Ankit Patel is the Senior Vice President of Engineering at Foursquare, where he is tasked with accelerating the offerings Foursquare provides to every vertical, customer, and partner. Ankit is also helping to drive a culture of builders and pioneers within the company. He has been an executive software and product leader for the last 15 years, leading organizations of various sizes. Ankit formerly led engineering for Amazon’s largest services including Fulfillment by Amazon, Amazon Prime, Alexa and Customer Engagement. Ankit holds a bachelor’s degree of applied science from the University of Waterloo.