Derek Chang Email & Phone Number

California, United States

California, United States

Network VC is a syndicate venture fund and platform for a decentralized ecosystem of independent VC professionals that invests in early stage startups across global geographies. Network VC invests in 2-4 startups per month. We invest in technology startups at Seed to Series A stages. We invest from $100k to $500k check sizes and have LPs from 20 countries. We co-invested together with Softbank, Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, General Catalyst etc.

-Offered comprehensive guidance and solutions to assist venture-backed biotech innovators in transforming their ideas from concept to consumer, driving momentum to market.-Managed contracts and budgets with annual revenue up to $10M.-Responsible for project delivery, profit & loss accountability, and customer satisfaction through management of program and projects.

Actively sourcing, conducting due diligence, and pitching startup deal flow to GoingVC Partners, the funding vehicle of GoingVC.

South San Francisco, California, United States

Redwood City, California, United States

- Project lead for verification and validation of Oncoguard Liver assay through execution and planning of analytical validations, material procurement, risk management, and technical problem resolution.- Evaluation, testing, and validation of secondary sources vendor materials used in lab automation workflows.- Lead in design transfer of lab instrumentation and processes for installation and validation of international lab deployment.- Integration of internal laboratory processes… Show more - Project lead for verification and validation of Oncoguard Liver assay through execution and planning of analytical validations, material procurement, risk management, and technical problem resolution.- Evaluation, testing, and validation of secondary sources vendor materials used in lab automation workflows.- Lead in design transfer of lab instrumentation and processes for installation and validation of international lab deployment.- Integration of internal laboratory processes, LIMS, external stakeholders in system validation planning and execution. Show less

Redwood City, California, United States

-Design and architecture of LUNAR-2 assay platform using flowcharts to characterize system interactions between software, lab automation, data pipeline, and LIMS.- Standardize usage of requirements management tools for design testing, requirements management, risk management, and document generation.- Testing, design, development of assay automation system.- Decomposition of user requirements to create subsystem specifications.

Alameda, California, United States

- System development of Singulex Clarity System for cardiac troponin (cTnI), thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), and clostridium difficile (C. diff.) assays- Successful submissions of Singulex Clarity System and cardiac troponin assay for CE mark and FDA approvals.- Led in design, development, and verification of liquid handling parameters for various assay processes.- Interfacing between stakeholders to gather, manage, and document product requirements and attain requirements… Show more - System development of Singulex Clarity System for cardiac troponin (cTnI), thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), and clostridium difficile (C. diff.) assays- Successful submissions of Singulex Clarity System and cardiac troponin assay for CE mark and FDA approvals.- Led in design, development, and verification of liquid handling parameters for various assay processes.- Interfacing between stakeholders to gather, manage, and document product requirements and attain requirements acceptance.- Authored, planned, and executed complex system wide test activities on automated test system platform.- Systems support and troubleshooting on technical issues in LIMS, Tecan hardware components.- Risk management, FMEA, hazard analysis activities in regards to system workflows.- Programmed scripts/processes/methods in EVOware software for development and production applications.- Supported external customer sites by providing hands-on support on installations, instrument usage, maintenance, and designated user workflows. Show less

Pleasanton, California, United States

- System development and design verification/validation activities for the cobas s201 system, p 512, p 612, cobas 4800 platforms, which have undergone successful regulatory submissions.- Feasibility and ad-hoc/debug testing of lab automation processes, software workflows, customer workflows.- FMEAs, CAPAs to identify, recognize, and evaluate process failures.- Create technical documents pertaining to design history, design, control, test protocols, SOPs, and summary reports for… Show more - System development and design verification/validation activities for the cobas s201 system, p 512, p 612, cobas 4800 platforms, which have undergone successful regulatory submissions.- Feasibility and ad-hoc/debug testing of lab automation processes, software workflows, customer workflows.- FMEAs, CAPAs to identify, recognize, and evaluate process failures.- Create technical documents pertaining to design history, design, control, test protocols, SOPs, and summary reports for regulatory submission.- Usability engineering in accordance to ISO 62366- IQ/OQ/PQ development and deployment. Show less

South San Francisco, California, United States

Commercial Filling for Activase, Cathlo Activase, Avastin, Herceptin, Lucentis, and Rituxan

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Venture Capital

Cohort 12

Project Management

Bachelor Of Science, Bioengineering

Minor in Bioinformatics