Derek Nerenberg | Senior Enterprise Architect
& Engagement Manager
Derek Nerenberg is the Senior. Enterprise Architect and Engagement Manager at XTIVIA. He leads and manages teams to successful outcomes for Liferay DXP (aka Liferay Portal) implementations with complex integrations. With 12+ years experience with Liferay, Derek has seen the product mature and grow from a developer point of view, enabling him to successfully guide clients to the right solutions to obtain their desired outcomes.
His expertise includes enterprise portal assessments, enterprise architecture, software estimation, workstream breakdown, project sizing, and custom portal application development to name a few. Some key highlights from his career include winning the 2015 President's Quality Award from Hewlett Packard Enterprise and his role in the program/engagement management on the HP Unison Partner Portal using the Liferay Portal platform, which became the one-stop shop for 500+ channel partners in the HP ecosystem.
Derek Nerenberg
Senior Enterprise Architect
& Engagement Manager
Derek Nerenberg is the Senior. Enterprise Architect and Engagement Manager at XTIVIA. He leads and manages teams to successful outcomes for Liferay DXP (aka Liferay Portal) implementations with complex integrations. With 12+ years experience with Liferay, Derek has seen the product mature and grow from a developer point of view, enabling him to successfully guide clients to the right solutions to obtain their desired outcomes.
His expertise includes enterprise portal assessments, enterprise architecture, software estimation, workstream breakdown, project sizing, and custom portal application development to name a few. Some key highlights from his career include winning the 2015 President's Quality Award from Hewlett Packard Enterprise and his role in the program/engagement management on the HP Unison Partner Portal using the Liferay Portal platform, which became the one-stop shop for 500+ channel partners in the HP ecosystem.
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