Derek Phillips

Derek Phillips Email and Phone Number

Software Development Director at Google, Developer X (3rd Party) Area Tech Lead, Google Waterloo co-Site Lead, Chair of the Board of Directors of Kitchener-Waterloo Bilingual School @ Google
Mountain View, CA
Derek Phillips's Location
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, Canada
About Derek Phillips

I love to lead teams and build interesting things with software. I've led a wide variety of teams (as large as 200+ FT developers) building mobile and web applications, as well as APIs and SDKs to empower external developers. I've also helped lead the Google Waterloo site for many years, serving formally as co-site lead for the site since 2021. Contributed to the growth of the site from 5 employees when I joined to 1500+ today.Outside of work, I have an amazing family with 3 wonderful kids. I love to spend time with family, golf, run and watch baseball. I have a wide range of hobbies and some of my most recent hobbies include training for a marathon and learning to play the cello. I'm currently on the board of directors for KW Bilingual School (nonprofit) and serving as interim Chair.

Derek Phillips's Current Company Details
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Software Development Director at Google, Developer X (3rd Party) Area Tech Lead, Google Waterloo co-Site Lead, Chair of the Board of Directors of Kitchener-Waterloo Bilingual School
Mountain View, CA
Website:
google.com
Employees:
1
Company phone:
916.253.7820
Derek Phillips Work Experience Details
  • Google
    Software Development Director
    Google Mar 2016 - Present
    Mountain View, Ca, Us
    I am Area Tech Lead for Google's API and SDK efforts for 3rd party companies (Developer X) guiding the technical direction and long-term strategy for this area. Previously, I ran the Firebase development team (200+ full-time employees), spanning multiple offices and a wide range of jobs and functions. We built products used by millions of developers and serving billions of devices every single day, including Crashlytics, Firestore and Firebase Cloud Messaging. These products drive many of the biggest apps in the world and drive significant revenue for external developers, as well as for Google. I also co-lead the Google Waterloo site, a tech site of over 1500+ full-time developers and the largest Google office in Canada. In this capacity, I provide coaching and support to local teams, guide people's careers and opportunities, and help land impactful projects for our developers.
  • Google
    Software Developer / Software Development Manager
    Google Mar 2006 - Mar 2016
    Mountain View, Ca, Us
    I managed, led and wrote code for a variety of application teams, primarily focused on mobile. Developed things like Gmail for Mobile (Web, Android, iOS, Blackberry), Docs, product search, Shopping/Offers, etc. over the years. In this capacity, I managed teams up to ~30 full-time employees working with cross-functional partners in product, UX, marketing, GTM, QA, etc. to deliver a wide range of products with high quality and usage. Many of these products have over 1B users all over the world. Our teams designed, built, and scaled them to meet those needs over time.
  • Kitchener Waterloo Bilingual School
    Chair Of The Board Of Directors
    Kitchener Waterloo Bilingual School Feb 2020 - Present
    I am the Chair of the Board of The Kitchener-Waterloo Bilingual School (KWBS). We are a non-profit private school focused on academic achievement in both English and French language. The school has ~350 students from JK - Grade 8 with an amazing reputation for culture and academic achievement. The board provides strategic direction for the school and oversees a large budget towards staffing, capital investments and future planning.
  • Motorola Mobility (Google)
    Software Development Director
    Motorola Mobility (Google) Aug 2013 - Aug 2014
    Chicago, Illinois, Us
    Founded a new Motorola office in Waterloo, growing it from ~8 FTEs to ~25 FTEs before Motorola was sold to Lenovo. My roles involved landing the team, establishing project ownership and scope, hiring to meet our demands, and creating connections with the main offices in the Chicago and Sunnyvale. Our teams primarily focused on gesture detection and other efforts around low-powered sensors and smart interactions (among other things). Our implementations shipped on several Motorola phones, including the original Motorola G release and were demo'ed internally and externally on multiple occasions. Upon the sale of Motorola, I led the transition effort locally to ensure that we delivered on our commitments during the wind-down and helped some of the team members land new roles at Google or other companies.
  • Desire2Learn
    Software Developer
    Desire2Learn Apr 2003 - Dec 2005
    Kitchener, On, Ca
    Involved in the rewrite of the codebase from VB to C#, wrote the first MAPI client for D2L, chart rendering, and other random things.

Derek Phillips Education Details

  • University Of Waterloo
    University Of Waterloo
    Computer Science
  • University Of Waterloo
    University Of Waterloo
    Computer Science

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What company does Derek Phillips work for?

Derek Phillips works for Google

What is Derek Phillips's role at the current company?

Derek Phillips's current role is Software Development Director at Google, Developer X (3rd Party) Area Tech Lead, Google Waterloo co-Site Lead, Chair of the Board of Directors of Kitchener-Waterloo Bilingual School.

What schools did Derek Phillips attend?

Derek Phillips attended University Of Waterloo, University Of Waterloo.

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