Derrick Lee is a Vice President in the Menlo Park office and focuses primarily on cleantech and semiconductor investments. He spent a year with BVP China in Shanghai developing that practice during 2006-2007. Derrick serves on the board of Summit Microelectronics and previously served on the board of BA Systems. He is a board observer with Berkeley Design Automation, Exclara, Miasole, PowerGenix, and Therative. Derrick is also involved with Bessemer's investments in Avnera, ChinaEDU (Nasdaq: CEDU), ColorChip, PA Semi (acquired by Apple), Siano Mobile Silicon, and Tilera.

Prior to BVP, Derrick was part of the sales team at Barcelona Design, an early-stage design automation software company. He has held senior technical and product management positions at Maxim Integrated Products. Derrick started his career as an analog circuit designer at Silicon Systems (acquired by Texas Instruments) and holds two US patents.

Derrick graduated with an MBA degree from Harvard Business School. He earned an MSEE degree from Stanford University, where he was awarded a School of Engineering Fellowship. He also holds a BSEE degree with Highest Distinction from the University of Virginia.