Derek Burrows

Derek Burrows is a Senior Product Manager at Apera AI, where they are developing the company's product strategy in vision-guided robotics. With 10 years of experience in product management, marketing, and engineering, they previously served as a Senior Product Marketing Manager at Unity Technologies, leading the launch of Unity Industry and driving adoption of cutting-edge tools. Derek has a background in neuroprosthetics research at Technische Universität Berlin and has held various roles at National Instruments, where they advanced their leadership in data acquisition hardware and software. They hold two Bachelor of Engineering degrees in Mechanical Engineering from McGill University and The University of Edinburgh, as well as a Diploma of Collegial Studies in Health Sciences from Marianopolis College.