Derek Yau
Co-Founder at Latero Labs
Greater Vancouver Metropolitan Area Canada
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Top SchoolDerek Yau is a product-focused technologist and co-founder with a decade of experience building customer-centric software and leading cross-functional teams. He blends hands-on engineering and architecture experience from roles at TELUS and early consulting with strategic product leadership, most recently building Productmotion to help organizations capture feedback, prioritize work, and align stakeholders. At Latero Labs he helps founders turn ideas into production-ready web and mobile products, drawing on a background in systems design engineering from the University of Waterloo. Derek’s career shows a pattern of shipping internal platforms and developer-facing services—like TELUS Buzz and internal microservices—that scale adoption across large organizations. He’s comfortable moving between discovery, technical strategy, and execution, and brings a pragmatic, collaboration-first approach to product and engineering trade-offs. Colleagues would note his knack for translating customer insights into concrete roadmaps that teams can rally around.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc), Systems Design Engineering, Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc), Systems Design Engineering at University of Waterloo
English, Chinese
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Github Skills (83)
ruby-on-rails9
activerecord9
typescript8
electron8
editor7
keep-alive7
sdk7
api7
debugging7
vscode-extension7
wix7
bus7
microsoft7
vscode7
redux7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
derekyau/mst-redux-state-posts
Nov 2017 - Mar 2018
Contributions:23 commits, 16 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
laterolabs/HOUS-permit-portal
Jan 2025 - Mar 2025
The Housing Innovation Branch has partnered with Latero Labs to develop BC's "Building Permit Hub." This innovative web app streamlines the permit process with automated compliance checks. Leveraging modern technology and user-centric design, it standardizes applications for submitters and 400+ local governments alike.
Contributions:4 pushes, 2 branches in 2 months
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