HPL Technologies – which was sold by Alliant Partners, led by John Savage and Bob Horstmeyer. Nick graduated from California Polytechnic University San Luis Obispo with a B.S. in Business Administration and Management Information Systems.