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Rishit Shah

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VP of Engineering at Podium
📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Rishit Shah is a technology executive and the VP of Engineering at Podium, where he is leading an AI transformation. With a background from Texas A&M University, he has extensive experience scaling engineering teams and re-architecting platforms at companies like Uber and TripActions.

Outside of his corporate roles, Rishit has an entrepreneurial background, having co-founded CareVillage. This venture was a social networking platform designed to help parents in local communities share child caring and schooling responsibilities, indicating an interest in community-focused technology solutions.

Unique fact: He co-founded a startup that grew to over 3,000 user signups across eight metro areas within its first four months.

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Experience
21 Years
Current Role
VP of Engineering
Job Level
Senior
Location
San Francisco Bay Area, United States
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AI in Software Development
He recently authored a blog post on using AI to re-engineer the software development lifecycle at Podium, reducing median cycle time by approximately 5x.
Scaling Engineering Teams
He has a proven track record of growing technical organizations, such as building the JUMP engineering team at Uber from 0 to 55 engineers in 18 months.
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Career

Work history

6-2021
VP of Engineering
Podium
6-2021
SVP of Engineering
Podium
9-2020 - 1-2021
Co-Founder & CTO
CareVillage
7-2019 - 9-2020
Director Of Engineering
TripActions
3-2015 - 7-2019
Senior Engineering Manager
Uber
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Education
9-2002 - 12-2003
MS
Texas A&M University
1998 - 2002
BE
Gujarat University
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