Derek Drockelman
Derek is committed to the nonprofit sector with over 25 years of experience in various roles and organizations. As VP of Sales & Marketing at ROI Solutions, Derek uses his fundraising, consulting, and technical skills to deeply understand client business requirements to match them to appropriate solutions and services.
Derek started his career at The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, managing youth volunteer and intern programs, implementing data tracking systems, and fundraising for programs. He joined Blackbaud in 1999, where for over 17 years, he held roles including technical support, product training, system implementation, consulting manager, and business development. He progressed into Strategic Account Manager roles to advise some of Blackbaud’s largest customers through CRM and digital system implementations and conversions. He was most recently at EverTrue, a cloud-based mobile platform for higher education.
Derek lives near the beach in Charleston, SC, with his wife and son. He kayaks through the marshes around his home, sings along loudly to 80s synthpop, and geeks out with comics and the Legos he appropriates from his son’s closet for the home office.
Posts by Derek Drockelman
When ROI Solutions announced its partnership with FlexPay in 2024, the goal was clear: help nonprofit organizations reduce involuntary donor churn and...
There’s a moment in almost every conversation, particularly those related to nonprofit constituent data platforms and advanced analytics, where things stall. The...
One of the most common questions I get when talking to leaders about a nonprofit constituent data platform—still a relatively new concept...
Last week at the Nonprofit Fundraisers Symposium in DC, Tucker Bryant, an amazing artist and speaker, shared a line that stuck with...
For many organizations, the problem isn’t a lack of data. In fact, the opposite is usually true. Data exists everywhere, from fundraising...
A familiar scene plays out in nonprofit organizations every week. A leadership team is meeting to discuss fundraising performance. Someone asks what...
