10 Shopify executives
Shopify's President since 2010, its CFO from 2011 to 2018 and its former VP Product & Chief Operating Officer sit alongside seven current vice presidents covering product and growth, engineering, FP&A, the controller's office, revenue, support and operations. Planning how a commerce company splits product, revenue and finance leadership, or wanting an executive's view on Shopify's merchant products, are good reasons to call.
Professionals to explore
Anne Fauvre-Willis
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Operations · Shopify
Since 2026 Anne Fauvre-Willis has been Vice President, Operations at Shopify, a role covering Revenue, Biz Ops / S&O and other general operations teams. Anne's Shopify titles also include Director, Trust & Safety (2023-2024), Director, Talent (Talent Systems, People Strategy & Ops, Total Rewards) (2024-2025) and Director, Revenue Operations (2025-2026), and Anne was Vice President, Marketplace and Trust at OpenSea (2021-2023).
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Archie Abrams
LinkedInExperience: VP Product, Head of Growth and Shop · Shopify
A member of Shopify's exec team reporting to the founder and CEO, Archie Abrams leads the Growth, Shop and Merchant Marketing product areas and Growth Marketing as VP Product, Head of Growth and Shop (since 2025). Archie held VP Product (2021-2023) and VP Product Head of Growth (2023-2025) at Shopify and was SVP of Product Management (CPO) at Udemy (2016-2019).
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Darryl Arvai, CPA, CA
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Corporate Controller · Shopify
The controller's office is Darryl Arvai, CPA, CA's ground: Vice President, Corporate Controller at Shopify since 2022, Corporate Controller (2018-2022), Director of Corporate Reporting (2017-2018) and Assistant Controller (2014-2016). Darryl was a 2021 40 under 40 recipient and suits questions on accounting close and reporting at Shopify.
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Farhan Thawar
LinkedInExperience: VP & Head of Engineering · Shopify
Engineering is Farhan Thawar's side of this group: VP & Head of Engineering at Shopify since 2019. Farhan also advises KIRO (since 2023), 8090 Solutions and Beacon Holdings (both since 2024) and has been a Board Member of ResponseTek since 2018, so questions on how Shopify organizes and staffs engineering fit here.
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Harley Finkelstein
LinkedInExperience: President · Shopify
President of Shopify since 2010, Harley Finkelstein describes founding a first company at age 17 while a student at McGill. Harley has also been Co-Founder of Firebelly Tea since 2022, a Board Member of the National Retail Federation since 2023 and an Advisor at Felicis since 2015, which makes Harley a fit for questions on how Shopify thinks about merchants and retail.
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Joe Strolz
LinkedInExperience: Former VP Global Revenue & Support · Shopify
Joe Strolz became VP Global Revenue & Support at Shopify in 2026, after VP Global Support (2025-2026) and VP Global Operations, Core (2021-2025), with an interim stint as VP Global Talent Acquisition (2024-2025). Joe cites leadership roles at Shopify, Snap, Microsoft and AOL/Verizon spanning business transformation and market expansion, a fit for support and operations questions.
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Kaz Nejatian
LinkedInExperience: Former VP Product & Chief Operating Officer · Shopify
Before becoming Chief Executive Officer of Opendoor in 2025, Kaz Nejatian was VP Product & Chief Operating Officer at Shopify (2022-2025). Kaz's earlier Shopify titles were VP & GM Shopify Money (2019-2020) and Vice President, Merchant Services (2020-2022), which makes Kaz a fit for questions on Shopify's financial products for merchants.
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Lauren Nemeth
LinkedInExperience: VP, Global Enterprise Revenue · Shopify
Lauren Nemeth has been VP, Global Enterprise Revenue at Shopify since 2026, after Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) at New Relic (2025-2026). Lauren was also Chief Operating Officer at Pinecone (2024-2025), Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) at Twilio (2023-2024) and SVP & GM, Communications Platform at Twilio (2022-2023), relevant to selling Shopify to enterprise merchants.
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Melissa Lee
LinkedInExperience: VP, Corporate FP&A · Shopify
For comparing planning at Shopify and at a retailer, Melissa Lee is a fit: VP, Corporate FP&A at Shopify since 2023, after VP Finance, Logistics Division at Shopify (2022-2023) and Chief Financial Officer of Daiya Foods Inc (2021-2022). At Walmart, Melissa held VP, Corporate FP&A (2018-2021), and at Walmart Canada, VP, Commercial Finance (2016-2018).
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Russ Jones
LinkedInExperience: CFO · Shopify
From 2011 to 2018, Russ Jones was CFO of Shopify. Russ's own account mentions serving as Chief Financial Officer of Xambala Incorporated in San Francisco before Shopify and co-founding CFO4Results, which provided interim Chief Financial Officers and operational support to early to mid-stage tech companies. Director seats at Sierra Wireless (2018-2023) and Olo (2020-2023) add board-level finance experience.
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Choose the right perspective
For company-level strategy, start with Harley Finkelstein or, for the years through 2018, Russ Jones; Kaz Nejatian and Archie Abrams cover product and merchant services. Finance questions go to Melissa Lee (FP&A) or Darryl Arvai, CPA, CA (controller), and the three revenue, support and operations vice presidents suit go-to-market and operating model questions.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does Shopify decide whether a new merchant tool belongs in the core product or in a paid add-on?
- 02How does Shopify's FP&A team plan for a division such as logistics differently from the core commerce business?
- 03How does Shopify split work between its enterprise revenue team and its support and operations teams when large merchants sign on?
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