Announced by Compass, Inc. that Shopify CTO Allan Leinwand has been appointed to the company’s Board of Directors. One of the most widely respected leaders in technology, Leinwand brings decades of engineering experience to the Compass board.
“Allan is widely recognized as an engineering visionary who has applied his experience and passion for technology to reduce the barriers entrepreneurs face as they grow their businesses,” said Robert Reffkin, founder, chairman and CEO of Compass . “One of our core principles at Compass is to‘ maximize your strengths ’and Allan’s strong engineering leadership background will ensure that we continue to focus on investing in the technology that empowers Compass agents more time and tools so they can provide great experiences to their clients. ”
Throughout his career, Leinwand has held a range of leadership positions at technology innovation companies. In October 2021, he joined Shopify from Slack, where he served as SVP of Engineering since December 2018. Prior to Slack, Leinwand was CTO at ServiceNow, an enterprise cloud company where he oversaw all technical aspects and led the company’s long -term technology strategy. Prior to ServiceNow, he was CTO of Infrastructure at Zynga, where he focused on building one of the largest consumer cloud computing environments used to deliver the company’s social games. Earlier in his career, Leinwand was the founding CEO of Vyatta, an open-source networking company, which was later acquired by Brocade. Leinwand currently serves on the board of trustees of Harvey Mudd College, is a director of Anaplan, and sits on the advisory board of Nylas and Bulletproof 360.
“Compass is an innovator in the real estate space just as Shopify is for commerce,” Leinwand said. “Both create platforms that make it easy for any type of entrepreneur to start, run, and grow their business. The continued commitment from Compass to invest in technology for real estate agents makes it an exciting time to join the board. ”
In less than 10 years, Compass has become the largest residential real estate brokerage in the United States. The company is home to more than 26,000 agents who, powered by the Compass platform, cover nearly half of the United States population.
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