Derek Binnicker

Global Chief Revenue Officer apexanalytix

Last Reviewed: September 26, 2026

Executive Summary

Derek Binnicker is Global Chief Revenue Officer of apexanalytix, the Greensboro, North Carolina company whose software and recovery audit services help large enterprises onboard suppliers, manage supplier risk and recover overpayments. He is a long-tenured insider rather than an outside hire: apexanalytix promoted him to the role in September 2025 after about 19 years with the company, most recently as COO & EVP of its EMEA business and strategic partnerships, and credits him with leading its growth in software and services engagements with Global 1000 businesses. He now runs global sales and presales, partnerships and alliances, and sales strategy.

Career Highlights

• Named Global Chief Revenue Officer of apexanalytix in September 2025, responsible for global sales and presales team growth, partnerships and alliances, and sales strategy.
• Previously served as COO & EVP, apex EMEA & Strategic Partnerships.
• Credited by the company with leading apexanalytix to growth in both software and services engagements with Global 1000 businesses over about 19 years.
• Earlier a sales executive with CD Group, selling business intelligence, ERP and management consulting, and a consulting practice manager for Sirius/Point5.
• Veteran of the U.S. Army.

Professional Journey

Before apexanalytix, Binnicker built his experience in technology and consulting sales. At CD Group he was a sales executive selling business intelligence applications, enterprise resource planning solutions and management consulting. At Sirius/Point5 he was a consulting practice manager, responsible for establishing and growing a new technology consulting market and supporting the company’s direct and channel sales force. He also worked in technology and consulting with the U.S. Office of Small Business Development Centers and with the International Bank of Commerce. He is a veteran of the U.S. Army.

He then spent close to two decades at apexanalytix. The company, founded in 1988, began in recovery audit, finding and recovering overpayments to suppliers, and has since built a software platform for supplier onboarding, risk management and profit recovery, which it says more than 300 of the world’s largest companies use. In 2022 funds managed by KKR acquired a majority stake, with Carousel Capital, the largest prior shareholder, keeping a significant minority holding. Before his current role Binnicker was COO & EVP, apex EMEA & Strategic Partnerships, and the company credits him with driving growth in both software and services engagements with Global 1000 businesses.

In September 2025 then-CEO Steve Yurko expanded the executive team. Binnicker was promoted to Global Chief Revenue Officer, alongside the promotions of Akhilesh Agarwal and Phil Beane to division presidencies, the appointment of Chris Haydon as Chief Growth Officer and the hiring of Chris Miorin as Chief Financial Officer. Yurko called the group “leaders of the future for apex”. As CRO, Binnicker is responsible for global sales and presales team growth, partnerships and alliances, and sales strategy. The company has since changed chief executive: Peter Torrellas succeeded Yurko effective 22 June 2026.

Education

No record of his education was found in any first-party source read for this profile.