Derek Burrows

Derek Burrows is a Senior Product Manager at Apera AI, focusing on product strategy in vision-guided robotics. With a decade of experience in product management, marketing, and engineering, they previously led the launch of Unity Industry at Unity Technologies, achieving significant market growth. Derek has also contributed to neuroprosthetics research at Technische Universität Berlin and held various roles at National Instruments, where they advanced data acquisition technologies. They earned a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from both McGill University and The University of Edinburgh, along with a Diploma of Collegial Studies in Health Sciences from Marianopolis College.