Meet the Founder

9II9 (aka “nine”) is a startup studio and product consultancy led by American food tech entrepreneur and global product management expert Derrick Fountain.

Derrick is a dynamic and strategic product management leader with over a decade of international experience, building and scaling product organizations across the Middle East, Africa and Europe. He has a proven track record of driving revenue growth and market share through the development and execution of effective product strategies.

His deep analytical skills coupled with a customer-centric approach have enabled him to identify emerging trends, unmet customer needs, and competitive opportunities, resulting in successful product launches and increased profitability.

  • "Derrick has a lot of insight to offer and grasped how media could work effectively in voice much earlier than most others."

    — Bret Kinsella, Editor, Voicebot.ai

  • “The attendees really loved the workshop, and are eager to put into practice what they've learned from you.”

    — Valer Kot, MDIF, Czech Republic

  • "It was a real pleasure to be at your workshop and to learn something new. It definitely helps me to understand the whole product we create."

    — Andy Samofalov, Liga.net, Ukraine

  • "I had the opportunity to listen to your presentations at Agora on Monday and Tuesday. They were impressive - huge amount of knowledge and practice put in very structured way."

    — Tomasz Bienias, Agora, Poland

  • "I've worked for Derrick on a couple of projects on enabling citizen journalism platforms in Kenya and Ghana. He is really visionary on how to expand the way news channels can get new sources of information from the field."

    — Stephane Boyera, World Wide Web Foundation

Accolades and Media Coverage