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Derek Wang

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Director of Product at BuildOps
📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Derek Wang is the Director of Product at BuildOps, where he leads the strategy for applied AI products. He previously co-founded Spover, which was acquired by BuildOps, and was instrumental in scaling Zooms data team from one to over 80 people. A UC Berkeley graduate, colleagues describe him as a knowledgeable, passionate, and caring servant-leader.

He was the first member of the Zoom Data team and helped the company grow from $50M to $4B in revenue.

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Experience
13 Years
Current Role
Director of Product
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
San Francisco Bay Area, United States
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AI for Skilled Trades
He leads product for OpsAI at BuildOps, building AI agents to help specialty contractors improve efficiency and prevent lost revenue.
Scaling Data Teams
He built and scaled Zoom's data science and engineering team from just himself to over 80 people, personally hiring and coaching many.
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Career

Work history

11-2025
Director of Product
BuildOps
12-2022 - 11-2025
COO & Co-Founder
Spover
1-2022 - 9-2022
Head of Data
Millions
1-2018 - 7-2021
Data Science Manager
Zoom
2-2016 - 1-2018
Data Scientist
Zoom
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Education
Bachelor's degree
University of California, Berkeley
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