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Antonio Silva

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Head of Strategic Partnerships at Shopify
📍 Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Antonio leads strategic partnerships at Shopify, steering flagship collaborations with giants like Google, Meta, and OpenAI. He has a proven track record of building partner ecosystems from the ground up at both Shopify and Square. He holds an MBA from UC Berkeleys Haas School of Business and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).

Driven by a deep sense of curiosity, Antonio is an engineer at heart who enjoys tinkering and understanding how things work. He believes in the power of technology to advance humanity, a passion that connects his engineering roots to his current strategic role in shaping the future of commerce.

He played a foundational role in launching the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) in partnership with Google.

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Experience
17 Years
Current Role
Head of Strategic Partnerships
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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AI in Commerce
He is actively launching and promoting AI-powered sales channels for merchants, such as Shopify's "Agentic Storefronts" which integrate with platforms like ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot.
Commerce Infrastructure
He was instrumental in the recent launch of the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP), a significant infrastructure project developed in partnership with Google to simplify commerce.
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Career

Work history

4-2020
Head of Strategic Partnerships
Shopify
7-2019 - 4-2020
Director of Partnerships, Channels
Shopify
1-2019 - 7-2019
Head of Partnerships, Cash App
Square
9-2016 - 1-2019
Head of Partnerships, Business Development
Square
6-2014 - 9-2016
Partnerships
Square
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Education
2012 - 2014
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business
2007 - 2007
Master's degree
Pierre and Marie Curie University
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