Allan Leinwand is Chief Technology Officer at Shopify, joining in 2021 to lead the engineering teams. Prior to Shopify, Allan was Senior Vice President of Engineering at Slack from pre-IPO, transforming the way work gets done for hundreds of thousands of companies and tens of millions of users. Previously, Allan was Chief Technology Officer at ServiceNow, and has co-founded and held senior leadership positions at multiple companies and was also a venture capital investor for seven years.

Allan previously served as an adjunct professor at the University of California, Berkeley where he taught on the subjects of computer networks, network management and network design. He holds a BS in Computer Science from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He co-authored “Cisco Router Configuration” and “Network Management: A Practical Perspective” and has been granted a patent in the field of data routing.

Leading by example: Staying technical as a CTO
12 May 2022 Conference session

Leading by example: Staying technical as a CTO

Allan Leinwand
Allan Leinwand
Strategies for keeping current while leading the org
30 Mar 2022 Conference session

Strategies for keeping current while leading the org

Allan Leinwand
Allan Leinwand