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VP of Product at ZoomInfo
About Derek Phillips
In 2021, Derek Phillips led the redesign of ZoomInfo’s Intent Data Engine, shifting from keyword-based signals to a real-time behavioral graph that fused firmographic, technographic, and engagement data across 12M+ companies. This wasn’t just an algorithm upgrade; it redefined how B2B sales teams prioritize accounts by modeling buying-stage probability with 37% higher precision than legacy models. His approach reflects a rare dual fluency: he spent early career years building compliance-aware data pipelines at financial institutions, then pivoted to SaaS product leadership where he insisted every feature ship with an auditable lineage trail, traceable from raw source to customer-facing insight. That rigor shows in how he talks about data not as fuel but as fiduciary responsibility: every enrichment layer must pass a 'reversibility test', can you reconstruct the original signal without loss? He’s spoken publicly about rejecting AI-generated contact suggestions unless confidence scores include contextual decay rates for role changes and domain authority shifts.
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- “How did ZoomInfo’s 2023 Intent Score overhaul change pipeline forecasting accuracy?”
- “What’s your take on GDPR-style regulation hitting B2B data providers in 2025?”
- “How do you pressure-test a new firmographic attribute before rolling it to enterprise clients?”
- “What’s one data quality failure you’ve seen derail a GTM motion—and how’d you fix it?”