About

Akshay Patil is a highly experienced senior product leader with a strong engineering background. With over 16 years of experience, he has expertise in mobile, user-generated content, APIs, geo, and search. As the Director of Product, Core Deliver at Shopify, Akshay is responsible for managing and growing product development teams. He has worked across internal teams and external partners to develop a new revenue source for a Series C startup that has come to define the company. Prior to joining Shopify, Akshay worked as a Product Lead - Ride XP at Lyft and as Director of Product and Engineering at Beme. He has guided organizations through turbulent times and repeatedly led teams from vague concepts to shipped product. Akshay holds a Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) in Computer Science and a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Computer Science and Mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. With a tech stack that includes product management, search, and mobile, Akshay is a highly skilled professional who is passionate about building great products. He is a strategic thinker with strong leadership skills and a proven track record of success.