Derek Sayeau

Derek Sayeau is a highly experienced software engineer and architect with a rich background spanning over two decades in the technology industry. Currently serving as a Principal Software Engineer at Accelerant, Derek has held prominent roles at Qlik, where contributions included defining the vision and architecture for various platforms and projects aimed at enhancing analytics and data management capabilities. Prior experience at Shopify involved advancing the core cloud-based commerce platform and establishing a distributed ETL framework. Earlier roles at IBM and Cognos focused on business intelligence, where Derek played a key part in developing innovative analytics solutions and enhancing system performance. Derek holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Guelph.