Chris Salvato

About Chris Salvato

I build engineering organizations and excellent products at scale that people want to use. Currently leading Coinbase Developer Platform. Previously a technical leader for Shopify\'s Financial Services group, where I owned foundational money-movement tech for $70B+ in consumer spending.Before big tech, I was a founder. I built and sold Leevo (sports management SaaS, 7.5% weekly growth) and founded Colorado\'s only fully electric limo company (#1 rated). I\'ve been on both sides: building the product and building the company.What I do best: take ambiguous, high-stakes technical problems and turn them into shipped products with teams that want to keep shipping. I do this by deeply understanding the team\'s needs, simplifying systems, and streamlining workstreams.Always open to CTO / VP Engineering / Principal conversations at companies solving meaningful problems.Technical work: github.com/csalvato

Experience

1. Engineer

   Block

   Mar 2026 — Present

Education

• Xaverian High School

  High School Diploma

  1999 — 2003

• Rochester Institute of Technology

  B.S., Computer Engineering, Psychology, Biomedical Studies

  2003 — 2007

Skills

• Programming
• Microsoft Office
• Sales
• Html
• Php
• Salesforce.com
• Electrophysiology
• Social Media
• Matlab
• Medical Devices
• Marketing Strategy
• C++
• SEO
• Databases
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Customer Service
• Linux
• Marketing
• Customer Presentations
• Ruby on Rails
• Troubleshooting
• Shopify
• Management
• Research
• Ppc
• Wordpress
• Java
• Css
• Social Media Marketing
• Outside Sales
• Powerpoint
• Crm
• Unix
• Advertising
• Website Development
• Entrepreneurship
• E-Commerce
• Fitness
• Google Analytics