Roy Derks
Ecosystem & DevRel at IBM
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRoy Derks is an ecosystem and developer-relations leader and lifelong software builder with nine years of professional experience and a decade-plus history founding developer-focused startups. Based in San Francisco, he currently leads Ecosystem & DevRel for watsonx.data at IBM after progressing through principal and senior product management roles focused on developer experience, GraphQL, and AI agents. He blends hands-on engineering and product leadership—from founding marketplaces and greentech engineering teams to scaling developer experience at StepZen and Vandebron—with a knack for creating content and events that grow communities. Roy is also an author and public speaker who builds AI products and evangelizes practical, developer-friendly tooling. Notably, he has repeatedly moved between building products and shaping ecosystems, making him equally comfortable shipping code, shaping product strategy, and growing developer adoption.
9 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Economics and Business Economics / Geography, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Economics and Business Economics / Geography at Utrecht University
Github Skills (144)
npm-package10
data-explorer10
component-library10
middleware10
convert10
api10
graphql-tools10
matomo10
shopify10
docx10
static-site10
granite10
pdf10
graphql10
documents10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
PacktPublishing/React-Projects-Second-Edition
Feb 2021 - Apr 2022
React Projects Second Edition, Published by Packt
Contributions:43 commits, 49 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 2 months
react
royderks/graphql-authorization-workshop
Dec 2020 - Nov 2021
Contributions:25 commits, 19 pushes, 6 branches in 11 months
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