Summary
Desmond Lau is a data and analytics leader with 11 years of experience building teams, product-driven analytics systems, and operational tooling across startups and large tech companies in the San Francisco Bay Area. Currently leading GTM Data at Chronosphere after managing product analytics and data science at Workato and a multi-role data science tenure at Zoom, he combines hands-on engineering roots (early backend PHP development) with strategic product impact. His background includes prototyping visualization tools and process improvements at Google that measurably increased productivity and categorical fill rates, reflecting a focus on actionable insights and operational efficiency. Comfortable at the intersection of product, operations, and data science, he scales analytics capabilities that directly inform go-to-market and product decisions. Notably, he pairs an Economics degree with a math and web-app development minor, giving him a rare blend of quantitative, technical, and business fluency.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Economics, Minor in Math & Web Application Development, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Economics, Minor in Math & Web Application Development at New York University
English, Chinese, Chinese