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10 Shopify executives
These ten current and former Shopify executives and vice presidents have held president, CFO, COO and vice president roles at the company. A reader can learn how Shopify's leaders approach product and growth, engineering, finance, revenue and operations decisions.
Professionals to explore
01—10Anne Fauvre-Willis
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Operations · Shopify
Vice President, Operations at Shopify since May 2026; her profile's description of the role mentions Revenue, Biz Ops / S&O and other general operations teams across Shopify. Her listed Shopify roles also include Director, Revenue Operations (2025–2026), Director, Talent (Talent Systems, People Strategy & Ops, Total Rewards) (2024–2025) and Director, Trust & Safety (2023–2024), and she was Vice President, Marketplace and Trust at OpenSea (2021–2023).
Archie Abrams
LinkedInExperience: VP Product, Head of Growth and Shop · Shopify
VP Product, Head of Growth and Shop at Shopify since May 2025, after listed Shopify roles as VP Product Head of Growth (2023–2025) and VP Product (2021–2023). His profile says he is a member of Shopify's exec team reporting to the founder and CEO, leading the Growth, Shop and Merchant Marketing product areas as well as Growth Marketing. He was SVP of Product Management (CPO) at Udemy (2016–2019).
Darryl Arvai, CPA, CA
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Corporate Controller · Shopify
Vice President, Corporate Controller at Shopify since May 2022. His listed Shopify roles also include Corporate Controller (2018–2022), Director of Corporate Reporting (2017–2018) and Assistant Controller (2014–2016), and his profile notes that he was a 2021 40 under 40 recipient.
Farhan Thawar
LinkedInExperience: VP & Head of Engineering · Shopify
VP & Head of Engineering at Shopify, a role listed from January 2019 with no end date. His profile also lists advisor roles at KIRO (since 2023), 8090 Solutions and Beacon Holdings (both since 2024), and he has been a Board Member of ResponseTek since 2018.
Harley Finkelstein
LinkedInExperience: President · Shopify
President of Shopify, a role listed from 2010 with no end date. His profile describes him as an entrepreneur who founded his first company at age 17 while a student at McGill, and it lists him as Co-Founder of Firebelly Tea since 2022 and a Board Member of the National Retail Federation since 2023.
Joe Strolz
LinkedInExperience: VP Global Revenue & Support · Shopify
VP Global Revenue & Support at Shopify since April 2026. His listed Shopify roles also include VP Global Support (2025–2026), VP Global Operations, Core (2021–2025) and VP Global Talent Acquisition (Interim) (2024–2025). His profile cites leadership roles at Shopify, Snap, Microsoft and AOL/Verizon spanning organization leadership, business transformation and market expansion.
Kaz Nejatian
LinkedInExperience: VP Product & Chief Operating Officer · Shopify
Former VP Product & Chief Operating Officer at Shopify (2022–2025). His listed Shopify roles also include Vice President, Merchant Services (2020–2022) and VP & GM Shopify Money (2019–2020), and he has been Chief Executive Officer of Opendoor since September 2025.
Lauren Nemeth
LinkedInExperience: VP, Global Enterprise Revenue · Shopify
VP, Global Enterprise Revenue at Shopify since April 2026. She was Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) at New Relic (2025–2026), Chief Operating Officer at Pinecone (2024–2025), Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) at Twilio (2023–2024) and SVP & GM, Communications Platform at Twilio (2022–2023).
Melissa Lee
LinkedInExperience: VP, Corporate FP&A · Shopify
VP, Corporate FP&A at Shopify since June 2023, after serving as VP Finance, Logistics Division at Shopify (2022–2023). She was Chief Financial Officer of Daiya Foods Inc (2021–2022), VP, Corporate FP&A at Walmart (2018–2021) and VP, Commercial Finance at Walmart Canada (2016–2018).
Russ Jones
LinkedInExperience: CFO · Shopify
Former CFO of Shopify (2011–2018). His profile also mentions a Chief Financial Officer role at Xambala Incorporated in San Francisco before Shopify and co-founding CFO4Results, which provided interim Chief Financial Officers and business support services. He was a Director at Olo (2020–2023) and Sierra Wireless (2018–2023).
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's function to your question, since product, engineering, finance and revenue leaders see different parts of a commerce platform. Check each role's dates so you know whether the person's Shopify experience is current or from an earlier period.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does a commerce platform decide which merchant problems to solve first when small merchants and large brands want different things?
- 02What changes in finance, controls and planning when a software company grows from a startup into a large public business?
- 03How do product, engineering and revenue teams at a platform company agree on what to build for enterprise customers?
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