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Derek Bates

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Senior Vice President of Sales - Head of the Americas at Alteryx
📍 Melrose, Massachusetts, United States

Derek Bates is the SVP of Sales for the Americas at Alteryx, where he leads teams focused on data, analytics, and AI innovation. A Bentley University graduate, he is described as a driven and competitive sales leader with over 15 years of prior experience at Oracle.

Outside of his professional life, Derek is a former college athlete who played baseball at Bentley University, an experience he credits for instilling his sense of discipline. He values work-life balance and advocates for efficiency to maintain it within his teams.

He was a featured guest on the "Coach2Scale" podcast, where he discussed his leadership philosophy and unique "People, Process, Performance" framework for coaching sales teams.

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Experience
22 Years
Current Role
Senior Vice President of Sales - Head of the Americas
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Melrose, Massachusetts, United States
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Sales Coaching
Appeared on a podcast about building coaching cultures and developed his own 3-P framework (People, Process, Performance) for developing sales talent.
AI & Data Innovation
His leadership at Alteryx is centered on empowering customers to leverage enterprise-ready data for the AI era through analytics and automation.
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Career

Work history

10-2025
Senior Vice President of Sales - Head of the Americas
Alteryx
7-2024 - 10-2025
Vice President of Sales, Northeast
Alteryx
10-2023 - 7-2024
Regional Vice President of Sales
Alteryx
12-2021 - 10-2023
Global Sales Director
Alteryx
6-2021 - 12-2021
Area Vice President Of Sales
Oracle
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Education
1999 - 2003
BS
Bentley University
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