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Derek French has a diverse work experience that spans over two decades. Derek currently works as a Live Ops Producer at Beamdog since February 2020. Prior to that, they spent a significant portion of their career at Bioware, where they held the position of Associate Technical Producer for almost 20 years. During their time at Bioware, they worked in Studio Ops/Developer Publishing Support, bridging the gap between the BioWare studios and central EA services, as well as Sony and Microsoft. Derek was involved in various aspects of game publishing, such as game setup, build workflow configuration, certification and age ratings coordination, and legal clearances. Derek also dealt with pre-launch game publishing, post-launch troubleshooting, and support. Before their tenure at Bioware, Derek worked as a Systems Administrator at Dacro Industries from September 1996 to January 1999. Their career began at Celanese, where they worked as a Computer Operator from May 1994 to August 1996.

Derek French obtained their CST honours diploma in Computer Systems Technology from NAIT (Northern Alberta Institute of Technology) between 1992 and 1994.