Steeve Vakeeswaran's Email & Phone Number

💼 Past Experience

In my experience at Shopify, I've worked on a variety of projects, from revamping our customer maturity model to launching a new customer success & support model globally. On average, I've worked on between 2 and 4 projects at a time, and have spent a total of 10 weeks working on various projects. I've had a lot of experience working in the business operations and strategy position, and I've worked on projects that have included things like revamping our customer maturity model, pricing and packaging models (shift from MRR to variable pricing), and supporting with insights for board presentations. In total, I've worked with Shopify for 2 years.I started at Shopify Plus in 2016, and during my time there, I was responsible for business operations and strategy. I was a part of the founding business operations team at Shopify Plus, and I worked on a variety of projects, from revamping our customer maturity model to launching a new customer success & support model globally. I worked on average on between 2 and 4 projects at a time, and I spent a total of 10 weeks working on various projects. In total, I worked with Shopify for 2 years.I left Shopify Plus in 2018 to go to Vaynercommerce. I was the head of revenue at Vaynercommerce from 2018 to 2020. Before that, I was a Founding team building Vaynercommerce, in North America. Before that, I was a lead business operations and strategy advisor at Shopify. At Vaynercommerce, I was responsible for driving special projects across the organization. My main focus was on the go-to-market approach for our SMB and Mid-Market accounts, and I helped create or help shape several new products that werelaunch by Vaynercommerce. Additionally, I was also responsible for help support with insights for board presentations.

🎓 Education

Steeve Vakeeswaran has a diploma in Commerce from Queen's University. He also completed a Diploma in Business Studies from Smith School of Business at the University of Buckingham. He has also worked as a securities accountant and financial advisor.

💡 Technical & Interpersonal Skills

Business Operations and Strategy at Shopify Plus from 2016 to 2018 (2 years). Vakeeswaran was a Business Operations & Strategy at Shopify from 2016 to 2018 (2 years). Worked on special projects for various functional heads and GM. Highlights include revamping our customer maturity model, launching a new customer success & support model globally, pricing and packaging models (shift from MRR to variable pricing), and supporting with insights for board presentations.Part of the founding Business Operations team at Shopify Plus. Cofounder at Apollo Inc from 2015 to 2017 (2 years) in Toronto, Canada Area. Apollo was an equity crowdfunding platform for Canadian startups raising their seed round. Cofounder at CanYouth from 2010 to 2014 (4 years) in Canada. Launched a media property around youth-advocacy in 2010. 10,000 monthly unique readers. Financial Advisory Services at KPMG from 2013 to 2013 (less than a year) in Asia-Pacific. Supported research and whitepapers for the 2013 Commonwealth Business Forum.Business Operations at Zapier in New York, New York, United States. Driving special projects across the organization.Currently focused on our go-to-market approach for our SMB and Mid-Market accounts. Head of Revenue, North America at VaynerCommerce from 2018 to 2020 (2 years) in New York City Metropolitan Area. Founding team building VaynerCommerce, in North America. Hire #3.