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Farhan Thawar

Farhan Thawar is VP and Head of Engineering at Shopify.

Farhan Thawar is VP and Head of Engineering at Shopify via the acquisition of Helpful.com, where he was co-founder and CTO. Previously, he served as the CTO of Mobile at Pivotal and as VP of Engineering at Pivotal Labs, following the acquisition of Xtreme Labs. Farhan is an avid investor and advisor to startups in Toronto and San Francisco, serving as a mentor at Y Combinator and First Round Capital. Previously, Farhan held senior technical positions at Achievers, Microsoft, and Trilogy. Farhan completed his MBA in Financial Engineering at Rotman and Computer Science/EE at Waterloo

Effective remote communication in complex organisations

What are your challenges when communicating with your distributed teams and collaborating asynchronously? Tech leaders Katie Wilde, Dana Lawson, Asanka Jayasuriya, Farhan Thawar & Wambui Kinyashare share their communication strategies for remote orgs.

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