Derek Wise joined Civica in May 2023 as Chief Product & Technology Officer. A former US Marine and passionate technologist, Derek has held a wide range of senior technology and product roles, most recently as Chief Product Officer, Data Cloud, at Oracle. Prior to Oracle, Derek was Chief Technology Officer of Grapeshot (acquired by Oracle in 2018) and before this, VP of Engineering at Benevolent AI.
Derek also serves as an advisor to emerging technology organisations from AI to video games and has decades of experience operating cloud hosting offerings at various companies, including GNi, which he founded and lead for 10 years in California.