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Advisory Board Member Profile


Derrick Waters

UPS
Vice President, Engineering
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Area of Expertise:
Your Customers - ​Their Journey, Empathy ​& Storytelling, Prototyping, ​Testing & Iteration
I was born September 14, 1965.  In a small North Carolina town called La Grange.  My father was a farmer and mother worked in a small blue jean factory.  I learned to work on the farm at a very young age and continued to work for my father until I left for college in 1983.   Through my experiences on the farm I have a good understanding of gardening and the ability to complete minor repairs on houses or buildings.  I attended North Carolina State University where I majored in Economics and Saint Augustine’s College majoring in Organizational Management.  I also have my M.B.A. with a concentration in International Studies from Mercer University.

•    I began my UPS career on December 9, 1987 as a C.O.D. clerk in Raleigh, NC.    
•    1996 – Promoted to the Chapel Hill Business manager.   
•    1999 – Transferred to Orange County, California as the Package Industrial Engineering Section Manager for the South California District.   
•    2000 – Promoted to the Pacific Region Operational Excellence Manager.  
•    2001 – 2005 Director of Engineering in North New England and Georgia.
•    2005 – Georgia District Operations Manager.
•    2006 – I accepted the assignment of Corporate Package Industrial Engineering Manager.
•    2008 – 2015 Director of Engineering South California District.
•    2016 – Vice President of Engineering for the West Region.
•    2019 – Vice President of Package Operations for the West Region.

I have been married for 30 years to a wonderful woman.  My wife’s name is Fredia.  We have three great kids Sharri 44, Derrick 29 and Erika 27.  We love spending time together as a family either doing sport activities together or just hanging out.  Sharri is a graduate of North Carolina State University.  Derrick is a graduate of Georgia State University and Erika is a graduate of the University of Alabama, where she played basketball.  Fredia and I both love playing recreational tennis.

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